Sunday Independent editor Alan English has stepped down from his role, following a personal commitment to give himself five years at the helm of the title.
News of his unexpected departure reached staff at Mediahuis via email on Tuesday morning.
Mr English said his decision was based on “personal reasons” and later clarified it was unrelated to health issues or anything behind the scenes.
“I decided quite some time ago that I felt five years would be a good stint for me. I’ve been getting tremendous reaction from it, lots of supportive messages, a lot concern as well,” he said.
“This thing about me leaving for personal reasons – some people seemed to think I might have some health issues but that is absolutely not the…