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Paul Martin

English editor of an Irish newspaper

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Occupation: editor, author
Citizenship: Ireland
Born: June 22, 1977

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Paul Martin is an English editor of the Irish Mail on Sunday and was best known for his appearances in Celebrity Come Dine With Me and boxing show Charity Lords of the Ring.

He regularly appears on the BBC Nolan radio show, News Night and Sky News as a panelist on the newspaper review section.

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Irish Mirror

Martin worked as a showbiz columnist at the Irish Sunday Mirror, but was sacked during layoffs in 2012.

TV appearances

In January 2012 Martin appeared in TV3's first series of TV cookery show Celebrity Come Dine With Me Ireland. Martin's fracas with Belfast-born singer-songwriter Brian Kennedy became a talking point of the show.

Martin also appeared in RTÉ reality television show Lords of the Ring.

Driving conviction

In 2010 Martin pleaded guilty to a charge of driving without reasonable consideration, after he was caught speeding and reading paperwork while driving.

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Notable quotes

“Canada's position was Saddam Hussein should be disarmed. Now, to be quite honest, I had a lot of difficulty understanding how he was going to be disarmed without being replaced.”
— Ottawa Citizen (April 28, 2003)
“I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible. There's a huge need for front-line medical professionals. There's a huge need for policing. And there's a huge need for infrastructure rebuilding.”
— On sending humanitarian aid to Iraq.
“The fact that now we know well that there is proliferation of nuclear weapons and that many of the weapons that Saddam Hussein had, for example, we do not know where they are, so that means the terrorists have access to all that.”
— The Globe and Mail (May 11, 2004)
“Put simply, we must always remember that separate but equal is not equal.”
— Regarding the proposal that homosexual couples be limited to civil unions, instead of being allowed to marry.

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