Top five irish newspapers

Mmmm_Lemony

3 questions;
What are the top five irish newspapers?
What is your favourite and why?
Which newspaper do you dislike the most, and why?

FreudianSlippers

Irish Daily Star

There are 5 Irish newspapers?


I only read the Irish Times.

starbelgrade

Newspapers? Aren't they what you use to cover the floors when you're painting the house?

Pookah

Irish Daily Star

Top five? Didn't know we had that many.

I read the Irish Times when at home.

I dislike the Daily Mail, because everyone else here does.

Joey the lips

The Irish Times

Favorite....Either the Examiner or the Sunday business post...

Hates... All independent news and media shoite... ie Sindo,Herald,metro

Hates...The oirsh sun,The oirsh mail,

Hates, NOTW,Sunday World

Love....Daily Sport...Read it and you will realise why....Especially seen as i dont like sports...

GLaDOS

The Sun
The Star
The Daily Mail
The Herald
NOTW

starbelgrade

Pookah wrote: »

Top five? Didn't know we had that many.

There's only a handful of national papers, but there's tonnes of regional & county ones. Dublin, funnily enough, is one of the few counties that doesn't actually have one.

OPENROAD

Don't buy Irish newspapers, far too expensive imo.

I get my Irish news from the radio and TV.

I subscribe to the London Evening Standard newspaper, you can view its daily issue online which has been free for over a year now both in London and Online.

Liam Byrne

The Irish Times

Will buy The Examiner, if it's not available won't bother.

Have given up on Sunday papers, but if I'm stuck might buy The Sunday Tribune (even if half of it such as the magazine gets binned immediately)

Won't really touch any of the others.

Absurdum

THE OIRISH FACKING MIRRA

Killer Pigeon

None of the above

1. Metro-Herald,


erm ...


2. The Irish Times,
3. The Irish Examiner,
4. The Irish Independent,
5. The Northside People.

OPENROAD

Pookah wrote: »

Top five? Didn't know we had that many.

I read the Irish Times when at home.

I dislike the Daily Mail, because everyone else here does.

Yet it always seems to get quoted here An AH thing I suppose :P

saywhatyousee

The Irish Examiner

1.sligo champion
2.the irish independant
3.the irish times
4.the star
5.the sligo weekender

Naikon

The Irish Times and the Examiner. Anthing else is just toilet paper imo.

Pookah

Irish Daily Star

starbelgrade wrote: »

There's only a handful of national papers, but there's tonnes of regional & county ones. Dublin, funnily enough, is one of the few counties that doesn't actually have one.

Is the Herald not a Dub newspaper?

Cheap Thrills!

None of the above

Ah, stop. top 5 irish newspapers?

There aren't even 5 worthy to wipe my hoop with!

5 places I get my news from:

The (British) Sunday Times (yes I'm well aware of the seconhand Fox news element but it's still ok for some stuff)

boards.ie (always first off the mark with home news, although way over scared of libel law)

Newstalk: My definitive gospel in real time.

today FM; Matt Cooper. delivers facts.

Text; If something important happens someone will have texted me.

FreudianSlippers

Irish Daily Star

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Ah, stop. top 5 irish newspapers?

There aren't even 5 worthy to wipe my hoop with!

5 places I get my news from:

The (British) Sunday Times (yes I'm well aware of the seconhand Fox news element but it's still ok for some stuff)

boards.ie (always first off the mark with home news, although way over scared of libel law)

Newstalk: My definitive gospel in real time.

today FM; Matt Cooper. delivers facts.

Text; If something important happens someone will have texted me.

we don't have libel law in this country

RedDevil1878

Evening Herald

I hate the irish times !!! its f***ing tooooo big !!

My favourtie is the star.. Prob has the best sport coverage.

ScumLord

They're all shyte, like every form of media in Ireland they do nothing but repeat what all the others are saying, it's more a case of keeping up with the Joneses than trying to outdo the Joneses.

Radio is especially bad at it, if ones doing sport they're all doing sport at the same time, want to listen to rock and roll, it makes no difference what station you listen to because they all do it at the same time.

etymon

None of the above

ANYTHING BUT THE INDEPENDENT!
If I have to read about some C-list Irish model's romance woes one more time, I'm gonna scream

Mr. Loverman

QUESTION FOR EVERYONE

WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITE FOR DOING YOUR HOMEWORK RESEARCH/JOURNALISM RESEARCH

A. BOARDS.IE
B. BOARDS.IE
C. BOARDS.IE

Wolf Club

Irish Daily Star

I don't really read anything apart from The Irish Times. A bit Dub-centric, but still far above the rest as far as daily newspapers go. The Irish Independent would be at the bottom of the pile, without any doubt. Its sports coverage is okay but I find it infuriating reading.

FreudianSlippers

Irish Daily Star

Wolf Club wrote: »

I don't really read anything apart from The Irish Times. A bit Dub-centric, but still far above the rest as far as daily newspapers go. The Irish Independent would be at the bottom of the pile, without any doubt. Its sports coverage is okay but I find it infuriating reading.

I like Dub-centric since I'm a Dub

MagicMarker

Irish Daily Star

I subscribe to the Irish Times ePaper. That's about all I read except for boards really.

Cheap Thrills!

None of the above

OisinT wrote: »

we don't have libel law in this country

Rockin' good news!!!!

Lets go WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!![

Michael Flatley is FLAMING HOMOSEXUAL!!!
CHRIS DE BURGH loves it in the ASS!!!
Glenda Gilson is a MAN!!! CHromosomally proved!!!
Rosanna Davidson has FALSE NORKS!!!!

hur hur!! so I'm not breakin any laws! Giggidy!!!!

FreudianSlippers

Irish Daily Star

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Rockin' good news!!!!

Lets go WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!:

Michael Flatley is FLAMING HOMOSEXUAL!!!
CHRIS DE BURGH loves it in the ASS!!!
Glenda Gilson is a MAN!!! CHromosomally proved!!!
Rosanna Davidson has FALSE NORKS!!!!

hur hur!! so I'm not breakin any laws! Giggidy!!!!

We do have defamation laws though.

Mmmm_Lemony

None of the above

Mr. Loverman wrote: »

QUESTION FOR EVERYONE

WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITE FOR DOING YOUR HOMEWORK RESEARCH/JOURNALISM RESEARCH

A. BOARDS.IE
B. BOARDS.IE
C. BOARDS.IE

Well spotted. Its actually just to get some ideas flowing! If I wanted serious answers I would post in News/Media forum :P

questionmark?

Pookah wrote: »

I dislike the Daily Mail, because everyone else here does.

Amazing considering it is an English paper and this refers to daily newspapers in Ireland. The Irish Daily Mail and the english sister paper couldn't be more different if they tried.


The Irish Mirror and Irish Sun have to be among the worst daily rags that have ever being printed (/awaits page three jokes from people that dont realise theres even more boobies on the internet). I dont get these redtop bull **** rags. No investigative journalism unless its about a model snorting coke. When they are talking about a news item there is very little detail but yet have massive pictures.

Anyway as the saying goes a newspaper is 90% bull****/entertainment and 10% Fact.

Absurdum

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Rosanna Davidson has FALSE NORKS!!!!

hur hur!! so I'm not breakin any laws! Giggidy!!!!

you are, however, breaking my heart

Biggins

Irish Daily Star

Should be an "Other" option as well.
Read the Times, both Irish and English.

gurramok

If I see something happening on the street, I always read boards first to see if a thread is started already in order to get an update and then read the usual online papers.

Maybe boards has overtaken my life?:eek:

Cheap Thrills!

None of the above

OisinT wrote: »

We do have defamation laws though.

Wurt? :mad:

My face hurts.

gurramok

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Wurt? :mad:

My face hurts.

Yeh, gimme your real name and i'll slate you and then you can sue me.*

*you won't get far as i'm anonymous

Cheap Thrills!

None of the above

gurramok wrote: »

Yeh, gimme your real name and i'll slate you and then you can sue me.*

*you won't get far as i'm anonymous

:eek: My real name is Buns McNulty Gurramok!!! I'm not sure about being slated but I definitely wont be sued. Thanks all the same.

PS. you're not as anonymous as you THINK!!! gurramock boy!!! :cool::pac::p

OPENROAD

So am I alone in thinking Irish newspapers are too expensive?

ValJester

The Irish Times

OPENROAD wrote: »

So am I alone in thinking Irish newspapers are too expensive?

They're actually more expensive in several countries, so not really.I'll happily pay 2:50 for high quality writing.

gurramok

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

:eek: My real name is Buns McNulty Gurramok!!! I'm not sure about being slated but I definitely wont be sued. Thanks all the same.

PS. you're not as anonymous as you THINK!!! gurramock boy!!! :cool::pac::p

Uh oh, I have a stalker :eek:

and for the umpteenth time, my name doesn't spell with a c, thats a million dollar suit right there!

gurramok

OPENROAD wrote: »

So am I alone in thinking Irish newspapers are too expensive?

Well yes and no. When I see those Herald sellers standing in all weathers at traffic junctions I feel sympathy.

But I will hell on earth buy that bogroll of a paper!! No wa José!

If they were selling the Irish Times even though it was online, I would buy but for a red tabloid, no frickin way!

Mint Sauce

Independent (weekday editions) buy 2 or 4 times a week
Irish Times (weekend edition) most weekends
Donegal News/Derry People (friday edition) buy anytime i make it to donegal at the weekend
Donegal Democrat buy if no more copies of the donegal news
Donegal Times sometimes on the coffee table if i go home

VinnyTGM

None of the above

I read the Independent, I tryed reading the Times but it takes up too much space.

Cheap Thrills!

None of the above

gurramok wrote: »

Uh oh, I have a stalker :eek:

and for the umpteenth time, my name doesn't spell with a c, thats a million dollar suit right there!

Sorry!! If I mean to stalk you I'll do it right, no c, ok got it! I need a nap, but I'll get right back on the job later!

gurramok yes gurramok!!!

Now I'm having 40 winks but I'll destroy your life later. I promise. Just like the contract said. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

ejmaztec

gurramok wrote: »

If I see something happening on the street, I always read boards first to see if a thread is started already in order to get an update and then read the usual online papers.

Maybe boards has overtaken my life?:eek:

Some streets are news-worthy.:(

I wouldn't expect my neighbours rolling their wheelie bins up to the main road, to be reported on Boards, not unless they got killed by the frozen contents of an airliner's toilet falling from 30,000 feet.

darragh16

The Star is fairly good for sports especially football. Herald is good for local football and the GAA. Indo for everthing else...

gurramok

ejmaztec wrote: »

Some streets are news-worthy.:(

I wouldn't expect my neighbours rolling their wheelie bins up to the main road, to be reported on Boards, not unless they got killed by the frozen contents of an airliner's toilet falling from 30,000 feet.

Yes, some streets are newsworthy. Anytime I hear a siren i look up boards for info, am I paranoid?

starbelgrade

Pookah wrote: »

Is the Herald not a Dub newspaper?

Not strictly speaking. It has three editions - City Edition, City Final Edition and National Edition.

KINGVictor

Irish Daily Star

Mmmm_Lemony wrote: »

3 questions;
What are the top five irish newspapers?
What is your favourite and why?
Which newspaper do you dislike the most, and why?

OP, just out of curiousity, why did you omit the IRISH daily mail, might not be everyones cup of tea but you will be seriously be mistaken to assume that it is not widely read and liked by some...( I am not suggesting I am one of them...:o)

To answer one of your questions...my favourite is Irish times, I think it is value for money ( not that I buy it) but their website is just lovely...( No stupid pop-ups asking for questionnaires etc plus you can actually get all the info without buying the paper itself) and some of their commentators are actaually class.

starbelgrade

KINGVictor wrote: »

OP, just out of curiousity, why did you omit the IRISH daily mail

Because it's shit.

OPENROAD

starbelgrade wrote: »

Because it's shit.

Have never read the Irish version, but re the UK version, not as bad as it is made out to be sometimes, and I can think of other publications that are worse.

They have campaigned superbly for Alzheimer's sufferers in the UK over the last few years which resulted in the recent u-turn by NICE to make treatment available for all.

mikemac

Irish Daily Star

You forgot the Farmers Journal
A national weekly paper with over 70,000 sold
That's pretty impressive!

squod

The Irish Times

I find the standard of spelling and grammar is excellent in the Herald.............. not! Seriously OP some needs to merge the Times with the Sun. Put a page three girl and a celebrity gossip column in the Times, Bob's your auntie.

KINGVictor

Irish Daily Star

starbelgrade wrote: »

Because it's shit.

Whats your definition of "****"...

Is it that they do not suit your ideology or is that their form of dissemination of news is sub-standard? I asked because I will be highly surprised why they are still in business if it was due to the latter.