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67-414: The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. The Irish Times is Ireland's leading newspaper. It is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland. Though formed as a Protestant Irish nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners, it became

134-529: A broadsheet newspaper, it introduced an additional compact size in 2004. Further, in December 2012 (following billionaire Denis O'Brien 's takeover) it was announced that the newspaper would become compact only. The Irish Independent was formed in 1905 as the direct successor to The Irish Daily Independent and Daily Nation , an 1890s' pro- Parnellite newspaper. It was launched by William Martin Murphy ,

201-629: A cryptic crossword , formerly compiled by " Crosaire ", and a "Simplex" crossword. There is also a letters page. J.J. Walsh has contributed a chess puzzle to the paper since April 1955, originally weekly the puzzle became a daily fixture in September 1972. The paper carries political cartoons by Martyn Turner and the American cartoon strip, Doonesbury . The business section has a satirical illustration by David Rooney every Friday. Tom Mathews contributes an arts-inspired cartoon (called "Artoon") to

268-563: A "new conservative daily". Its headquarters were at 4 Lower Abbey Street in Dublin . Its main competitor in its early days was the Dublin Daily Express . After Knox's death in 1873, the paper was sold to the widow of Sir John Arnott , a Member of Parliament (MP), a former Lord Mayor of Cork , and owner of Arnotts , one of Dublin 's major department stores . The sale, for £35,000, led to two major changes. Arnott shifted

335-554: A body of people (the Governors) under company law. It is not a charity and does not have charitable status. It has no beneficial shareholders and it cannot pay dividends. Any profits made by The Irish Times cannot be distributed to the Trust but must be used to strengthen the newspaper, directly or indirectly. The Trust is composed of a maximum of 11 Governors. The Trust appoints Governors who are required to be "representative broadly of

402-506: A columnist who spoke out about the perceived vast salaries of the editor, managing director and deputy editor, was sacked and re-hired a week later, in November 2003. Former editor Geraldine Kennedy was paid more than the editor of the UK's top non-tabloid newspaper The Daily Telegraph , which has a circulation of about nine times that of The Irish Times . Later, columnist Fintan O'Toole told

469-559: A controversial Irish nationalist businessman, staunch anti- Parnellite and fellow townsman of Parnell's most venomous opponent, Timothy Michael Healy from Bantry. The first issue of the Irish Independent , published 2 January 1905, was marked as "Vol. 14. No. 1". During the 1913 Lockout of workers, in which Murphy was the leading figure among the employers, the Irish Independent vigorously sided with its owner's interests, publishing news reports and opinion pieces hostile to

536-453: A decline in their newspapers of record by reputation can represent a decline in levels of personal and political freedom (e.g. Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and Cambodia). Examples include: Irish Independent The Irish Independent is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis . The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines. Traditionally

603-562: A drop in advertising revenue coincided with a decision by the company to invest its reserves in the building of a new printing plant. None of the journalists was laid off, but many took a voluntary redundancy package when the paper was greatly restructured. Some foreign bureaus were closed and it stopped publishing "colour" pages devoted to Irish regions, with regional coverage merged with news. The paper's problems stemmed partly from internal strife, which led to McDowells's daughter, Karen Erwin, not being made chief executive. The reorganisation had

670-674: A gazette whose primary role is to publish notices, as their entire content represents the official view and doctrine of the state. This kind of official newspaper is distinct from newspapers of record by reputation, and is liable to fail the reputation criterion due to its governmental control. The word "official" can be used to distinguish them from "newspapers of record by reputation". Examples include Russia's Rossiyskaya Gazeta , North Korea's Rodong Sinmun , and China's People's Daily . The second type of "newspaper of record" (also "journal of record", or in French presse de référence )

737-531: A group publishing three local newspapers in West Dublin , and has acquired a property website, MyHome.ie, the second-largest property internet website in Ireland, for €50m, seen as insurance against the loss of revenue from traditional classified property advertising. In June 2009, journalists called on the board and trust to review "the flawed investment and diversification strategy of the company" and passed

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804-620: A mobile phone licence. In late 2004, Independent Newspapers moved from their traditional home in Middle Abbey Street to a new office, Independent House in Talbot Street , with the printing facilities already relocated to the Citywest business park near Tallaght . On 27 September 2005, a fortnight after the paper published its centenary edition, it was announced that editor Vinnie Doyle would step down after 24 years in

871-471: A motion saying that "ongoing investment in loss-making projects poses a serious threat to employment" at the newspaper. Four months later, the company announced a loss of €37 million and that 90 staff would be made redundant. The director, Maeve Donovan, who instigated the "investment and diversification" strategy, subsequently retired. She dismissed suggestions that she would receive a significant "golden handshake", saying that her package would be "nothing out of

938-419: A newspaper of record in the original, literal sense. Over time, historians relied on The New York Times and similar titles as a reliable archival and historical record of significant past events, and a gauge of societal opinions at the time of printing. The term "newspaper of record" evolved from its original literal sense to that newer meaning. The derived term "financial (or business) newspaper of record"

1005-584: A private newspaper may be designated by the courts for publication of legal notices, such as notices of fictitious business names , if judicial and statutory standards are met. These are sometimes called "legally adjudicated newspapers". The term "newspapers of public record" can also denote those owned and operated by a government that directs their entire editorial content. Such newspapers, while pejoratively termed " state mouthpieces ", can also be called "official newspapers of record", independently of whether they publish legal notices - distinguishing them from

1072-644: A separate prize was for the first time awarded for a work in the Irish language, for the most outstanding title of all of the categories, which was awarded by a separate panel of judges. The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, also known as the Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize until 1992 (when Aer Lingus ceased its sponsorship of the awards), was awarded annually until 2001. The winners of this prize were: Regular columns include: The paper has

1139-765: A similar tone, coverage, style, and traditions; many are over a century old and some over two centuries old (e.g., Neue Zürcher Zeitung , The Times , The Guardian , Le Figaro , and The Sydney Morning Herald ). Newspapers of record by reputation can be respected for the accuracy and quality of their reporting and still be either ideologically conservative (e.g., The Wall Street Journal and The Telegraph ) or ideologically liberal (e.g., The Washington Post and The Guardian ). Although many countries are proud of their newspapers of record by reputation, in some countries they face an openly hostile state or political system that tries to suppress their press freedoms. Examples are Turkey's Cumhuriyet , where many of

1206-604: A supporter of unionism in Ireland . In the 21st century, it presents itself politically as "liberal and progressive ", as well as being centre-right on economic issues. The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence. The paper's notable columnists have included writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and satirist Miriam Lord . The late Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald

1273-705: Is also archived up to 2009 online on the British Newspaper Archive website. Since 2011, the Irish Independent has been the home of New Irish Writing (and its associated Hennessy Award), which was originally established by David Marcus in 1969 in the Irish Press and appeared in the Sunday Tribune from 1988 to 2011. The New Irish Writing Page is "the longest-running creative writing feature of its kind in any Irish or British newspaper". The Irish Independent , in co-operation with

1340-649: Is attributed to The Wall Street Journal , the Financial Times , and to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) . While newspapers of record by reputation are typically major widely-read national (and international) publications, subject-specific newspapers of record also exist (see examples of subject-specific newspapers of record ). Over time, some established newspapers of record by reputation have lost their status due to financial collapse, take-over or merger by another entity that did not have

1407-577: Is not defined by formal criteria, and its characteristics vary. The category comprises newspapers that are considered to meet high standards of journalism , including editorial independence (particularly from the government and from its owners), accountability (mistakes are acknowledged), attention to detail and accuracy, and comprehensiveness and balance of coverage; they are regarded internationally (as well as in their own country/region) by major global outlets. Despite changes in society, newspapers of record by reputation have historically tended to maintain

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1474-689: The Irish Examiner . Initially subject to regulatory approval, the sale was completed in July 2018. In September 2018, The Irish Times started a voluntary redundancy scheme. This followed the Landmark Media Investments acquisition. The company has diversified from its original Irish Times title as a source of revenue. Irish Times Limited has taken a majority share for €5m in the Gazette Group Newspapers,

1541-487: The Sunday Independent : "We as a paper are not shy of preaching about corporate pay and fat cats but with this there is a sense of excess. Some of the sums mentioned are disturbing. This is not an attack on Ms Kennedy, it is an attack on the executive level of pay. There is double-standard of seeking more job cuts while paying these vast salaries. On 23 December 2004, The Irish Times ran a front-page story on

1608-469: The 1997 general election , it endorsed Fianna Fáil under a front-page editorial, entitled "It's Payback Time". While it suggested its headline referred to the fact that the election offered a chance to "pay back" politicians for their failings, its opponents suggested that the "payback" actually referred to its chance to get revenge for the refusal of the Rainbow Coalition to award the company

1675-807: The British Armed Forces . The article featured interviews with members of the Royal Irish Regiment and the Irish Guards . It was subsequently criticised by current affairs magazine The Phoenix , which argued that the article romanticised the War in Afghanistan and served as little more than an indirect advertisement for the British military. The Phoenix accused the editor of The Irish Times , Geraldine Kennedy , of violating

1742-716: The Independent or more colloquially, the Indo ) was seen as a nationalist, Catholic, anti-Communist , newspaper, which gave its political allegiance to the Pro-Treaty party Cumann na nGaedheal and later its successor party, Fine Gael . During the Spanish Civil War, the Irish Independent ' s coverage was strongly pro- Franco : the paper criticised the De Valera government for not intervening on behalf of

1809-610: The Institute of Education , produces Exam Brief , a yearly six-part supplement dedicated to preparation for Leaving and Junior Certificate exams. This supplement is published in February, March and April each year. See Independent News & Media article for newspapers and media assets in the wider group. Average print circulation was approximately 165,000 copies per issue in 1999, and had dropped to approximately 100,000 by 2016. In 2019, Independent News & Media exited

1876-601: The Irish Independent ' s parent company INM in May 2012. In July 2019 the takeover of INM by Belgian media group Mediahuis was approved by the Irish High Court. From 11 February 2020, it was announced that Independent.ie content would go behind a paywall. The Irish Independent is available on the Irish Newspaper Archives , in black-and-white microfilm up to 2004, in colour since 2005. It

1943-680: The Irish Republican Army 's attacks on members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and British government officials. In 1924, the traditional nationalist newspaper, the Freeman's Journal , merged with the Irish Independent . Until October 1986 the paper's masthead over the editorial contained the words "incorporating the Freeman's Journal". For most of its history, the Irish Independent (also called simply

2010-655: The Provisional IRA 's denial of involvement in the Northern Bank robbery , one of Europe's largest ever, and on the same day refused to print a column by Kevin Myers which said that the Provisional IRA was responsible. Myers was reported to be shocked by the spiking of his column. Some two weeks later, the paper printed a report that there might, after all, be a "nationalist" connection. Myers later left

2077-804: The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland . It devotes several pages to important stories such as the publication of government reports, government budgets, important courts cases, and so on. World News contains news from its correspondents abroad and from news wires and services such as Reuters, the Guardian Service, and the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post service. The paper has correspondents in London, Paris, Brussels, and Washington. The Irish Times publishes its residential property supplement every Thursday, one of

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2144-475: The Spanish Nationalists . In 1961, the harp became a symbol of the Irish Independent . It originally appeared in black but was changed to green in 1972. In the 1970s, former Heinz chairman Tony O'Reilly took over the Irish Independent . Under his leadership, it became a more market liberal newspaper and economic right-wing. By the mid-nineties its allegiance to Fine Gael had ended. In

2211-493: The Irish Defence Act which prohibits all forms of military recruitment advertising on the behalf of foreign militaries. On 9 September 2011, the paper published a pseudonymous article by Kate Fitzgerald. Unknown to the paper, she had taken her life on 22 August 2011. The revelation sparked a nationwide debate on suicide with her parents appearing on television to discuss suicide and depression. The article criticised

2278-758: The Office of the Press Ombudsman of the Press Council of Ireland was filed by Professor Tom Butler of the University College Cork . The Press Council Ombudsman upheld Butler's complaint, ruling that " The Irish Times breached Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice of the Press Council of Ireland". In 1974, ownership was transferred to a non-charitable trust, The Irish Times Trust . The former owner, Major Thomas McDowell ,

2345-463: The Press Ombudsman about an apology made to The Communications Clinic , their complaint was upheld. In September 2019, the paper reprinted an article from the New York Times by William Broad . The article claimed that "the blossoming anxiety over professed health risks of 5G [fifth generation wireless technology] 'can be traced to a single scientist and a single chart ' ". A complaint to

2412-456: The arts section on Saturday. A weekly Irish-language page is carried on Wednesdays. In 1994, The Irish Times established a web presence on IEunet.ie, which moved to the address Irish-times.ie in 1995; it was the first newspaper in Ireland and one of the first 30 newspapers in the world to establish an online presence. The company acquired the domain name ireland.com in 1997, and from 1999 to 2008, used it to publish its online edition. This

2479-472: The community throughout the whole of Ireland". As of June 2012, Ruth Barrington is the chair of the trust, and the governors are Tom Arnold, David Begg, Noel Dorr, Margaret Elliott, Rosemary Kelly, Eoin O'Driscoll, Fergus O'Ferrall, Judith Woodworth, Barry Smyth, and Caitriona Murphy. In 2015, The Irish Times Trust Limited joined as a member organisation of the European Press Prize . In 1895,

2546-776: The company's affairs were being conducted oppressively by its majority shareholder, the Irish Times . On 2 May 2024, it was announced that the Irish Times Group had acquired obituary business RIP.ie . The editor during the 1930s, R. M. Smyllie , had strong anti-fascist views, and angered the Irish Catholic hierarchy by opposing General Franco during the Spanish Civil War . During World War II, The Irish Times , like other national newspapers, had problems with Irish Government censorship. The Times

2613-465: The desired effect; after posting losses of almost €3 million in 2002, the paper returned to profit in 2003. In May 2005, the paper launched a new international edition, which was available in London and southeast England at the same time as other daily newspapers (previously, copies of the Irish edition were flown from Dublin to major cities in Britain on passenger flights, arriving around lunchtime). It

2680-687: The film critic and recipient of the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, wrote for the supplement until his death in 2010. On Saturdays, a Weekend section is published, with news features, arts profiles, television and radio columns, and book reviews of mainly literary and biographical works, with occasional reviews in the technology sector. The Saturday edition also includes the Magazine with consumer and lifestyle features on food, wine, gardening, and there are travel and sports supplements. Three Sudoku puzzles and two crosswords are published daily including

2747-534: The first U.S. newspaper in 1913 to publish an index of the subjects it covered. In recognition of that usage, The New York Times held an essay contest in 1927 in which entrants had to demonstrate "The Value of The New York Times Index and Files as a Newspaper of Record". The New York Times , and other newspapers of its type sought to chronicle events, acting as a record of the day's announcements, schedules, directories, proceedings, transcripts, and appointments. By 2004, The New York Times no longer considered itself

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2814-577: The government or a private party, is considered sufficient to comply with legal requirements for public notice . Such gazettes may have minimal or no editorial content (opinion articles), and are focused on public notification of state services and state decisions; an example is Latvia 's Latvijas Vēstnesis . In some jurisdictions, privately owned newspapers may register with the government to publish public and legal notices, or be otherwise eligible to publish such notices (terms used may include "newspaper of general circulation" among others). Likewise,

2881-544: The headquarters to 31 Westmoreland Street; the newspaper operated from this area until 2005. Its politics shifted dramatically, and it became predominantly Unionist in outlook. It was closely associated with the Irish Unionist Alliance . The paper, along with the Irish Independent and various regional papers, called for the execution of the leaders of the failed 1916 Easter Rising . Though

2948-484: The lack of editorial independence means that it is not a "newspaper of record by reputation". Newspapers of record by reputation that focus on business can also be called newspapers of financial record . A "newspaper of public record", or government gazette , refers to a publicly available newspaper that is authorized by a government to publish public or legal notices. It is often established by statute or official action and publication of notices within it, whether by

3015-429: The new domain name was supplied free of charge, but a subscription was charged to view its archives. Newspaper of record A newspaper of record is a major national newspaper with large circulation whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered authoritative and independent; they are thus "newspapers of record by reputation" and include some of the oldest and most widely respected newspapers in

3082-407: The ordinary at all". She was given a €1m "ex-gratia" payment by the newspaper "relating to a commutation of pension rights agreed with her". The managing director said in 2009 that mobile phone applications would be a key investment for newspapers and The Irish Times now has an application for the iPhone and Android smartphones. In June 2010, Gazette Group Newspapers' managing director claimed

3149-504: The paper became a publicly-listed company in 1900, the Arnott family continued to hold a majority shareholding until the 1960s (even after the family lost control, the great-grandson of the original purchaser was the paper's London editor). The last member of the Arnott family to sit on the paper's board was Sir Lauriston Arnott, who died in 1958. During the 1930s, the editor was R. M. Smyllie . The longest-serving editor of The Irish Times

3216-466: The paper in May 2006. The Irish Times tended to support the 2007 Lisbon Treaty , which adjusted the operation of the European Union . However, opposing views were also printed, including articles by Declan Ganley of Libertas Ireland , and other anti-Lisbon campaigners. On 31 July 2010, The Irish Times published an article titled "The fighting Irish" about Irish nationals who enlisted in

3283-685: The paper moved from its original offices on Middle Abbey Street to D'Olier Street in the centre of Dublin. "D'Olier Street" became a metonym of The Irish Times which in turn was personified as "The Old Lady of D'Olier Street". In October 2006, the paper relocated to a new building on nearby Tara Street . The Irish Times Literature Prizes were established in 1988, with the inaugural Irish Times International Fiction Prize (worth £7,500 in 1998) awarded in 1989. The Irish Literature Prizes (four categories, each worth £5,000 in 1998) were awarded for fiction, poetry, and non-fiction written in English. In 1998,

3350-527: The position. He was replaced by Gerry O'Regan, who had until then been editor of the Irish Independent ' s sister paper, the Evening Herald . The newspaper's previous editor Stephen Rae was also formerly editor of the Evening Herald and was appointed editor in September 2012. Fionnan Sheahan was appointed editor in January 2015. Billionaire Denis O'Brien acquired a majority shareholding of

3417-557: The printed residential property listings for the Dublin area. This is also online. Motoring and employment supplements are published on Wednesday and Friday respectively, and are also online. A business supplement is published every Friday, as is an entertainment supplement called The Ticket , with film, music, theatre reviews, interviews, articles, and media listings. It features cinema writer Donald Clarke and music writers Jim Carroll, Brian Boyd, Tony Clayton-Lea and others. Michael Dwyer ,

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3484-411: The reaction to her illness by her employer, The Communications Clinic , although it was only after she was identified as the author that her employer became known. The article was later removed from the paper's website, causing controversy online. The editor later told her parents that sections of her article were factually incorrect, but could not say which ones. Kate's parents complained to the Office of

3551-407: The religious affairs editor); and the long-running An Irishman's Diary . An Irishman's Diary was written by Patrick Campbell in the forties (under the pseudonym "Quidnunc"); by Seamus Kelly from 1949 to 1979 (also writing as "Quidnunc"); and in the early 2000s by Kevin Myers . After Myers' move to the rival Irish Independent , An Irishman's Diary has usually been the work of Frank McNally. On

3618-492: The same standard layout every day. The front page contains one main picture and three main news stories, with the left-hand column, News Digest, providing a "teaser" of some of the stories inside the Home News, World News, Sport and Business Today sections as well as other information such as winning lottery numbers and weather forecasts. Inside, it usually contains eight to twelve pages of Irish news, called "Home News", covering

3685-433: The same standards or allowed increased government control and suppression of the paper's editorial independence. The existence of newspapers of record by reputation is an aspect of the level of press freedom and political freedom in a country, with major first-world democracies having several such newspapers (e.g. United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Italy and Japan); in contrast, countries that have seen

3752-706: The sports pages, Philip Reid is the paper's golf correspondent. One of its most popular columns was the biting and humorous Cruiskeen Lawn satire column written, originally in Irish , later in English, by Myles na gCopaleen , the pen name of Brian O'Nolan (Brian Ó Nualláin) who also wrote books using the name Flann O'Brien . Cruiskeen Lawn is an anglicised spelling of the Irish words crúiscín lán , meaning "little full jug". Cruiskeen Lawn made its debut in October 1940, and appeared with varying regularity until O'Nolan's death in 1966. A newspaper entitled The Irish Times

3819-414: The staff have been imprisoned; Panama's La Prensa , where staff have been shot and the owners forced into exile; and Venezuela's El Nacional , which was forced out of print when the state seized its assets (see examples of fallen newspapers of record ). The term is believed to have originated among librarians who began referring to The New York Times as the "newspaper of record" when it became

3886-486: The strikers, expressing confidence in the unions' defeat and launching personal attacks on the leader of the strikers, James Larkin . The Irish Independent described the 1916 Easter Rising as "insane and criminal" and famously called for the shooting of its leaders. In December 1919, during the Irish War of Independence , a group of twenty IRA men destroyed the printing works of the paper, angered at its criticism of

3953-402: The world. The number and trend of "newspapers of record by reputation" is related to the state of press freedom and political freedom in a country. It may also be a newspaper authorized to publish public or legal notices , thus serving as a newspaper of public record . A newspaper whose editorial content is directed by the state can be referred to as an official newspaper of record , but

4020-502: Was Douglas Gageby . In 1974, ownership was transferred to a non-charitable trust, The Irish Times Trust . The former owner, Major Thomas McDowell , was made "president for life" of the trust that runs the paper; he was paid a large dividend. The paper established its first bureau in Asia when foreign correspondent Conor O'Clery moved to Beijing , China, in 1996. The Irish Times suffered considerable financial difficulty in 2002 when

4087-485: Was "reprehensible conduct". When the Irish government signed the Companies Act 2014 , the Trust registered the overall Irish Times Group as a designated activity company , The Irish Times Designated Activity Company ( The Irish Times DAC ). In December 2017, The Irish Times reportedly had reached an agreement to purchase the newspaper, radio and website interests of Landmark Media Investments , which include

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4154-404: Was founded in 1823, but this closed in 1825. The title was revived decades later by Lawrence E. Knox , (later known as Major Lawrence Knox), a 22-year-old army officer. Initially he published thrice-weekly publication but soon shifted to a daily newspaper; the first edition was published on 29 March 1859. He founded it as a moderate Protestant newspaper, reflecting his politics. Knox envisaged it as

4221-460: Was freely available at first but charges and a registration fee were introduced in 2002 for access to most of the content. A number of blogs were added in April 2007, written by Jim Carroll , Shane Hegarty, and Conor Pope . On 30 June 2008, the company relaunched ireland.com as a separate lifestyle portal and the online edition of the newspaper was now published at irishtimes.com . Access to news on

4288-471: Was largely pro- Allies and was opposed to the Éamon de Valera government policy of neutrality . In 1969, the longest-serving editor of The Irish Times , Douglas Gageby , was allegedly called a "white nigger" by company chairman Thomas Bleakley McDowell , because of the newspaper's coverage of Northern Ireland at the outset of the Troubles , which was supportive of Irish nationalism. John Waters ,

4355-503: Was made "president for life" of the trust which runs the paper and was paid a large dividend. However several years later the articles of the Trust were adjusted, giving Major McDowell 10 preference shares and one more vote than the combined votes of all the other directors should any move be made to remove him. McDowell died in 2009. The Trust is regulated by a legal document, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and controlled by

4422-543: Was once a columnist. Michael O'Regan was the Leinster House correspondent for more than 30 years. Senior international figures, including Tony Blair and Bill Clinton , have written for its op-ed page. Its most prominent columns have included the political column Backbencher , by John Healy ; Drapier (an anonymous piece produced weekly by a politician, giving the 'insider' view of politics); Rite and Reason (a weekly religious column, edited by Patsy McGarry,

4489-658: Was printed at the Newsfax plant in Hackney , and uses the Financial Times distribution network. In 2008 the Central Bank of Ireland fined The Irish Times after its management admitted breaking market abuse rules. In 2009, the Supreme Court ordered the paper to pay €600,000 in costs, despite it having won its case in support of protecting journalistic sources. The court said the paper's destruction of evidence

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