He came to public attention when a letter from him to the Irish Postmaster General, J.J Walsh was revealed by Walsh.
Both The Irish Times and The Irish Press, which was then edited by Tim Pat Coogan, were extremely critical of the government's curtailment of freedom of speech and in particular of the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs Conor Cruise O'Brien which was used against the PIRA.
He was Secretary of the Irish Department of Post and Telegraphs from 1922 to 1945.
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