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_(cropped).JPG) The Irish News, 23 February 2007 | |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | OriginallyBroadsheet, thenBerliner butCompact since 2005 |
| Owner | Fitzpatrick family |
| Founder | Bishop Patrick MacAlister |
| Publisher | The Irish News Ltd[1] |
| Editor | Chris Sherrard |
| Founded | 15 August 1891 |
| Language | English,Irish |
| Headquarters | Fountain Centre, College Street Belfast,Northern Ireland |
| Circulation | 20,857 (as of August 2025)[2] |
| Website | www |
The Irish News is acompactdaily newspaper based inBelfast,Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's largest-selling morning newspaper and is available throughout Ireland.[3] It is broadlyIrish nationalist in its viewpoint, though it also featuresunionist columnists.
The Irish News is the only independently owned daily newspaper based inNorthern Ireland, and has been so since its launch on 15 August 1891 as an anti-Parnell newspaper byPatrick MacAlister.[4] It merged with theBelfast Morning News in August 1892, and the full title of the paper has since beenThe Irish News and Belfast Morning News.[5][6] T.P. Campbell was editor from 1895 until 1906, when he was succeeded by Tim McCarthy, who served as editor until 1928. Appointed in 1999, Noel Doran served as editor until 2024 when he was succeeded by Chris Sherrard.
The Irish News saw a dramatic growth in its circulation with the beginning ofThe Troubles in 1969;[3] this peaked around the time of the peak in violence in 1971, and declined thereafter.[citation needed]
In June 1982, the paper came under the control of the company's present owners, withMartin O'Brien as Editor.[3][7]
In May 2023, the newspaper relocated from its premises at 113-117 Donegall Street, its home for more than a century, to modern offices on College Street. TheIrish News's departure from Donegall Street marks the end of the street's association with print journalism, which earned it the nickname of Belfast'sFleet Street. The Donegall Street building was sold toUlster University.[8]
In September 2023, the newspaper got its first new look since March 2005.
| Year (period) | Average circulation per issue |
|---|---|
| 2002 (June to December)[9] | 52,066 |
| 2007 (January to June)[10] | 48,613 |
| 2008 (January to June)[10] | 47,911 |
| 2011 (July to December)[11] | 41,932 |
| 2013 (January to June)[12] | 40,842 |
| 2017 (July to December)[13] | 34,082 |
| 2018 (July to December)[14] | 32,315 |
| 2024 (January to June)[15] | 21,181 |
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