Aengus Fanning (22 April 1942 – 17 January 2012) was an Irish journalist and editor of the Sunday Independent from 1984 until his death in 2012.
[6] In a 1993 interview with Ivor Kenny in the book Talking to Ourselves, Fanning described himself as a classical liberal who was opposed to both Ulster loyalist and Provisional IRA terrorism.
"[4] Fanning recruited a number of noted writers to contribute to the newspaper, including historians Conor Cruise O'Brien and Ronan Fanning,[3] journalists Shane Ross and Gene Kerrigan, poet Anthony Cronin[4] and novelist Colm Tóibín.
[3] Foley noted some Irish commentators criticised Fanning's Sunday Independent, claiming the newspaper was publishing "a mix of sleaze and prurience".
[8] One of the more bizarre incidents occurred in 2001 when Fanning was involved in a fisticuffs with a colleague at the newspaper - operations editor Campbell Spray.