Limerick Leader

{{Short description|Newspaper in Limerick, Ireland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Use Irish English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Limerick Leader

| school =

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| image = Limerick Leader.jpg

| type = Weekly newspaper

| owner = Iconic Newspapers

| editor = Aine Fitzgerald

| newseditor = Jerome O'Connell

| custom_label = Advertising

| custom = Gary Toohey

| sportseditor = Colm Kinsella

| foundation = 1889

| language = English

| headquarters = 29 Glentworth St, Limerick

| ISSN = 1649-8992

| website = {{URL|limerickleader.ie}}

| publishing_country = Ireland

| publishing_city = Limerick

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File:Limerick_Leader_offices.jpg

The Limerick Leader is a weekly local newspaper in Limerick, Ireland. It was founded in 1889.{{cite web|last=Keane |first=Conor |title=Limerick Leader sold for €23m |publisher=Irish Examiner |date=2002-12-05 |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2002/12/05/story697933530.asp |access-date=2008-07-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326074639/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2002/12/05/story697933530.asp |archive-date=2009-03-26 }} 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.{{fact|date=January 2022}}

In the 1950s, the Limerick Leader bought a rival newspaper the Limerick Chronicle. The Limerick Chronicle was founded in 1768 by John Ferrar {{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/making-the-papers-an-irishman-s-diary-on-250-years-of-the-limerick-chronicle-1.3449392|title=Making the papers – An Irishman’s Diary on 250 years of the ‘Limerick Chronicle’|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Denis|last=O’Shaughnessy|date=2018-04-04|url-access=subscription}} who was a prominent bookseller and printer in Limerick. The Limerick Chronicle is the longest running newspaper in Ireland. In 2018, the Limerick Chronicle went from a stand alone newspaper published on a Tuesday to a supplement in the weekend edition of the Limerick Leader.{{fact|date=January 2022}}

The paper is owned by Iconic Newspapers, which acquired Johnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014.{{cite web | title = Johnston Press sells its 14 titles in the Republic | work = The Irish Times | access-date = 2014-08-22 | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/media-and-marketing/johnston-press-sells-its-14-titles-in-the-republic-1.1745888 }}