Seamus Martin
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Seamus Martin is the retired international editor of The Irish Times and is the brother and only sibling of Diarmuid Martin the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. He is one of Ireland's most versatile journalists, having been a leading sports commentator in his younger days in the Irish Press and the Irish Independent, sports editor of the Sunday Tribune and a columnist in the Evening Herald. Later he became Features Editor of The Irish Times, a columnist in that newspaper and afterwards a foreign correspondent who covered the two most important stories of the late 20th century.
As Moscow Correspondent of The Irish Times, he covered the collapse of communism and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As South Africa correspondent, he covered the rise of Nelson Mandela from prisoner to president, the collapse of the apartheid regime and the arrival of democracy in South Africa. Later he became Editor of the electronic editions of The Irish Times, winning several international awards, including one from Switzerland for the world's best news site.
In the course of his career, his political views have moved from left wing to left of centre though he never supported extreme left views. He remains vehemently opposed to those who try to tell the world that support for Nazism is excused by opposition to communism.
His novel Duggan's Destiny received favourable reviews in Ireland and the United States. In retirement, he divides his time between Ireland and France where he maintains a small house and a smaller vineyard.
