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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid (formerlybroadsheet) |
| Owner(s) | Independent News & Media, a subsidiary ofMediahuis |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Talbot Street,Dublin |
| ISSN | 0791-6906 |
| Website | herald.ie |
The Herald is a nationwidemid-markettabloidnewspaper headquartered inDublin, Ireland, and published byIndependent News & Media who are a subsidiary ofMediahuis.[1] It is published Monday–Saturday. The newspaper was known as theEvening Herald until its name was changed in 2013. It is known for its vendors on the streets of Dublin.[2]
TheEvening Herald was first published in Dublin on 19 December 1891.[3] Former contributors includedJoan Tighe.[4][5]
In 1982 the paper changed its size frombroadsheet totabloid.[citation needed]
Until November 2000, theEvening Herald was produced and pressed in Independent House on Middle Abbey Street,Dublin 1.[citation needed] Themonochrome printing facility in the basement of this building was then retired, and the paper is now printed in full colour at a purpose-built plant in Citywest, along with theIrish Independent, theSunday Independent and various other regional newspapers owned by Independent News & Media. In 2004, production of the paper was moved from Independent House to a new office on Talbot Street and the paper's old home was sold to the neighbouring department store,Arnotts, for an estimated €26 million.[citation needed]
The life ofHerald music critic Chris Wasser was threatened by fans of boy bandThe Wanted in 2012 following the publication of his review of their gig in Dublin.[6]
In March 2013, it was reported that theEvening Herald was to be renamedThe Herald and would become a morning rather than an evening newspaper.[7]
In March 2017, it was announced that INM were merging theSunday World andThe Herald newsrooms.[8]
In October 2020,Independent News & Media announced that they would not longer be supporting the Herald website and would merge the Herald newsroom with the INM newsroom.[9]
In 2023, it was reported that Mediahuis were no longer investing in The Herald and it was being left to "sink or swim".[10]
On 10 October 2005, a free version of theEvening Herald, published in the mornings and entitledHerald AM, began distribution, as a defensive measure against theDaily Mail and General Trust-ownedMetro, launched on the same date. It joined with another morning freesheetMetro to become theMetro Herald. Herald AM later closed.[citation needed]
| Year (period) | Average circulation per issue |
|---|---|
| 1999 (January to June)[11] | 110,500 |
| 2005 (January to June)[12] | 93,830 |
| 2006 (January to June)[13] | 87,645 |
| 2010 (January to June)[14] | 67,657 |
| 2011 (January to June)[14] | 61,936 |
| 2012 (January to June)[15] | 61,179 |
| 2012 (July to December)[16] | 58,826 |
| 2014 (July to December)[17] | 49,512 |
| 2015 (July to December)[18] | 44,317 |
| 2016 (January to June)[19] | 44,085 |
| 2016 (July to December)[20] | 40,847 |
| 2017 (January to June)[21] | 39,093 |
| 2017 (July to December)[22] | 36,097 |
| 2018 (January to June)[23] | 31,946 |
| 2018 (July to December)[24] | 28,940 |
In 2019,Independent News & Media exited the ABC auditing process.[25] Hence, no circulation figures are available after 2018.
