John Waters (columnist)

John Waters
Waters in 2019
Born
John Augustine Waters

(1955-05-28) 28 May 1955 (age 69)
Occupation(s)Columnist, author
Years active1981–present
Known forWriting in The Irish Times, entering the Eurovision Song Contest
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
Rita Simons
(m. 2014)
Children1
Websitejohnwaters.ie

John Augustine Waters[1] (born 28 May 1955) is an Irish columnist and author. He started his career with music and politics magazine, Hot Press, and also wrote for the Sunday Tribune newspaper. He later edited the social magazine In Dublin, and the investigative and current affairs magazine Magill. He became a regular columnist at the Irish Times and then the Irish Independent, while authoring some works on non-fiction, and developed The Whoseday Book, which raised 3 million euros for charity. He has also been a member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Waters was an unsuccessful independent candidate in the 2020 Irish general election for Dún Laoghaire constituency.[2][3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Midlands–North-West constituency at the 2024 European Parliament election.[4]

  1. ^ Waters, John (2008). Lapsed Agnostic. Continuum. p. 86.
  2. ^ Ryan, Philip (22 January 2020). "John Waters to run under Anti-Corruption ireland Banner". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ^ McDermott, Stephen (10 February 2020). "Far-right parties barely register after polling less than 1% in most constituencies". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Nominations for European Election". Returning Officer for County Galway. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

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