foinse

conchubhar1

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0610/1224248537726.html


we cant even support one weekly newspaper

dlofnep

Another one bites the dust? This is a shame. This recession seems to be hitting the language hard, but this isn't the first time a paper has been forced to close.

conchubhar1

no its not

but its the second in a year and our last newspaper........

Micilin Muc

Beidh muid fágtha gan nuachtán ar bith nuair a imíonn Foinse ach tá mé cinnte nach é ár nuachtán deiridh.

We'll be left with no newspaper when Foinse's gone but I'm sure it's not our last newspaper.

pog it

Cuireann sin an-bhrón orm agus caithfidh muid uilig oibriu nios deine ar son na Gaeilge. Thug mé faoi deara go raibh Nós ar diol sa siopai anois agus rud maith e sin, ach comeon, teastaionn nuacht uainn freisin. Tá iontas orm nach bhfuil ach 4000 cóip diolta sa seachtain.

Redbhoy

How many subscriptions would they need to keep the paper going?? We could organise an internet campaign to help.

Micilin Muc

Creideann Gaeilgeoirí go mba cheart nuachtán a bheith ann, ach nuair a thagann an bád isteach sa chuan, ní léimeann siad amach le cóip a cheannach. Tá gá le hathrú meoin, rud nach bhféadfadh feachtas frithghníomhach idirlín a bhaint amach.

Gaeilgeoirí believe there should be a newspaper, but when push comes to shove, they don't bother to buy a copy. What's needed is a change in attitude, something a reactionary internet campaign wouldn't be able to bring about.

pog it

aye, 4000 copies a week Foinse sells at the moment is low enough in a way- call me naive but I had pictured it being a lot closer to 10,000.

I think they do a good job, there's a very funny page never mind column in it every week, and if you read it week after week, it builds on its 'in' jokes and I love that! It's my favourite column of any newspaper. It's the 'ar son na cuise' column. And they have Dara O'Cinnéide covering sports.

Could be that a re-design and a couple of really useful learning Irish pages could help a bit, but yeah micilin muc is right, a change of mindset is kinda needed, but if they got more funding, and did make a few changes, who knows. I reckon it should be a given that it gets adequate funding from the Government. Otherwise why should I pay my taxes?

conchubhar1

i bought mine weekly
but only knew one place dont sold them where i live - a good walk away

luckily it is on sale in dublin in a lot of places - it is a shame a damned shame

ScouseMouse

I threw it out of my shop some years ago due to excess copies being dumped in my store by the publishers/distributors.

Good riddance !

dlofnep

Pearse Doherty from Sinn Féin was kicked out of the Seanad today for trying to address the lack of support in the Government for Foinse.

http://www.highlandradio.com/news.php?articleid=000004170

conchubhar1

why am i not suprised there was little other support besides sinn féin?
sigh - the ''irish'' governemnt

thanks for the link tho

pog it

We all pay taxes, yes? So right, we should all be accommodated. To an extent obviously but one Irish language newspaper is reasonable.

conchubhar1

you would imagine

but in more respects than simply irish - not everone is treated equal and this extends very much so to groups of people

LimeFruitGum

I used to read it in college; the Irish Dept used to leave them out for language students.

Is mór an trua é, ach mar a duirt Micilín, mura cheannaigh daoine Foinse, ní nach ionadh go bhfuil siad i dtrioblóid anois. :-/

At the same time, aren't newspapers and magazines one of those purchases that people tend to cut back on these days?
I am so used to reading newspapers online that I can't remember when I last bought one. *blush*

conchubhar1

yes and no on the digital newspapers

i still look at newspapers online but you cant beat the physical thing in your hand

Patrickisperfec

One of the things that the new contract for an Irish langage newspaper requires is for the publishers to provide on online version of the papaer.

conchubhar1

i dont see why they cant fund foinse

now they have to run a competition to find a new company to do so - which has to start over with staff, writers, layout etc etc

the cost would be extra and will still have to work in the same market and has to run the extra cost of an online version which some will read insted of buying it

foras/govt/conradh or whoever funds this - bravo

you have money brains and a decent paper to burn!