Limerick Leader
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Iconic Newspapers |
| Editor | Aine Fitzgerald |
| News editor | Jerome O'Connell |
| Sports editor | Colm Kinsella |
| Advertising | Gary Toohey |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 29 Glentworth St,Limerick |
| City | Limerick |
| Country | Ireland |
| ISSN | 1649-8992 |
| Website | limerickleader |
TheLimerick Leaderis a weekly localnewspaperinLimerick,Ireland.It was founded in 1889.[1]The newspaper is headquartered on Glentworth Street in the City.
The broadsheet paper currently is distributed in three editions, City, County and West, with a small selection of content differing between the three. The newspaper also has a Monday tabloid paper, City based, with a cover price of 1 euro.[citation needed]
In the 1950s, theLimerick Leaderbought a rival newspaper theLimerick Chronicle.TheLimerick Chroniclewas founded in 1768 by John Ferrar[2]who was a prominent bookseller and printer in Limerick. TheLimerick Chronicleis the longest running newspaper in Ireland. In 2018, theLimerick Chroniclewent from a stand alone newspaper published on a Tuesday to a supplement in the weekend edition of theLimerick Leader.[citation needed]
The paper is owned byIconic Newspapers,which acquiredJohnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014.[3]
Notable contributors[edit]
Margaret Moloney,hailed as Ireland's first and oldest serving harbour master, was a journalist and contributed local news from Glin,Co Limerickas 'Our Glin Correspondent'.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^Keane, Conor (5 December 2002)."Limerick Leader sold for €23m".Irish Examiner.Archived fromthe originalon 26 March 2009.Retrieved17 July2008.
- ^O’Shaughnessy, Denis (4 April 2018)."Making the papers – An Irishman's Diary on 250 years of the 'Limerick Chronicle'".The Irish Times.
- ^"Johnston Press sells its 14 titles in the Republic".The Irish Times.Retrieved22 August2014.
- ^First lady of the Estuary, Martin Byrnes, Limerick Leader, 28 March 1998, p8
- ^Slater, S (2022). 100 Women of Limerick. Ormston House. p206-207.