List of newspapers in the Republic of Ireland

Below is a list of newspapers published in Ireland.

English-language newspapers

Daily newspapers

Title	Market type	Print time	Location	Format	Circulation
Irish Independent	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Compact	90,052
The Irish Times	National – quality	Morning	Dublin	Broadsheet	62,185
The Irish Sun	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Tabloid	56,339
The Herald	National – tabloid	Evening	Dublin	Tabloid	40,847
Irish Daily Star	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Tabloid	44,536
Irish Daily Mirror	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Tabloid	35,433
Irish Daily Mail	National – tabloid	Morning	Dublin	Tabloid	44,041
Irish Examiner	National – quality	Morning	Cork	Broadsheet	30,089

• 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	10,270

• 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	180,833
Sunday World	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	101,874
The Sunday Times	National – quality	Dublin	Broadsheet	81,925
Irish Mail on Sunday	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	68,609
The Irish Sun on Sunday	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	52,412
The Irish Sunday Mirror	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	24,056
The Sunday Business Post	National – quality	Dublin	Broadsheet	28,111
Irish People	National – tabloid	Dublin	Tabloid	8,945

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

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, Dún 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) www.newsgroup.ie
• 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
• The Tipperary Times

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

• Wicklow Voice – freesheet published every Friday, most popular, lifestyle in design delivering Bray to Arklow
• 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

• Metro Éireann – multicultural paper for immigrants and ethnic minorities

(See also below in Foreign-language newspapers)

Online

• TheJournal.ie
• Broadsheet.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
• Limerick Standard ^[38]

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
• The United Irishman – founded 1899; closed 1906

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^[39]
• The Cork on Sunday – short-lived (late 1990s) Sunday newspaper for Metropolitan Cork
• The Cork Weekly^[40] – 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^[41] – 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^[42] – free newspaper
• The Kilkenny Voice
• The Kingdom^[43]
• 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^[44] – existed from February until ? during 2008
• Monaghan Post
• The Monaghan Voice
• The Mullingar Advertiser^[45]
• 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

Irish-language newspapers

Daily

There are no daily Irish-language newspapers.

Weekly

• 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

• Saol – Irish language monthly newspaper based in Dublin

Defunct

In the past there was one daily newspaper:

• Lá Nua, based in Belfast

And two weekly newspapers:

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

English-language newspapers with Irish-language columns

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

• An Phoblacht
• Irish Independent – on Wednesdays includes the newspaper Seachtain
• Connaught Telegraph
• Evening Echo – weekly Irish-language segment
• Irish Echo
• Irish Daily Star (column on Saturdays)
• Irish News
• The Irish Times
• Metro Éireann

College newspapers with columns in Irish

• UCC Express (University College Cork student newspaper)
• The College Tribune (University College Dublin Student Newspaper) – Irish Section
• The Edition  (Dublin Institute of Technology student newspaper)
• An Focal (University of Limerick student newspaper)
• The College View  (Dublin City University student newspaper)

Foreign-language newspapers

• Diari Liffey^[46] – news from Ireland in Catalan
• Наша Газета (Nasha Gazeta)^[47] – paper targeted at speakers of the Russian language
• Nasz Glos^[48]
• Polska Gazeta^[49]
• Polski Express^[50]
• Polski Herald – special Polish edition of every Friday's Evening Herald
• StrefaÉire – Polish language newspaper for the Polish community in Ireland

See also

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

References

External links

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