why is the Irish edition of UK newspapers different?

Lollipop95

We have the same newspapers as the UK:

The Sun
Daily Star
Daily Mirror
Daily Mail


those are just the tabloids. I've noticed that although the papers have the same titles in Ireland, the paper is completely different! The UK version has different titles to the Irish one and I don't get it Shouldn'tS they both be the same??? Shouldn't the UK paper be shipped to Ireland with the exact same head-lines, there should be a copy-right reason against Ireland printing what they want on the UK papers

I don't get it

PeteEd

Because nobody would buy them to read UK stories.

You also get a Northern Ireland versions of the papers, well The Sun anyway.

And they are printed here and not shipped here.

Whats more scandalous is the price difference.
The Sun UK = 30p
The Sun Ireland = 1 euro

The Star UK = 35p
The Star Ireland = 1.30 euro

Rip Off Ireland and so i don't read the rags anymore!

onemorechance

It's so that the news is more relevant to Ireland and thus more likely to sell in Ireland.

charlemont

PeteEd wrote: »

Because nobody would buy them to read UK stories.

You also get a Northern Ireland versions of the papers, well The Sun anyway.

And they are printed here and not shipped here.

Whats more scandalous is the price difference.
The Sun UK = 30p
The Sun Ireland = 1 euro

The Star UK = 35p
The Star Ireland = 1.30 euro

Rip Off Ireland and so i don't read the rags anymore!

its to do with a deal bertie ahern done years ago..brit rags dont pay some tax ..( not sure what it is ).. brit rags dumb down people anyway ...

PeteEd

charlemont wrote: »

its to do with a deal bertie ahern done years ago..brit rags dont pay some tax ..( not sure what it is ).. brit rags dumb down people anyway ...

That some tax hike!

But it is still 1euro for the Evening Hearld, so they're all to expensive

ejmaztec

Lollipop95 wrote: »

We have the same newspapers as the UK:

The Sun
Daily Star
Daily Mirror
Daily Mail


those are just the tabloids. I've noticed that although the papers have the same titles in Ireland, the paper is completely different! The UK version has different titles to the Irish one and I don't get it Shouldn'tS they both be the same??? Shouldn't the UK paper be shipped to Ireland with the exact same head-lines, there should be a copy-right reason against Ireland printing what they want on the UK papers

I don't get it

I don't get it either, which celebrity or showbiz item are you talking about?



:P

xzanti

Moved from Celebs & Showbiz.

sataction

No vat on newspaper sales in the UK.

Vat of 13.5% here.

Does not account for the difference. Uk prices are cheap in comparison with most countries.

Spanish daily newspapers sell at about €1 and €1.20. Sunday papers €2.00.

sceptre

Lollipop95 wrote: »

Shouldn't the UK paper be shipped to Ireland with the exact same head-lines, there should be a copy-right reason against Ireland printing what they want on the UK papers

Ireland doesn't print what they want on the UK papers - the UK papers print what they want on their Irish editions.

The Star is the exception - the UK edition is owned by Express Newspapers and the Irish edition is owned by Independent News & Media. The other three you've listed are owned by the same people who publish the main UK editions.

uvox

Because Irish people wouldn't buy the paper if they read what the editorial line and proprieters really thought of them (i.e. the UK version).

baalthor

It's not just the British papers: the Sunday World in NI is quite different from the southern edition (or at least it used to be).

The Sun is the best example of selling a newspaper as a product that's tailored to different markets. For example, the Scottish Sun is pro Scottish independence while the English version is anti. I believe there also a NI version.

I still find it quite bizzare to see the "Irish" Sun and the "Irish" Daily Mail, the latter especially would have been unthinkable 20 years ago.

However papers like the Mirror, Sun and NOTW were very popular here even before the Irish editions were introduced. And of course our journalists' union is a branch of the UK one; is this the case in any other country?

monument

The Mirror and the Sun in Ireland have a skeleton staff with a huge amount of reuse of UK content.

sceptre wrote: »

The Star is the exception - the UK edition is owned by Express Newspapers and the Irish edition is owned by Independent News & Media. The other three you've listed are owned by the same people who publish the main UK editions.

Unless something has changed recently, The Star here is owned 50/50 by the Express group and IN&M.

IRE60

If I were really pushed to engage the brain... I'd hazzard that the reason that they have 'different' editions' is that, well, they are different jurisdictions, with different cultures, peoples, traditions, legislation, language (at a push) -

Basically its (and it may come as a shock to the original poster) a different country!

This is not 'Blighty' and, as we are citizens and not subjects, we decide our daily diet of news.

I wonder if the guradian had a 'french edition' would the same question have been posted - "Why is the french edition different........"
:rolleyes:

sceptre

monument wrote: »

Unless something has changed recently, The Star here is owned 50/50 by the Express group and IN&M.

Bleh - you're completely correct, thanks... slipped my mind.

PeterIanStaker

uvox wrote: »

Because Irish people wouldn't buy the paper if they read what the editorial line and proprieters really thought of them (i.e. the UK version).

Yet Irish people still buy illogical defeatist sh!te if its in their own newspapers, its that same submissive attitude that has FF permanently in power and the churches full

JuliusCaesar

uvox wrote: »

Because Irish people wouldn't buy the paper if they read what the editorial line and proprieters really thought of them (i.e. the UK version).

Because the Irish dailies assume a reading age of 15 and the tabloids a reading age of 12?