List of newspapers in the Republic of Ireland

Below is a list of newspapers published in Ireland.

Daily national newspapers

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! 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
 * Irish Daily Star|| National – tabloid ||Reach plc
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom|| Dublin || Tabloid || 32,629
 * Irish Daily Mail|| National – tabloid ||DMG Media
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom|| Dublin || Tabloid || 25,110
 * Irish Daily Mirror|| National – tabloid ||Reach plc
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom|| Dublin || Tabloid || 25,231
 * 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
 * }
 * 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
 * }
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland|| Dublin || Broadsheet || No longer audited
 * }

Sunday national newspapers

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! 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
 * Irish Mail on Sunday|| National – tabloid ||DMG Media
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom|| Dublin || Tabloid || 54,952
 * The Irish Sun on Sunday|| National – tabloid ||News UK
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom|| Dublin || Tabloid || 42,689
 * The Irish Sunday Mirror|| National – tabloid ||Reach plc
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom||Dublin || Tabloid || 18,750
 * 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
 * }
 * Daily Star Sunday
 * National – tabloid
 * Reach plc
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
 * London
 * Tabloid
 * 7,181
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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
 * 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 – free paper
 * 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 Indepenedent

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

Monaghan

 * The Northern Standard

Offaly

 * The Offaly Topic
 * 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
 * Westmeath Examiner (owned by Celtic Media Group )
 * Westmeath Independent (owned by Celtic Media Group )
 * Westmeath Topic

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

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

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

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

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
 * Fingal Independent (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
 * 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