'Magill' to return with new editorial policy

Magill magazine is returning to the newsstands this week with a new editor and a self-proclaimed new "right of centre" editorial policy.

The magazine, made famous for its robust anti-establishment campaigning in the 1980s, will be published monthly, avoiding direct competition with the Village, the newly-released weekly magazine of Magill founding editor Mr Vincent Browne.

New Magill editor Mr Eamon Delaney said the magazine would avoid the "solemnity" of the Village, adopting "some irreverence and humour".

Mr Delaney, a former civil servant and author of The Accidental Diplomat, added that the magazine would go about "deconstructing the legacy" of previous "left-wing" editors.

"It is almost passé to think we should be constantly critical of the Government," he remarked.

"We feel the media landscape is left of centre, and there is a huge disparity there."

Magill, whose previous editors included Colm Tobin, Fintan O'Toole and Emily O'Reilly, was sold by Mr Browne to Mr Mike Hogan whose publishing empire subsequently collapsed. Mr Ian Hyland, publisher of Business & Finance magazine, bought the Magill title and is promising a print run of about 25,000 a month.