Tipperary Star
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Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet until 2013 now Tabloid. |
Owner(s) | Iconic Newspapers |
Editor | Anne O'Grady |
Founded | 1909 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Friar Street, Thurles |
City | Thurles |
Country | Ireland |
ISSN | 1393-9084 |
OCLC number | 885427118 |
Website | tipperarystar |
The Tipperary Star is a weekly regional newspaper covering news in County Tipperary, Ireland. The newspaper's main office is located in Thurles town.[1] The paper is currently owned by Iconic Newspapers, who acquired Johnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014.[2][3]
The paper was first published on 4 September 1909.[citation needed]
The Tipperary Star is no longer ABC audited for circulation.[4] For the first six months of 2008, average circulation was 9,072, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation.[5]
In March 2019, the Tipperary Star settled a lawsuit over an article about a TD.[6][7]
Editors
[edit]- Gerard O'Grady (1975–1987)
- Michael Dundon (1987–2011)
- Anne O'Grady (2011–2021)
- Noel Dundon (2021-present)
References
[edit]- ^ "Contact Us - Tipperary Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More". Tipperary Star. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
- ^ "Johnston Press sells its 14 titles in the Republic". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
- ^ "The Tipperary Star bids for 'Headline of the Year' award | Eamonn Fitzgerald: Rainy Day". Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ^ "Data - ABC | Audit Bureau of Circulations". Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ O'Loughlin, Ann (19 March 2019). "Ex-Minister settles action against local newspaper publisher". Irish Examiner.
- ^ O'Faolain, Aodhan (19 March 2019). "Defamation action involving ex-FF minister Michael Smith settled". The Irish Times.