List of newspapers in the Republic of Ireland

Below is a list of newspapers published in Ireland.

Daily newspapers

Title	Market type	Print time	Location	Format	Circulation
Irish Independent	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Compact	108,460
The Irish Times	National – quality	Morning	Dublin	Broadsheet	74,092
The Irish Sun	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Tabloid	58,463
The Herald	National – tabloid	Evening	Dublin	Tabloid	44,317
Irish Daily Star	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Tabloid	55,408
Irish Daily Mirror	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Tabloid	40,300
Irish Daily Mail	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Tabloid	46,028
Irish Examiner	National – quality	Morning	Cork	Broadsheet	32,648

• Circulation figures provided by the Audit Bureau of Circulations; average sales in the Republic of Ireland.

Evening newspapers

Title	Market type	Print time	Location	Format	Circulation
Evening Echo	Regional – tabloid	Evening	Cork	Tabloid	14,157

• Circulation figures provided by the Audit Bureau of Circulations; average sales in the Republic of Ireland.

Sunday newspapers

Title	Market type	Location	Format	Circulation
Sunday Independent	National – tabloid	Dublin	Broadsheet	216,108
Sunday World	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	144,727
The Sunday Times	National – quality	Dublin	Broadsheet	94,372
Irish Mail on Sunday	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	93,315
The Irish Sun on Sunday	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	55,675
The Irish Sunday Mirror	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	35,353
The Sunday Business Post	National – quality	Dublin	Broadsheet	32,508
Irish People	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	14,403

• Circulation figures provided by the Audit Bureau of Circulations; average sales in the Republic of Ireland.

Irish-language newspapers

Weekly

• Foinse – Irish language newspaper which comes free with the Irish Independent every Wednesday (out of print)
• Gaelscéal – available every Friday (out of print)
• Goitse – local weekly Irish language newspaper for the Gaeltacht parish of Gweedore.

Monthly

• Saol – Irish language monthly newspaper based in Dublin

Newspapers with Irish-language columns

In addition to this, most English-language newspapers have Irish-language columns, including:

• An Focal (University of Limerick student newspaper) – Irish-language columns
• An Phoblacht – Irish-language columns
• The College View  (Dublin City University student newspaper) – Irish-language columns
• Connaught Telegraph – Irish-language columns
• The Edition  (Dublin Institute of Technology student newspaper) – Irish-language columns
• Evening Echo – weekly Irish-language segment
• Irish Echo – Irish-language columns
• Irish Daily Star Irish-language column (Saturdays)
• Irish News – Irish-language columns
• The Irish Times – Irish-language columns
• Metro Éireann – Irish-language columns
• UCC Express (University College Cork student newspaper) – Irish-language columns
• The College Tribune (University College Dublin Student Newspaper) – Irish Section

Local newspapers

Carlow

• Carlow Nationalist
• Carlow People

Cavan

• The Anglo-Celt
• The Cavan Times^[1]

Clare

• Clare Champion
• The Clare County Express
• The Clare Courier
• The Clare People^[2]
• The Clare People Weekender - defunct

Cork

• The Avondhu^[3] – North-East Cork and neighbouring areas of Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
• Ballincollig News ^[4] – Free tabloid monthly newspaper for Ballincollig, County Cork, sister publication of Bishopstown News
• Bishopstown News ^[5] – Free monthly newspaper for the Western Suburbs (mainly Bishopstown and Wilton) of Cork City
• The Carrigdhoun – Carrigaline and South-East Cork
• Cork Independent – free Cork city and county based weekly newspaper
• The Cork News – free Cork city based weekly newspaper, launched 18 September 2009 ^[6]
• The Corkman^[7] – primarily North County Cork circulation
• The Douglas Post – weekly magazine for Douglas, Cork
• East Cork Journal^[8] – launched September 2007
• Evening Echo^[9] - Cork local, daily, free ads
• The Mallow Star – sister paper of the Vale Star
• Midleton News^[10] – A4 size fortnightly newspaper for Midleton County Cork, sister publication of Youghal News, originally free, now retails for one Euro
• The Muskerry News^[11] – free 40-page A4 monthly newspaper for the Ballincollig and Blarney area
• The North City News^[12] – 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
• The Southern Star^[13] – primarily West Cork circulation
• The Vale Star – Charleville and surrounding Cork-Limerick border area
• West Cork People^[14] – free monthly newspaper for West Cork, 9,000 copies
• Youghal News^[15] – free A4 size fortnightly newspaper for Youghal County Cork

Donegal

• Derry People/Donegal News
• The Donegal Democrat
• Donegal People’s Press
• Donegal Post
• Donegal Times
• Finn Valley Post
• Finn Valley Voice
• Inish Times
• Inishowen Independent
• Donegal Page
• Tirconaill Tribune
• Donegal Daily

Dublin

• City Wide News
• Dublin Gazette Newspapers (Lucan, Blanch, Clondalkin, Dundrum, Dun Laoghaire, Swords, Dublin City)^[16]
• The Dublin Informer^[17]
• Dublin Inquirer^[18]
• The Echo
• The Fingal Independent
• LifeTimes
• Liffey Champion – South-West Dublin
• Metro Herald
• Newsgroup (Tallaght News, Clondalkin News, Lucan News and Rathcoole & Saggart News)
• North County Leader
• The Northside People
• The Southside People

Galway

• Connacht Sentinel
• The Connacht Tribune^[19] – despite its title, this newspaper is primarily Galway-based
• The Galway Advertiser^[20]
• Galway First
• Galway Independent^[21]
• Galway Voice
• The Tuam Herald^[22]

Kerry

• Kenmare News^[23] - free 40-page A4 monthly newspaper for the Kenmare area
• The Kerryman^[24]
• Kerry's Eye^[25]

Kildare

• Kildare Nationalist – mainly South Kildare
• Kildare Post
• Leinster Leader
• Liffey Champion – North Kildare and West Dublin

Kilkenny

• The Kilkenny People

Laois

• Laois Nationalist
• The Laois Press
• The Leinster Express

Leitrim

• Leitrim Observer

Limerick

• Limerick Chronicle – Republic of Ireland's oldest paper
• Limerick Independent^[26] – free paper
• Limerick Leader – for all the Mid-West, i.e. Limerick, Clare, North Tipperary
• Limerick Post – free paper
• Vale Star – South and East Limerick and North Cork based
• Weekly Observer – West Limerick based

Longford

• Longford Leader

Louth

• The Argus
• The Drogheda Independent
• The Drogheda Leader
• The Drogheda Weekender
• The Dundalk Democrat
• The Dundalk Leader

Mayo

• Connaught Telegraph
• Mayo Advertiser^[27]
• The Mayo News
• Western People

Meath

• The Meath Chronicle
• The Meath Echo
• The Meath Topic

Monaghan

• The Northern Standard

Offaly

• The Midland Tribune
• The Offaly Independent
• The Offaly Topic
• Tullamore Tribune

Roscommon

• Athlone Advertiser
• Roscommon Herald
• Roscommon People''

Sligo

• The Northwest Express
• The Sligo Champion
• The Sligo Weekender

Tipperary

• The Midland Tribune
• The Nationalist
• The Nenagh Guardian
• South Tipp Today
• Tipp Tatler
• The Tipperary Star

Waterford

• The Dungarvan Leader^[28]
• The Dungarvan Observer
• The Munster Express^[29]
• The Waterford News & Star^[30]
• Waterford Today^[31] - free newspaper

Westmeath

• The Athlone Advertiser^[32]
• The Athlone Topic
• The Westmeath Examiner
• The Westmeath Independent
• The Westmeath Topic

Wexford

• The County Wexford Free Press
• The Enniscorthy Echo
• The Enniscorthy Guardian
• The Gorey Echo
• The Gorey Guardian
• The New Ross Echo
• The New Ross Standard
• The Wexford Echo
• The Wexford People

Wicklow

• The Bray People – tabloid published every Wednesday, aimed at Bray and North County Wicklow
• North Wicklow Times – freesheet published every Tuesday
• South Wicklow Times – freesheet published every Tuesday
• Wicklow People – tabloid published every Wednesday, aimed at Wicklow Town, Arklow and South and West County Wicklow

Political party newspapers

• An Phoblacht – monthly newspaper politically aligned to Sinn Féin
• Saoirse Irish Freedom – monthly newspaper politically aligned to Republican Sinn Féin
• The Socialist – monthly newspaper politically aligned to the Socialist Party
• The Socialist Voice – monthly newspaper aligned to the Communist Party of Ireland
• Socialist Worker – bi-weekly newspaper aligned to the Socialist Workers Party
• The Sovereign Nation - bi-monthly newspaper aligned to the 32 County Sovereignty Movement
• The Starry Plough – bi-monthly newspaper politically aligned to the Irish Republican Socialist Party

Pan-regional

• 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

Cork

• UCC Express^[33] – University College Cork

Dublin

• College Tribune – University College Dublin
• The College View^[34] – Dublin City University
• The Edition – Dublin Institute of Technology
• Trinity News^[35] – Trinity College Dublin
• The University Observer^[36] – University College Dublin
• The University Times^[35] – Trinity College Dublin

Galway

• Sin Newspaper^[37] – National University of Ireland, Galway

Limerick

• An Focal – University of Limerick

Minority newspapers

• Diari Liffey^[38] – news from Ireland in Catalan
• Наша Газета (Nasha Gazeta)^[39] – paper targeted at speakers of the Russian language
• Metro Éireann – multicultural paper for immigrants and ethnic minorities
• Nasz Glos^[40]
• Polska Gazeta^[41]
• Polski Express^[42]
• Polski Herald – special Polish edition of every Friday's Evening Herald
• StrefaÉire – Polish language newspaper for the Polish community in Ireland

Online

• TheJournal.ie
• TheLiberal.ie

Other

• Iris Oifigiúil – official state gazette
• The Irish Catholic
• Irish Farmers Journal
• The Irish Field

Defunct

Daily

• An Claidheamh Soluis – "The Sword of Light", see Gaelic League
• Cork Constitution – renamed 1873, ceased publication 1922
• Cork Free Press – founded 1910, ceased publication 1916
• Daily Express – founded 1851, ceased general publication 1921
• Daily Ireland – launched in January 2005, ceased in September 2006
• The Daily News – opened and closed in 1982
• The Dublin Evening Mail – renamed the Evening Mail, closed in the 1960s
• The Evening News – opened in May 1996 and closed in September of the same year
• The Evening Press – closed in 1995
• The Evening Telegraph – closed 1924
• The Freeman's Journal – merged with the Irish Independent in 1924
• Irish Bulletin – official Irish Republic gazette; closed 1922
• The Irish Press – closed in 1995
• The United Irishman

Sunday and weekly

• Anois – closed in 1996
• Inniú – closed in 1984
• Ireland on Sunday – replaced with Irish Mail on Sunday 2006
• The Irish Citizen – closed 1920
• Irish Daily Star Sunday – closed January 2011
• Irish News of the World – closed July 2011
• The Sunday Journal
• The Sunday Press – closed in 1995
• Sunday Review – published in Dublin 1957–1963
• The Sunday Tribune – closed February 2011

Regional

• Athlone Voice
• Ballymun Concrete News
• The Cashel Advertiser
• The Cashel Gazette
• The Cavan Echo
• The Cavan Voice
• The Clonmel Chronicle
• The Clonmel Herald
• The Clonmel Journal
• Connemara View – ceased publication in December 2010^[43]
• The Cork on Sunday – short-lived (late 1990s) Sunday newspaper for Metropolitan Cork
• The Cork Weekly^[44] – a free weekly paper for Metropolitan Cork incorporating the Douglas Weekly, ceased July 2009
• The Corkonian
• Donegal on Sunday
• 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
• 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 Galway Vindicator
• 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^[45] – 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^[46] – free newspaper
• The Kilkenny Voice
• The Kingdom^[47]
• The Leitrim Echo
• Letterkenny Leader – became the Letterkenny Post in 2005
• The Liffey Voice
• The Limerick Reporter
• Longford News
• The Meath Post
• The Meath Telegraph
• The Meath Weekender
• Metro
• Midleton Post^[48] – existed from February until ? during 2008
• Monaghan Post
• The Monaghan Voice
• The Mullingar Advertiser^[49]
• The Muskerry Herald – Ballincollig, County Cork
• The Naas Voice
• The Offaly Express
• Roscommon Champion
• 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
• 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 Youghal Tribune – sister newspaper of the Dungarvan Observer

See also

• List of online newspaper archives
• Radio in Ireland
• Television in Ireland

References

1. The Cavan Times Newspaper
2. Clare People
3. The Avondhu
6. The Cork News
7. Corkman.ie
8. East Cork Journal
9. Evening Echo
10. Midleton News Online
11. Muskerry News
12. North City News
13. The Southern Star
14. West Cork People
15. Youghal News Online
17. Dublin Informer
19. galwaynews.ie The Connacht Tribune
20. Galway Advertiser
21. Galway Independent
22. The Tuam Herald
23. Kenmare News
24. Kerryman.ie International News & Media
25. Kerry's Eye Online
26. LimerickIndependent.com Archived 12 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
27. Mayo Advertiser
28. Dungarvan Leader
29. The Munster Express
30. Waterford News & Star
31. Waterford Today
32. Athlone Advertiser
33. UCC Express UCC
34. The College View DCU
35. The University Times Trinity College Students’ Union
36. The University Observer Student Centre, University College Dublin
37. SIN Seirbhísí Comhaltas na Mac Léinn, National University of Ireland, Galway
38. Diari Liffey
39. RussianIreland.com
40. ng24.ie
41. Gazeta.ie
42. PolskiExpress.ie
43. Connemara View
44. corkweekly.ie Archived 18 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
45. imokillypeople.ie Archived 27 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
46. Kilkenny Advertiser Galway Advertiser
47. the-kingdom.ie Archived 2 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
48. midletonpost.com Archived 28 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
49. Mullingar Advertiser

External links

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