About Us

The Toronto Irish News is published three times per year on behalf of the Irish Cultural Society of Toronto.

Publisher

O'Loghlin Communications Inc.
121 Decarie Circle
Toronto, Ontario
M9B 3J6

Staff

Eamonn O'Loghlin
Publisher / Editor
T: 416-621-7373
F: 416-621-3433
E: olcomm@rogers.com

Eamonn is a native of Ennistymon, County Clare. He graduated from University College Cork with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1975 and came to Canada. After an 18 year marketing career with Hallmark Cards, he now runs his own Marketing & Communications Consulting business (O'Loghlin Communications Inc.), and hosts a weekly Irish radio show on CHKT 1430 AM (Saturdays 11 - 12 noon, live on net at: www.fairchildradio.com). He publishes the Toronto Irish News (www.torontoirishnews.com ) and has been highly involved in Toronto’s Irish community for almost 30 years.

In addition to being Executive Director of the Ireland Canada Chamber of Commerce, he is a long time supporter of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, the Ireland Fund of Canada and the Gaelic Athletic Association. He is on contract to Exhibition Place & the Canadian National Exhibition as Director of Strategic Partnerships & Corporate Sponsorship. Eamonn is an avid golfer and loves traditional Irish music and a frequent performer at community events. His wife Madeleine just retired after 32 years of teaching and is a native of west Cork. She is now the Assistant Editor of the Toronto Irish News. They have two children, Treasa 25, currently studying at Osgoode Law School and Rory 14.

Desmond Devoy
Chief Reporter

Desmond Devoy - Chief Reporter and Assistant Editor Desmond has been regaling us with his many stories and interviews since 2002. He is also heard weekly with his News from Ireland report on the Ceol agus Craic show, 1430 AM between 11 am and noon. On occasion he also hosts the show when the regular host, our Editor, Eamonn O'Loghlin, is traveling.

At 27, he has traveled extensively in Asia, Europe and of course Ireland. By 2002 he had completed the three-year Print and Broadcast Journalism program at Humber College, graduating with an honours diploma after appearing on the Dean's list every semester. In October 2005 he graduated from York University with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

In 1998, Desmond worked as an Editorial intern at The Mississauga Business Times and Masthead magazine and went on to work with The Catholic Register in the re-launch of the Register's Youth pages - Youth Speak News. During this time at college, he also became Assignment Editor & Reporter for Humber Et Cetera, the weekly student newspaper.

Over the last few years he has worked on assignments as a general assignment reporter for both the Toronto Sun and The Clare Champion. He continues to cover Irish community stories for The Clare People, The Sligo Weekender, and several other regional newspapers in Ireland.

Desmond has won third place in North America in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest as well as The Toronto Star's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Political Reporting. He also won the Provost's Award Scholarship for entry to York University in 2003. He has been involved with the Mayor's Youth Council in Brampton, as Secretary and as a community fundraiser in the Brampton area.

In the latter half of 2006, Desmond made his way to Asia, where he taught Oral English at Xi'an Siyuan University in China for a semester.

Desmond's folks hail from Dublin and they live in the Brampton area. Desmond has a brother, Kieran, an Irish dancer who works at a personnel company in England, and two sisters Dympna and Mina. Dympna is a teacher in Sarnia and Mina runs a clothing charity in Burlington. Desmond is married to Stacey Devoy (nee Roy) and they reside in Smiths Falls in the Ottawa Valley. He is currently the editor and chief reporter of The Now EMC weekly newspaper, covering downtown Ottawa.

William "Smitty" Smith
Chief Photographer

Born in 1950 to an Irish Mother from County Fermanagh and an English Father from Devon, Smitty grew up in the west end of Toronto and has lived there all his life.

His interest in photography began at the age sixteen when he borrowed a 35 mm camera to take snaps of friends at school. He set up his first darkroom and bought a used camera so he could learn more.

He started taking photography courses at Ryerson on Saturdays that lasted five years. That’s where he honed his skills behind the camera. He now takes digital photography courses at George Brown to learn the tricks of the trade.

After graduating high school he decided to travel to Europe, The British Isles, Ireland and North Africa, taking in the sights and photos along the way.

In 1975 he started working with the Toronto Board of Education so he could buy his first Nikon camera. The job lasted twenty five years until the year 2000 when he retired. The camera out lasted the job and it still works!

In November of 1999 Bill and his long time girlfriend Sandra eloped to Vancouver and were married at a Calgary Stampede Grey Cup Pancake Breakfast. The gang made a lovely pancake wedding cake for them.

Retiring has allowed them to travel and Smitty to pursue his interest in photography.

Smitty started working in the Irish community with Eamonn O’Loghlin and TIN in 1998. Over the years he has worked for many different societies, associations and groups.

He has also worked for the Canadian National Exhibition, the British Isles Show and other events around town. He has been published in Toronto Newspapers and Magazines, Irish Newspapers, International Connect and New York’s Irish Connections magazines.

Smitty had a showing of his photos in the summer of 2005 at P.J. O’Brien’s which was very well received.

Smitty and Sandra are avid fans of the Canadian Football League. Smitty saw his first game in 1957 at Varsity Stadium and worked the Fog Bowl in 1962. He has been an Argo season ticket holder for 35 years and has been to 30 Grey Cup Games.

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