the Irish News

The Irish News is the only independently owned daily newspaper based in Northern Ireland, and has been so since its launch on 15 August 1891 as an anti-Parnell newspaper by Patrick MacAlister.Ambrose Macaulay. Patrick McAlister Bishop of Down and Connor 1886-1895. Four Courts Press Ltd, Dublin, Ireland 2006 It merged with the Belfast Morning News in August 1892, and the full title of the paper has since been The Irish News and Belfast Morning News.{{cite web|url=http://www.nli.ie/en/NewspapersDetails.aspx?IndexNo=110|title=Belfast Morning News|publisher=National Library of Ireland|access-date=28 August 2013|archive-date=26 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232445/http://www.nli.ie/en/NewspapersDetails.aspx?IndexNo=110|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nli.ie/en/NewspapersDetails.aspx?IndexNo=789|title=Irish News|publisher=National Library of Ireland}} 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 of The Troubles in 1969; this peaked around the time of the peak in violence in 1971, and declined thereafter.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

In June 1982, the paper came under the control of the company's present owners, with Martin O'Brien as Editor.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/jim-fitzpatrick-1.117330|title=Jim Fitzpatrick|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=20 October 1997}}{{subscription required}}

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. The Irish News{{'}}s departure from Donegall Street marks the end of the street's association with print journalism, which earned it the nickname of Belfast's Fleet Street. The Donegall Street building was sold to Ulster University.{{cite web|first=James |last=Kelly |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65721779 |title=Irish News move marks the end of Belfast's Fleet Street |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=27 May 2023 |accessdate=27 May 2023}}

In September 2023, the newspaper got its first new look since March 2005.

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| data1 = 52,066 | label1 = 2002 (June to December){{cite news|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/northern-ireland-will-the-press-still-flourish-in-peacetime/|title=Northern Ireland: Will the press still flourish in peacetime?|work=Press Gazette|date=11 May 2006|access-date = 18 August 2020}}

| data2 = 48,613 | label2 = 2007 (January to June){{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/circulation-of-irish-times-increases-1.933379|title=Circulation of 'Irish Times' increases|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=22 August 2008|access-date = 18 August 2020}}{{subscription required}}

| data3 = 47,911 | label3 = 2008 (January to June)

| data4 = 41,932 | label4 = 2011 (July to December){{cite news|url=https://sluggerotoole.com/2012/03/01/dead-tree-circulation-continues-to-decline-belfast-telegraph-dropping-at-nearly-twice-rate-of-news-letter-irish-news/|title=Dead tree circulation continues to decline – Belfast Telegraph dropping at nearly twice rate of News Letter & Irish News|publisher=Slugger O'Toole|first=Alan|last=Meban|date=1 March 2012}}

| data5 = 40,842 | label5 = 2013 (January to June){{cite news|url=http://www.irishnews.com/business/2013/08/23/news/irish-news-comes-out-tops-in-latest-circulation-figures-68275/|title=Irish News comes out tops in latest circulation|work=The Irish News|first=Simon|last=Cunningham|date=23 August 2013}}{{subscription required}}

| data6 = 34,082 | label6 = 2017 (July to December){{cite news|url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2018/news/jp-dailies-post-circulation-rises-as-abc-figures-unveiled/|title=JP dailies post circulation rises as ABC figures unveiled|work=HoldTheFrontPage|author= Linford, Paul|date = 14 March 2018|access-date = 18 August 2020}}

| data7 = 32,315 | label7 = 2018 (July to December){{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49250844.pdf|title=Irish News Morning July to December 2018|publisher=ABC}}

| data8 = 21,181 | label8 = 2024 (January to June){{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/general/irish-news-still-leads-sales-race-with-7m-copies/ar-AA1AccWD|title=Irish News maintains position as UK and Ireland’s best-selling regional daily newspaper|work=The Irish News|first=Gary|last=McDonald|date=12 March 2025}}{{subscription required}}

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