List of newspapers in the Republic of Ireland

Below is a list of newspapers published in Ireland.

National titles – currently published – English language

Daily national newspapers

Sunday national newspapers

Regional titles – currently published – English language

Carlow

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

Cavan

• The Anglo-Celt (owned by Celtic Media Group).

Clare

• The Clare Champion (owned by the Galvin family )
• The Clare Echo
• The Clare County Express Est. 1979

Cork

• The Avondhu – north-east Cork and neighbouring areas of Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
• Ballincollig News – Free tabloid monthly newspaper for Ballincollig, County Cork, sister publication of Bishopstown News
• Bishopstown News – 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
• The Corkman (owned by Mediahuis)
• The Douglas Post – weekly magazine for Douglas, Cork
• The Echo (owned by The Irish Times)
• The Mallow Star (owned by VSO Publications)
• Midleton News – A4 size fortnightly newspaper for Midleton County Cork, sister publication of Youghal News, originally free, now retails for one euro
• The Muskerry News – free 40-page A4 monthly newspaper for the Ballincollig and Blarney area
• The North City News – 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 – primarily West Cork circulation
• The Vale Star (owned by VSO Publications)
• West Cork People – free monthly newspaper for West Cork, 9,000 copies
• Youghal News – free A4 size fortnightly newspaper for Youghal County Cork

Donegal

• Derry People/Donegal News (owned by North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing Company )
• The Donegal Democrat (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Donegal People's Press (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Donegal Post (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Finn Valley Post (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Finn Valley Voice
• Inish Times (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Inishowen Independent (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Tirconaill Tribune
• Letterkenny People (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Letterkenny Post (owned by Iconic Newspapers)

Dublin

• Northside People and Southside People - Dublin People Media Group.
• Dublin Gazette
• The Dublin Voice
• Dublin Inquirer (monthly print edition )
• The Echo
• Liffey Champion – south-west Dublin
• Newsgroup (Tallaght News, Clondalkin News, Lucan News, and Rathcoole & Saggart News)
• Northside News
• Southside News

Galway

• Connacht Telegraph (owned by Celtic Media Group)
• The Connacht Tribune/Galway City Tribune (owned by Connacht Tribune Media Group)
• The Galway Advertiser
• The Tuam Herald

Kerry

• Kenmare News – free 40-page A4 monthly newspaper for the Kenmare area
• The Kerryman (owned by Mediahuis)
• Kerry's Eye
• Killarney Advertiser - www.killarneyadvertiser.ie, weekly community news magazine since 1973

Kildare

• Kildare Nationalist (owned by The Irish Times)
• Kildare Post (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Leinster Leader (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Liffey Champion – north Kildare and west Dublin

Kilkenny

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

Laois

• Laois Nationalist (owned by The Irish Times )
• The Leinster Express (owned by Iconic Newspapers)

Leitrim

• Leitrim Observer (owned by Iconic Newspapers)

Limerick

• Limerick Leader (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Limerick Post
• Vale Star (published by VSO Publications )
• Weekly Observer (published by VSO Publications )

Longford

• Longford Leader (owned by Iconic Newspapers )

Louth

• The Argus (owned by Mediahuis)
• The Drogheda Independent (owned by Mediahuis)
• Drogheda Leader
• The Dundalk Democrat (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• The Dundalk Leader
• The Mid Louth Independent

Mayo

• Connaught Telegraph (owned by Celtic Media Group)
• The Mayo News (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• Western People (owned by The Irish Times)

Meath

• The Meath Chronicle (owned by Celtic Media Group)
• The Meath Topic (owned by Topic Newspapers)

Offaly

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

Roscommon

• Roscommon Herald (owned by The Irish Times)
• Roscommon People

Sligo

• The Northwest Express
• The Sligo Champion (owned by Mediahuis)
• Sligo Weekender (owned by Dorothy Crean)

Tipperary

• The Midland Tribune (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• The Nationalist (owned by Iconic Newspapers)
• The Nenagh Guardian
• The Tipperary Star (owned by Iconic Newspapers )

Waterford

• The Dungarvan Leader
• The Dungarvan Observer
• The Munster Express
• Waterford News & Star (Owned by The Irish Times)
• Waterford Today (free newspaper, owned by Voice Media )

Westmeath

• The Athlone Topic (owned by Topic Newspapers)
• Westmeath Examiner (owned by Celtic Media Group)
• Westmeath Independent (owned by Celtic Media Group)
• Westmeath Topic (owned by Topic Newspapers)

Wexford

• The County Wexford Free Press
• The Enniscorthy Guardian (owned by Mediahuis)
• The Gorey Guardian (owned by Mediahuis)
• The New Ross Standard (owned by Mediahuis)
• The Wexford People (owned by Mediahuis)

Wicklow

• Bray People (owned by Mediahuis)
• North Wicklow Times
• South Wicklow Times
• Wicklow People (owned by Mediahuis)
• Wicklow Voice (free newspaper, owned by Voice Media)

Political newspapers

• An Phoblacht – irregular magazine politically aligned to Sinn Féin
• Irish Republican News – online weekly newspaper
• LookLeft - bi-monthly political magazine produced by the Workers' Party.
• Saoirse Irish Freedom – monthly newspaper aligned to Republican Sinn Féin
• The Socialist – monthly newspaper politically aligned to the Socialist Party
• Socialist Voice – monthly newspaper published by 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
• Forward - sporadically published newspaper by the Connolly Youth Movement

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 – University College Cork

Dublin

• College Tribune – University College Dublin
• The College View – Dublin City University
• The Edition – Dublin Institute of Technology
• Trinity News – Trinity College Dublin
• The University Observer – University College Dublin
• The University Times – Trinity College Dublin

Galway

• Sin Newspaper – University of 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
• The Ditch (website)

Other

• Iris Oifigiúil – official state gazette
• The Irish Catholic, weekly newspaper
• The Church of Ireland Gazette, monthly publication
• Methodist Newsletter - monthly
• Presbyterian Herald - monthly official publication of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
• Irish Farmers Journal
• The Irish Field

Irish-language newspapers

Daily newspapers

• Tuairisc.ie (online)
• NÓS.ie (online)

Weekly newspapers

• 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

• Saol – Irish language monthly newspaper based in Dublin

Defunct

In the past there was one daily newspaper:

• Lá Nua, based in Belfast

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

• The University Times (Trinity College Dublin student newspaper)
• 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)

English-language papers with regular 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

Other languages

Catalan

• Diari Liffey – news from Ireland in Catalan

Russian

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

Polish

• Nasz Glos
• Polska Gazeta
• Polski Express
• Polski Herald – special Polish edition of every Friday's Evening Herald
• StrefaÉire – Polish language newspaper for the Polish community in Ireland

Closed newspapers, no longer published

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
• The Clare Courier
• 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
• Lá – the first Irish Gaelic medium daily paper, renamed Lá Nua, closed in 2008

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
• The Irish Family – closed 2008
• An Gaedheal – closed 1937
• Metro Éireann - closed 2020
• 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 Advertiser (variant of Galway Advertiser)
• Athlone Voice
• Ballymun Concrete News
• The Cashel Advertiser
• The Cashel Gazette
• The Cavan Echo
• The Cavan Voice
• The Clare People
• The Clonmel Chronicle
• The Clonmel Herald
• The Clonmel Journal
• Connemara View – ceased publication in December 2010
• The Cork on Sunday – short-lived (late 1990s) Sunday newspaper for Metropolitan Cork
• The Cork Weekly – a free weekly paper for Metropolitan Cork incorporating the Douglas Weekly, ceased July 2009
• The Corkonian
• Donegal on Sunday
• Donegal Times (Closed in 2017 )
• 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 – 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
• ' (owned by Independent News and Media )
• The Flying Post - First regular Dublin newspaper from 1699, mainly a reprint of a similar London newspaper
• The Galway Vindicator
• Galway First
• Galway Voice
• Galway Independent
• 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 – 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 – free newspaper
• The Kilkenny Voice
• The Kingdom
• The Leitrim Echo
• Letterkenny Leader – became the Letterkenny Post in 2005
• The Liffey Voice
• The Limerick Reporter
• Limerick Chronicle
• Limerick Independent
• Longford News (Now closed )
• Mayo Advertiser
• The Meath Echo
• The Meath Post
• The Meath Telegraph
• The Meath Weekender
• The Northern Standard
• Metro
• Midleton Post – existed from February until sometime in 2008
• Monaghan Post
• The Monaghan Voice
• The Mullingar Advertiser
• The Muskerry Herald – Ballincollig, County Cork
• North County Leader (Closed in 2017 )
• The Naas Voice
• The New Ross Echo
• The Offaly Express
• Roscommon Champion (Now closed)
• The Democrat (Roscommon)(Newspaper stopped/disrupted by court action )
• 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)
• The Southside People (49.9% owned by Celtic Media Group)
• 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

See also

• Radio in Ireland
• Television in Ireland

References

External links

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