{"id":4675,"date":"2018-12-24T10:49:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T15:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4675"},"modified":"2018-12-24T10:49:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T15:49:41","slug":"former-irish-times-journalist-dies-in-car-crash-in-co-meath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4675","title":{"rendered":"Former Irish Times Journalist Dies in Car Crash in Co Meath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EileenBattersbyRIP_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EileenBattersbyRIP_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EileenBattersbyRIP_large-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Eileen Battersby, a former Irish Times literary correspondent, has died following a car crash in Co Meath on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>She was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash which happened in Sheephouse on the Oldbridge to Donore road, four kilometres outside Drogheda.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Battersby began her journalism career with the Sunday Tribune, before moving to The Irish Times in 1988 where she enjoyed a 30-year career.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to win four National Arts Journalist of the Year awards, while she also won the Critic of the Year accolade and published several books.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan paid tribute to the &#8220;well-regarded&#8221; journalist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very saddened to hear the news of the passing of Eileen Battersby. Eileen was an immensely well-regarded arts critic and journalist \u2013 winning numerous awards during her career including the National Arts Journalist of the Year award \u2013 as well as publishing a number of works of both fiction and non-fiction. She will be greatly missed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would also like to offer my sincere condolences to Eileen\u2019s family and friends at this sad time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4675\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4675&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4675\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4675&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-4675\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4675&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4675\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eileen Battersby, a former Irish Times literary correspondent, has died following a car crash in Co Meath on Saturday. 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