Sacked Sunday Times writer apologises for article branded antisemitic

Kevin Myers said he deserved to be sacked for the column and ‘Jewish people... are the most gifted people who have ever existed on this planet’.A Sunday Times columnist from Ireland sacked over allegations his column was antisemitic and misogynistic has issued an apology.Kevin Myers said he was sorry for causing offence but denied he was motivated by antisemitism and said he was a friend of the Jewish people and of Israel.