The Letterkenny-based Derry People & Donegal News has recently appointed Laura McMonagle as editor. Laura becomes the first woman to hold the position in the newspaper’s 120 year history. A...
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Local newspapers around Ireland are marking their contribution to their communities by celebrating Local Newspaper Week. Readers in print and online are being encouraged to support their local newspapers by...
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Delegates from Local Ireland, the organisation representing local newspapers around the country, visited the Seanad to make submissions to the Joint Oireachtas Committee with responsibility for media. The special event,...
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The winners in this year’s Local Ireland Media Awards have been announced. Sixteen awards celebrating excellence in local news publishing were presented at a gala dinner in the Bloomfield House...
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Local Ireland, the association representing 32 weekly paid-for newspapers around the country, has welcomed today’s decision by the Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe to remove VAT on newspapers and digital...
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Why local journalism matters, why we need support and what can be done to secure our future. #JOURNALISMMATTERS #SUPPORTLOCALJOURNALISM
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The ability of the news publishing industry to perform its crucial democratic role is challenged by the structural forces that constitute an existential threat to the industry, in particular the decline in print circulation and advertising revenue and the increasing power of digital platforms.
While news publishers are fully committed to the digital transition, the digital news ecosystem rewards the distribution of content by platforms vastly more than its creation by publishers. Against this backdrop, it is important that public policy supports the viability of the sector, both in print and online.
Local Ireland, the association representing 32 paid-for weekly newspapers around the country, has welcomed today’s publication of the long-awaited Future of Media Commission Report. President of Local Ireland Declan McGuire said:…
CLICK HERE TO ENTER Local Ireland, the organisation which represents print and online news publishers around the country, has launched its annual awards to celebrate regional journalism. The 2022 Local…
