John Waters (columnist)

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John Augustine Waters (born 28 May 1955) is a far-right Irish columnist, political candidate, journalist and author. He started his career with the music and politics magazine Hot Press, and 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 Irish Independent, while authoring some non-fiction works, 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 (to elect the 33rd Dáil) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Midlands–North-West constituency at the 2024 European Parliament election.

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