List of newspapers in the Republic of Ireland

Summary

Below is a list of newspapers published in Ireland.

National titles – currently published – English language edit

Daily national newspapers edit

Title Market type Publisher Ownership Location Format Circulation (avg. paid single copies)
The Irish Sun National – tabloid News UK   United Kingdom Dublin Tabloid 44,074 [1]
Irish Daily Star National – tabloid Reach plc   United Kingdom Dublin Tabloid 32,629 [2]
Irish Daily Mail National – tabloid DMG Media   United Kingdom Dublin Tabloid 25,110 [3]
Irish Daily Mirror National – tabloid Reach plc   United Kingdom Dublin Tabloid 25,231 [4]
Irish Examiner National – quality The Irish Times   Ireland Cork Broadsheet No longer audited
Irish Independent National – quality Mediahuis   Belgium Dublin Tabloid No longer audited
The Herald (Ireland) National – tabloid Mediahuis   Belgium Dublin Tabloid No longer audited
The Irish Times National – quality The Irish Times   Ireland Dublin Broadsheet No longer audited

Sunday national newspapers edit

Title Market type Publisher Ownership Location Format Circulation (avg. paid single copies)
The Sunday Times National – quality News UK   United Kingdom Dublin Broadsheet 65,985 [5]
Irish Mail on Sunday National – tabloid DMG Media   United Kingdom Dublin Tabloid 54,952 [5]
The Irish Sun on Sunday National – tabloid News UK   United Kingdom Dublin Tabloid 42,689 [5]
The Irish Sunday Mirror National – tabloid Reach plc   United Kingdom Dublin Tabloid 18,750 [5]
Sunday Independent National – quality Mediahuis   Belgium Dublin Broadsheet No longer audited
Sunday World National – tabloid Mediahuis   Belgium Dublin Tabloid No longer audited
Business Post National – quality Kilcullen Kapital Partners   Ireland Dublin Broadsheet No longer audited
Daily Star Sunday National – tabloid Reach plc   United Kingdom London Tabloid 7,181

Regional titles – currently published – English language edit

Carlow edit

  • Carlow People (free newspaper published by Voice Media [6])
  • The Nationalist (Owned by The Irish Times [7])

Cavan edit

Clare edit

Cork edit

  • The Avondhu[12] – north-east Cork and neighbouring areas of Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
  • Ballincollig News[13] – Free tabloid monthly newspaper for Ballincollig, County Cork, sister publication of Bishopstown News
  • Bishopstown News[14] – Free monthly newspaper for the Western Suburbs (mainly Bishopstown and Wilton) of Cork City
  • The Carrigdhoun – Carrigaline and south-east Cork [15]
  • Cork Independent – free Cork city- and county-based weekly newspaper
  • The Cork News – free Cork city based weekly newspaper, launched 18 September 2009[16]
  • The Corkman (owned by Mediahuis[17])
  • The Douglas Post – weekly magazine for Douglas, Cork [18]
  • The Echo (owned by The Irish Times)
  • The Mallow Star (owned by VSO Publications[19])
  • Midleton News[20] – A4 size fortnightly newspaper for Midleton County Cork, sister publication of Youghal News, originally free, now retails for one euro
  • The Muskerry News[21] – free 40-page A4 monthly newspaper for the Ballincollig and Blarney area
  • The North City News[22] – free 40-page A4 monthly newspaper for the northside suburbs of the city of Cork
  • The Opinion (formerly The Bandon Opinion) – monthly magazine for West Cork[23]
  • The Southern Star[24] – primarily West Cork circulation
  • The Vale Star (owned by VSO Publications[19])
  • West Cork People[25] – free monthly newspaper for West Cork, 9,000 copies [26]
  • Youghal News[27] – free A4 size fortnightly newspaper for Youghal County Cork

Donegal edit

Dublin edit

Galway edit

Kerry edit

Kildare edit

Kilkenny edit

  • The Kilkenny People (owned by Iconic Newspapers[28])
  • The Kilkenny Reporter (free sheet, owned by Iconic Newspapers, not connected with closed newspaper of the similar name Kilkenny Reporter).[45]
  • The Kilkenny Observer (free sheet, owned by Amici Sempre Ltd)[45]

Laois edit

Leitrim edit

Limerick edit

Longford edit

Louth edit

Mayo edit

Meath edit

Monaghan edit

  • The Northern Standard

Offaly edit

  • The Offaly Topic
  • The Midland Tribune (owned by Iconic Newspapers[52])
  • The Offaly Independent (owned by Celtic Media Group[39])
  • Tullamore Tribune (owned by Iconic Newspapers[52])

Roscommon edit

Sligo edit

Tipperary edit

Waterford edit

Westmeath edit

Wexford edit

Wicklow edit

Political newspapers edit

Pan-regional edit

  • The Avondhu – covers North East Cork, West Waterford, South Limerick and South Tipperary
  • The Munster Express – covers the South East
  • The Nationalist & Munster Advertiser
  • Northwest Express – covers the 8 Northwest counties

University newspapers edit

Cork edit

Dublin edit

Galway edit

Limerick edit

Minority newspapers edit

  • Metro Éireann – multicultural paper for immigrants and ethnic minorities
(See also below in Foreign-language newspapers)

Online edit

Other edit

Irish-language newspapers edit

Daily newspapers edit

Weekly newspapers edit

  • Seachtain – Irish language newspaper which eventually replaced Foinse, included with the Wednesday Irish Independent
  • Goitse – local weekly Irish language newspaper for the Gaeltacht parish of Gweedore.

Monthly newspapers edit

  • Saol – Irish language monthly newspaper based in Dublin

Defunct edit

In the past there was one daily newspaper:

There were two weekly newspapers:

  • Gaelscéal – previously available every Friday
  • Foinse – was distributed Wednesdays with the Irish Independent, replaced by Seachtain

College newspapers with columns in Irish edit

English-language papers with regular Irish-language columns edit

Many English-language newspapers have Irish-language columns, including:

Other languages edit

Catalan edit

  • Diari Liffey[66] – news from Ireland in Catalan

Russian edit

  • Наша Газета (Nasha Gazeta)[67] – paper targeted at speakers of the Russian language

Polish edit

Closed newspapers, no longer published edit

Daily edit

Sunday and weekly edit

Regional edit

  • Athlone Voice (Now closed [72])
  • Ballymun Concrete News
  • The Cashel Advertiser
  • The Cashel Gazette
  • The Cavan Echo
  • The Cavan Voice
  • The Clare People[10]
  • The Clonmel Chronicle
  • The Clonmel Herald
  • The Clonmel Journal
  • Connemara View – ceased publication in December 2010[73]
  • The Cork on Sunday – short-lived (late 1990s) Sunday newspaper for Metropolitan Cork
  • The Cork Weekly[74] – a free weekly paper for Metropolitan Cork incorporating the Douglas Weekly, ceased July 2009
  • The Corkonian
  • Donegal on Sunday
  • Donegal Times (Closed in 2017 [75])
  • The Dublin Daily – renamed the Dublin Evening, a daily paper started in 2003 that ran for four months before running out of money
  • Dublin Penny Journal
  • The Dungarvan People and The Waterford People – sister papers, existed in 2008
  • The East Cork Express
  • East Cork Journal[76] – launched September 2007. Ceased publication in 2020 during pandemic lockdown.
  • The East Cork News – discontinued in 1991 after several years, was a sister publication of the Waterford News and Star (owned by Examiner/TCH)
  • The East Cork Post – short-lived Youghal based newspaper in the mid-1980s
  • The East Galway Democrat
  • The Enniscorthy Echo
  • Fingal Independent (owned by Independent News and Media [17])
  • The Flying Post - First regular Dublin newspaper from 1699, mainly a reprint of a similar London newspaper[77][78]
  • The Galway Vindicator
  • Galway First
  • Galway Voice
  • Galway Independent[79]
  • The Gorey Echo’’
  • Herald AM
  • Imokilly Monthly – a monthly newspaper in East Cork which appeared during 2009, a descendant of a previous publication, the Imokilly People
  • Imokilly People[80] – circulated in East Cork and South-West Waterford. Previously existed 1989 – July 2007 and reappeared briefly under new ownership in late 2008
  • The Kildare Voice
  • Kilkenny Advertiser[81] – free newspaper
  • The Kilkenny Voice
  • The Kingdom[82]
  • The Leitrim Echo
  • Letterkenny Leader – became the Letterkenny Post in 2005
  • The Liffey Voice
  • The Limerick Reporter
  • Limerick Chronicle
  • Limerick Independent[83]
  • Longford News (Now closed [72])
  • The Meath Echo
  • The Meath Post
  • The Meath Telegraph
  • The Meath Weekender
  • Metro
  • Midleton Post[84] – existed from February until sometime in 2008
  • Monaghan Post
  • The Monaghan Voice
  • The Mullingar Advertiser[85]
  • The Muskerry Herald – Ballincollig, County Cork
  • North County Leader (Closed in 2017 [86])
  • The Naas Voice
  • The New Ross Echo
  • The Offaly Express
  • Roscommon Champion (Now closed) [72]
  • The Democrat (Roscommon)(Newspaper stopped/disrupted by court action [87][88][89])
  • The Roscrea People
  • The Skibbereen Eagle – incorporated into The Southern Star
  • The Sligo Independent – published in Sligo 1855–1921; changed name to Sligo Independent and West of Ireland Advertiser 1921–1961
  • The Sligo Journal – sister paper of the Western Journal, published for Sligo 1977–1983
  • The Sligo Post
  • The Northside People (49.9% owned by Celtic Media Group[39])[90]
  • The Southside People (49.9% owned by Celtic Media Group[39]) [90]
  • Tallaght Voice
  • The Tipperary Advocate
  • The Tipperary Free Press
  • The Tipperary Leader
  • The Tipperary Vindicator
  • The Tipperary Voice
  • The Tipperaryman
  • The Waterford Chronicle (1804–1872)
  • The Waterford People and The Dungarvan People – sister papers, existed in 2008
  • The Western Journal
  • The Wexford Echo
  • The Youghal Tribune – sister newspaper of the Dungarvan Observer
  • The Cavan Times[91]

See also edit

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External links edit

  • Newspaper Database National Library of Ireland – Irish newspaper index and archives