Alive! (newspaper)
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Website | alive.ie |
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Alive! is a free monthly publication in the style of a newspaper which has been produced since its first edition in 1996 by Alive Group, an organisation with an address at the
Political stance and editorial opinion
Since September 2008, the front page has contained the following disclaimer text: "The content of the newspaper Alive! and the views expressed in it are those of the editor and contributors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Irish Dominican Province".
The majority of its articles are written anonymously.
The publication strongly opposed the
Format
A regular article entitled "Dumbag writes...!" features letters, purportedly from a
Fr. Brian McKevitt
Fr. Brian McKevitt OP, from Dundalk, is a member of the Dominican Order, founder and managing editor of Alive! Since 2022 he is based in St. Mary's Dominican Church and Priory, Cork. Founded Alive! when he was based, in St. Mary's Priory, Tallaght, Dublin.
In 2004 he published his The Dubbag Letters from Alive!.
In 2009, Fr. McKevitt attended a meeting in Roscommon of the John Paul II Society along with Declan Ganley (the founder of the now-defunct political organisation Libertas), Senator Rónán Mullen and a number of other conservative Roman Catholics.[6]
McKevitt was listed at number 67 in the Ireland's Most Influential 100 list published by Village magazine in 2009.[7]
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland upheld two complaints against the RTÉ presenter Joe Duffy that he harassed Fr. McKevitt on air, interrupting him and treating him differently from other contributors to the Liveline show. The BAI decision forced RTÉ to make a statement of apology on 22 June 2013.[8]
Contributors
A number of people have contributed to the newspaper's Monthly Musings include Irish poet and academic Dr. Ciarán Ó Coigligh, Bishop Kevin Doran and barrister, journalist and broadcaster Kieron Wood. Other contributors include Gerard Murphy, Peter Perrum, Tom English and former University College Dublin's Students' Union president Katie Ascough.
Legal issues over covers
In June 2015 Dina Goldstein threatened to sue the magazine for using images from her "Fallen Princesses" works without her permission.[9] One image appeared on the cover and others throughout the magazine.[9] Ms Goldstein said that the magazine has not contacted her for permission to use the images.[9] She said that she could not disagree more with the sentiments in the article which used the images, that she had left a message with the magazine's office and contacted an attorney to make a formal complaint.[9]
References
- ^ Wood, Kieron (6 May 2007), "Trust believes in Irish Catholic", The Sunday Business Post, archived from the original on 12 August 2007
- ^ Lowey, Tiernan (22 July 2001), "Catholic newspaper is Alive", The Sunday Business Post, archived from the original on 12 August 2007
- ^ Cooney, John (6 November 2008), "Brady urged to ban priest's 'anti-EU' paper from Church", Irish Independent
- ^ "Order of Business". Seanad Éireann Debate Vol. 192 No. 2 p.9. Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ Walsh, Jimmy (13 November 2008), "Bacik critical of Catholic Church publication 'Alive'", The Irish Times
- ^ McGarry, Patsy (10 February 2009), "Ganley Urges Public Figures over faith", The Irish Times.
- ^ Ireland's Most Influential 100 Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Village Magazine, 4 November 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "Complaint that Joe Duffy Harassed priest upheld by BAI". The Irish Times. 27 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d de Brúin, Rita (6 June 2015). "Catholic publication Alive threatened with legal action over misuse of image". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 17 June 2015.