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Philip Joseph Gerard "Phil" Mac Giolla Bhain is a Scottish-born Irish author and freelance journalist. After training to be a social worker, and working in Glasgow, Mac Giolla Bhain moved to Donegal in 1996. From 1999 to 2006 he was a staff journalist with ''An Phoblacht'' a newspaper published by the IRA supporting political party Sinn Féin, writing under the pen name Mick Derrig, a reference to Mac Giolla Bhain's maternal grand-uncle.〔(Article in An Phoblacht ), registration required〕 Mac Giolla Bhain came to prominence by charting events leading to the financial collapse of the Glasgow–based football club Rangers. In April 2010 he detailed the extent of the club's tax liabilities to ''The News of the World''.〔(The NS Profile: Rangers FC ) New Statesman, 13 June 2012〕 He authored the 2012 book ''Downfall: How Rangers FC Self Destructed''. The book was due to be serialised in ''The Scottish Sun'', a British red-top tabloid newspaper, who published an article praising Mac Giolla Bhain's courage in overcoming intimidation while carrying out his work.〔(Threats and silence: the intimidation by Rangers fans ) Channel 4, 12 October 2012〕 After Scottish Sun journalist Simon Houston allegedly received a threatening email and an angry and negative response from Rangers supporters "jammed the switchboards" of local radio station sports broadcasts, the editor of ''The Scottish Sun'' cancelled the serialisation.〔(Scottish Sun cancels book serialisation after Rangers fans jam switchboard ) The Guardian, 3 September 2012〕 The paper envisaged a boycott from Rangers fans, similar to that experienced in Merseyside by the English edition of the paper by Liverpool F.C. fans after coverage of the Hillsborough Tragedy.〔(Outside the Box: That Friday feeling is bound to give you a good night out ) The Independent, 9 September 2012〕 The Sun had been made aware of one of his blog posts titled 'The Incubator'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Incubator )〕 The Sun went on to say, "Phil Mac Giolla Bhain is not one of our journalists and his blog undermines the entire industry. That is why we have decided not to carry the serialisation of the book. Not because of the social media backlash. Not because of the internet/radio campaign. But because the author – previously unbeknown to us – is tarred with a sickening sectarian brush."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Scottish Sun cancels book serialisation after Rangers fans jam switchboard )〕 Alex Thomson wrote the foreword to the book claiming that, "the book is the truth – and no Rangers fan reading it will disagree with that."〔(Rangers: Why I endorsed Downfall book ) Channel 4, 12 September 2012〕 In 2010, Mac Giolla Bhain also broke "Dallasgate" — The story of Hugh Dallas sending an e–mail which led to his sacking from the position of Head of Referee Development at the Scottish Football Association.〔(How a print freelancer broke a football scoop online ) The Guardian, 6 December 2010〕 Mac Giolla Bhain was also a member of the Donegal Mountain Rescue Team. In 2010, Mac Giolla Bhain, as a sufferer from depression, was part of a campaign by Amnesty International to raise awareness of and oppose discrimination of those with mental health conditions. == Bibliography == * ''Preventable Death: The scandal of male suicide in modern Ireland'' (2008) * ''A Rebel Journalist: From the Famine Song to Dallasgate'' (2011) * ''Downfall: How Rangers FC self-destructed'' (2012) * ''Minority Reporter: Modern Scotland's bad attitude towards her own Irish'' (2013) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phil Mac Giolla Bhain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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