Limerick Leader

The Limerick Leader is a weekly local newspaper in Limerick, Ireland. It was founded in 1889.[1] The newspaper is headquartered on Glentworth Street in the City.

Limerick Leader
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Iconic Newspapers
EditorAine Fitzgerald
News editorJerome O'Connell
Sports editorColm Kinsella
AdvertisingGary Toohey
Founded1889
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters29 Glentworth St, Limerick
CityLimerick
CountryIreland
ISSN1649-8992
Websitelimerickleader.ie
Limerick Leader offices, O'Connell Street

The broadsheet paper currently is distributed in three editions, City, County and West , with a small selection of content differing between the three. The newspaper also has a Monday tabloid paper, City based, with a cover price of 1 euro.

In the 1950s, the Limerick Leader bought a rival newspaper the Limerick Chronicle. The Limerick Chronicle was founded in 1768 by John Ferrar [2] who was a prominent bookseller and printer in Limerick. The Limerick Chronicle is the longest running newspaper in Ireland. In 2018, the Limerick Chronicle went from a stand alone newspaper published on a Tuesday to a supplement in the weekend edition of the Limerick Leader.

The paper is owned by Iconic Newspapers, which acquired Johnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014.[3]

Notable contributors

Margaret Moloney, hailed as Ireland's first and oldest serving harbour master, was a journalist and contributed local news from Glin, Co Limerick as 'Our Glin Correspondent'.[4][5]

References
  1. Keane, Conor (5 December 2002). "Limerick Leader sold for €23m". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  2. O’Shaughnessy, Denis (4 April 2018). "Making the papers – An Irishman's Diary on 250 years of the 'Limerick Chronicle'". The Irish Times.
  3. "Johnston Press sells its 14 titles in the Republic". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  4. First lady of the Estuary, Martin Byrnes, Limerick Leader, 28 March 1998, p8
  5. Slater, S (2022). 100 Women of Limerick. Ormston House. p206-207.
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