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image captionEoghan Harris has often commented about Northern Ireland in his columns
Columnist Eoghan Harris has had his contract terminated by Ireland s Sunday Independent newspaper over his role in a fake Twitter account.
The account, set up in February 2020 under the name Barbara J Pym, posted about aspects of Irish politics.
The journalist and former Irish senator confirmed his involvement, in an interview with RTÉ.
Mr Harris has often commented about Northern Ireland and is a long-time critic of Sinn Féin.
He told RTÉ Drivetime that he was one of the founders of the Twitter account, but in recent times he had moved to the background as more of an advisor .