New roles for political journalists

PHILIP Ryan has been appointed Deputy Political Editor of Independent Newspapers and Laura Larkin has been appointed Political Correspondent for the group.

Mr Ryan (above) has worked as a political correspondent for the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, The Herald and Independent. ie for four years. Prior to this, he worked for the Irish Mail on Sunday and the Irish Daily Mail. Mr Ryan is also the co-author of a soon-to-be-published biography of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Laura Larkin (27, below) has been appointed Political Correspondent for the Irish Independent, Independent. ie and Sunday Independent.

She has a BA in journalism from DIT. She joined Independent Newspapers in 2014. Prior to being appointed as Political Correspondent, she was a news reporter and Digital Homepage Editor with Independent.ie.