History
The Sunday Independent was first published in 1905 as the Sunday edition of the Irish Independent. Like its daily counterpart, the Sunday Independent supported Cumann na nGaedheal and its successor Fine Gael.
From the 1940s until 1970, the paper was run by Hector Legge (1901–1994). Legge's time at the paper was notable for the Sunday Independent in 1948 leaking the news that the Irish government were going to leave the British Commonwealth by repealing the External Relations Act. Legge also published a series of articles by the writer Frank O'Connor (under the pseudonym "Ben Mayo") in the paper.
In the 1970s, under the editorship of Conor O'Brien, the Sunday Independent became known for a series of investigations by journalist Joe MacAnthony into the activities of the Irish Sweepstakes.
O'Brien was succeeded as editor in 1976 by Michael Hand. Aengus Fanning became editor following Hand's departure in 1984.
Anne Harris succeeded her husband Aengus Fanning after his death in January 2012.
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