Is the Irish Independent a country newspaper?

Lollipop95 · 24-12-2015 07:51PM #1

In Dublin, the Irish Times seems to be the top selling paper. But in the country It seems to be The a Independent. No one I know in the countryside would read The Times, they would however read the irish times and apparently it's vice versa in Dublin. So is the Indo mainly a country paper? Also, I've read countless complaints on here about the Sindo, what's wrong with it? Admittedly I've never readi it but AFAIK it's not a tabloid so how offensive can it be?

everlast75 · 24-12-2015 07:52PM

It's not even a newspaper...

Saipanne · 24-12-2015 07:54PM

Always saw it as a Dub paper.

OldMrBrennan83 · 24-12-2015 07:55PM

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stimpson · 24-12-2015 07:56PM

Lollipop95 wrote: »

Also, I've read countless complaints on here about the Sindo, what's wrong with it?

It's a pile of shite

Saipanne · 24-12-2015 07:57PM

Who the fawk reads a newspaper these days anyway?

RobertKK · 24-12-2015 07:58PM

Most of the writers for the Irish Times have high notions of themselves and are unappealing.
Some people have a Denis O'Brien phobia and wouldn't buy the Independent, but it is more a national paper than the IT.

I don't buy either. I don't bother with newspapers now as you can get most of it for free online.

Insect Overlord · 24-12-2015 07:58PM

It's an awful rag. Almost as bad as the Daily Mail.

Stojkovic · 24-12-2015 07:59PM

Saipanne wrote: »

Who the fawk reads a newspaper these days anyway?

Id say roughly a million people in Ireland every day.

Stojkovic · 24-12-2015 07:59PM

Saipanne wrote: »

Who the fawk reads a newspaper these days anyway?

Id say roughly a million people in Ireland every day.

Saipanne · 24-12-2015 08:01PM

Stojkovic wrote: »

Id say roughly a million people in Ireland every day.

Get with the times, ~1,000,000 people...

Sunnyisland · 24-12-2015 08:05PM

Its not even a paper, a newspaper is suppose to give you news,all the indo does is give you its employees opinions...

OldMrBrennan83 · 24-12-2015 08:05PM

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 24-12-2015 08:07PM

As a country person born and bred, I only read the Irish Times and do so daily. The Irish Independent, judging from the few times I've looked through it, is shallow and quite trashy.

StudentDad · 24-12-2015 08:11PM

The Independent used to be a good paper. It even had a good tagline back in the day. Sadly I feel that it's standards have dropped by quite a margin in the past few years. Unfortunately that can be said of the majority of papers today.
It feels like the papers and a large chunk of the media are bottom feeders.

Trying to avoid anything that isn't either utterly irrelevant or filtered to the point of propaganda (war coverage as an example) is very difficult. I don't care about celeb gossip etc. I don't care what character in a particular soap is doing etc etc.

However, what does irritate me is when a journalist does stick his head above the parapet and says something interesting; he/she gets slammed, not for saying one thing or another. No, they get slammed for voicing an opinion at all!

SD

Stojkovic · 24-12-2015 08:16PM

Saipanne wrote: »

Get with the times, ~1,000,000 people...

I get The Times everyday.

24-12-2015 08:19PM

Both are Dublin papers. The IT is a bit overcome by its place in shaping the nation and the Indo is just dire.

KingBrian2 · 24-12-2015 08:28PM

Never beat the book format of the Irish Independent.

Taco Chips · 24-12-2015 09:00PM

The Independent has devolved into total rubbish over the last 5-10 years. I find it unreadable. It's a tabloid rag with extremely low quality journalism. At least the Red Tops aren't pretending to be something that they're not.

IT can be hit and miss often but its poles apart in quality to the Indo.

catbear · 24-12-2015 09:14PM

I loath the Indo and I've found the IT hit and miss.

A decade ago I swore off the IT when its property supplement was bigger than the main paper and stuck to the internet for current events.

However having returned recently I appreciate that there is a quality to the IT that's isn't common in the modern media. Having been surpassed by the internet for the actual news the IT has become a very good paper for discussion.

The Indo on the other hand still seems to cater for people who need their news spoonfed, and residing in the country I can confirm that it is the rag of choice for cleaning mud off ones boots.

Manach · 24-12-2015 09:19PM

Well, each of them represent differing aspects of the chattering classes whose journalism consists of saying "Mr. Jones is dead" to people who never know Mr. Jones was alive.

padd b1975 · 24-12-2015 09:32PM

I usually take The Sun myself.

MRnotlob606 · 24-12-2015 09:35PM

Terrible newpaper. Over the years it seems to be going more tabloid.

Sunnyisland · 24-12-2015 11:10PM

padd b1975 wrote: »

I usually take The Sun myself.

That's what exactly I did and I now live in Portugal ...

KingBrian2 · 24-12-2015 11:32PM

realies wrote: »

That's what exactly I did and I now live in Portugal ...

My sympathies if your getting your news from the Sun.

Sunnyisland · 24-12-2015 11:42PM

padd b1975 wrote: »

I usually take The Sun myself.

realies wrote: »

That's what exactly I did and I now live in Portugal ...

KingBrian2 wrote: »

My sympathies if your getting your news from the Sun.

I am not going to try and make anymore afterhour jokes as no one but me gets them :-(

bob50 · 24-12-2015 11:57PM

For my sins i bought the Sindo last sunday what a waste

There were 8 to 10 full page ads for dunnes / super v etc

No point in buying a paper for ads

The Irish Times is too liberal for my liking prefer a conservative type paper like the daily mail

voz es · 25-12-2015 12:19AM

catbear wrote: »

Having been surpassed by the internet for the actual news the IT has become a very good paper for discussion.

I think that is what make the Irish times worthy of its money. I might not always agree with what is being agreed with what is being wrote in the Irish Times but at least it is a good argument.

My main gripe with the times is its size, it is unpractical.

The Independent really should change its title.

Joo0 · 25-12-2015 12:25AM

Shows the state of the country when the Indo is the best selling newspaper. The Business Post raises issues that papers owned by a certain person somehow forget to write about.

meeeeh · 25-12-2015 12:30AM

I'm Times person myself, Indo is too much of a tabloid. That being said Times features are fairly Dublin centred so I am not surprised it's not overly popular around the country.

Mycroft H · 25-12-2015 12:31AM

The Examiner is a country newspaper. It's a decent paper too.

Is the Irish Independent a country newspaper?

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