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

TitleMarket typePublisher OwnershipLocationFormatCirculation (avg. paid single copies)
Irish Daily StarNational – tabloidReach plc United KingdomDublinTabloid16,874 (May 2025)
Irish Daily MirrorNational – tabloidReach plc United KingdomDublinTabloid14,661 (May 2025)
Irish Daily MailNational – tabloidDMG Media United KingdomDublinTabloid14,285 (May 2025)
The Irish SunNational – tabloidNews UK United KingdomDublinTabloidUnknown
Irish ExaminerNational – qualityThe Irish Times Ireland CorkBroadsheetNo longer audited
Irish IndependentNational – qualityMediahuis BelgiumDublinCompactNo longer audited
The Herald (Ireland)National – tabloidMediahuis Belgium DublinTabloidNo longer audited
The Irish TimesNational – qualityThe Irish Times IrelandDublinBroadsheetNo longer audited

Sunday national newspapers

TitleMarket typePublisher OwnershipLocationFormatCirculation (avg. paid single copies)
Irish Mail on SundayNational – tabloidDMG Media United KingdomDublinTabloid32,707 (May 2025)
The Irish Sunday MirrorNational – tabloidReach plc United KingdomDublinTabloid11,501 (May 2025)
Daily Star Sunday National – tabloid Reach plc United Kingdom London Tabloid 4,099 (May 2025)
The Sunday TimesNational – qualityNews UK United KingdomDublinBroadsheetUnknown
The Irish Sun on SundayNational – tabloidNews UK United KingdomDublinTabloidUnknown
Sunday IndependentNational – qualityMediahuis BelgiumDublinBroadsheetNo longer audited
Sunday WorldNational – tabloidMediahuis BelgiumDublinTabloidNo longer audited
Business PostNational – qualityKilcullen Kapital Partners IrelandDublinBroadsheetNo longer audited

Regional titles – currently published – English language

Carlow

  • Carlow People (free newspaper published by Voice Media [1])
  • The Nationalist (Owned by The Irish Times [2])

Cavan

Clare

Cork

  • The Avondhu[7] – north-east Cork and neighbouring areas of Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
  • Ballincollig News[8] – Free tabloid monthly newspaper for Ballincollig, County Cork, sister publication of Bishopstown News
  • Bishopstown News[9] – Free monthly newspaper for the Western Suburbs (mainly Bishopstown and Wilton) of Cork City
  • The Carrigdhoun – Carrigaline and south-east Cork [10]
  • Cork Independent – free Cork city- and county-based weekly newspaper
  • The Cork News – free Cork city based weekly newspaper, launched 18 September 2009[11]
  • The Corkman (owned by Mediahuis[12])
  • The Douglas Post – weekly magazine for Douglas, Cork [13]
  • The Echo (owned by The Irish Times)
  • The Mallow Star (owned by VSO Publications[14])
  • Midleton News[15] – A4 size fortnightly newspaper for Midleton County Cork, sister publication of Youghal News, originally free, now retails for one euro
  • The Muskerry News[16] – free 40-page A4 monthly newspaper for the Ballincollig and Blarney area
  • The North City News[17] – 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[18]
  • The Southern Star[19] – primarily West Cork circulation
  • The Vale Star (owned by VSO Publications[14])
  • West Cork People[20] – free monthly newspaper for West Cork, 9,000 copies [21]
  • Youghal News[22] – free A4 size fortnightly newspaper for Youghal County Cork

Donegal

Dublin

Galway

Kerry

Kildare

Kilkenny

  • The Kilkenny People (owned by Iconic Newspapers[23])
  • The Kilkenny Reporter (free sheet, owned by Iconic Newspapers, not connected with closed newspaper of the similar name Kilkenny Reporter).[36]
  • The Kilkenny Observer (free sheet, owned by Amici Sempre Ltd)[36]

Laois

Leitrim

Limerick

Longford

Louth

Mayo

Meath

Offaly

  • The Offaly Topic (owned by Topic Newspapers)
  • The Midland Tribune (owned by Iconic Newspapers[42])
  • The Offaly Independent (owned by Celtic Media Group[32])
  • Tullamore Tribune (owned by Iconic Newspapers[42])

Roscommon

  • Roscommon Herald (owned by The Irish Times[41])
  • Roscommon People[43]

Sligo

Tipperary

Waterford

Westmeath

Wexford

Wicklow

Political newspapers

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

Dublin

Galway

Limerick

Minority newspapers

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

Online

Other

Irish-language newspapers

Daily newspapers

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.
  • An Páipéar  (in print and online)[53][54]

Monthly newspapers

  • Saol – Irish language monthly newspaper based in Dublin

Defunct

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

English-language papers with regular Irish-language columns

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

Other languages

Catalan

  • Diari Liffey[57] – news from Ireland in Catalan

Russian

  • Наша Газета (Nasha Gazeta)[58] – paper targeted at speakers of the Russian language

Polish

Closed newspapers, no longer published

Daily

Sunday and weekly

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[5]
  • The Clonmel Chronicle
  • The Clonmel Herald
  • The Clonmel Journal
  • Connemara View – ceased publication in December 2010[63]
  • The Cork on Sunday – short-lived (late 1990s) Sunday newspaper for Metropolitan Cork
  • The Cork Weekly[64] – a free weekly paper for Metropolitan Cork incorporating the Douglas Weekly, ceased July 2009
  • The Corkonian
  • Donegal on Sunday
  • Donegal Times (Closed in 2017 [65])
  • 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[66] – 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 [12])
  • The Flying Post - First regular Dublin newspaper from 1699, mainly a reprint of a similar London newspaper[67][68]
  • The Galway Vindicator
  • Galway First
  • Galway Voice
  • Galway Independent[69]
  • 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[70] – 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[71] – free newspaper
  • The Kilkenny Voice
  • The Kingdom[72]
  • The Leitrim Echo
  • Letterkenny Leader – became the Letterkenny Post in 2005
  • The Liffey Voice
  • The Limerick Reporter
  • Limerick Chronicle
  • Limerick Independent[73]
  • Longford News (Now closed [74])
  • Mayo Advertiser[75]
  • The Meath Echo
  • The Meath Post
  • The Meath Telegraph
  • The Meath Weekender
  • The Northern Standard
  • Metro
  • Midleton Post[76] – existed from February until sometime in 2008
  • Monaghan Post
  • The Monaghan Voice
  • The Mullingar Advertiser[77]
  • The Muskerry Herald – Ballincollig, County Cork
  • North County Leader (Closed in 2017 [78])
  • The Naas Voice
  • The New Ross Echo
  • The Offaly Express
  • Roscommon Champion (Now closed) [74]
  • The Democrat (Roscommon)(Newspaper stopped/disrupted by court action [79][80][81])
  • 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[32])[82]
  • The Southside People (49.9% owned by Celtic Media Group[32]) [82]
  • 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[83]
  • North Wicklow Times[84]
  • South Wicklow Times[84]

Other

See also

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