Top five irish newspapers

fat__tony

Jesus I can't believe people are mentioning the star as their favourite newspaper.

It truely is a wretched publication for utter cretins, far worse than the sun or mirror.

I wouldn't wipe my arse with it.

strobe

The English Times for international news on occasion, that's about it, every Irish newspaper is either utter drivel like the Mail or the 'ten words and 6 HUGE PICTURES on a page' Star or they are so in bed with a particular political party as to make their domestic reporting completely unreliable.

mikemac

Irish Daily Star

Haven't touched the Star since their shameful photo of motorcycle legend Joey Dunlop in 2000

And turned a lot of others away from it, it was discussed here on motorsport forum so people still remember

Wertz

Irish Daily Star

Haven't bought an Irish newspaper in well over 5 yrs. If I'm buying a daily paper it'll be a UK one, usually the times or telegraph, because the price for the quality of the journalism and the amount of world news (not just domestic stuff) is good value, even if they have a certain anti Irish bias (only the telegraph really).
The Irish news is small enough that I can pick up what I need to about it from the various radio stations or RTÉ TV...if there's a piece of Irish journalism worth reading it'll be on AH at some point
I wouldn't even use a tabloid, UK or Irish to cover up for decorating nevermind wiping my arse (but then I couldn't give a f*ck about sport or celeb/xfactor/TV bullsh*t ), and I hold a similar view on local papers (at least the ones local to me).
[edit] If I had to choose one Irish np it'd be the Irish Times I suppose.

fat__tony

feelingstressed wrote: »

Haven't touched the Star since their shameful photo of motorcycle legend Joey Dunlop in 2000

And turned a lot of others away from it, it was discussed here on motorsport forum so people still remember

What was that about again?

Greyfox

The Irish Examiner

ebixa82 wrote: »

No you are equally thick seeing as The Independent is a rag, full of poorly written sensationalistic articles and celebrity gossip. If I was forced to buy The Independent or a tabloid I'd probably buy a tabloid because at least there'd be a bit of tit in it...I couldn't bring myself to read either...

Calling people thick because they don't read the same paper as you, do you not think it might be time to grow out of such childish and utterly pathetic behaviour? Is the concept of people having different opinions and tastes really that difficult for you to grasp? Do you think it should be against the law to buy something for enjoyment? When it comes to news all I care about is the basics which is for me why the Indo is the perfect middle ground between the "trash papers" and the "serious papers". Considering the Indo sells far better then the Times it appears that theirs a lot of people out their like me.

It's true that with the internet etc news has definitely become dumbed down which means more papers cover trivial nonsense rather then real news but for now this is something I don't have the time to care about

ebixa82 wrote: »

What do you find difficult about reading The Times. Are your arms to short or your hands to small or are you not able to multi-task in order to hold something and read it at the same time??

If you want an "enjoyable read" then why don't you read a book?

I'll have you know my hands are of the perfect size. I don't see why I should have to read a paper like I'm reading a bloody map just so that a broadsheet can make more money out of advertising. It's annoying when your on a bus/train or with company trying to fold pages just so that you can read something, a proper paper should understand the concept of convenience for the reader.

Because I'd prefer to read both for enjoyment, you'll find that theirs no law against such a practice!

FreudianSlippers

Irish Daily Star

my favourite newspaper is the wall street journal.


Now if you'll excuse me.

*puts in monocle and top hat*

ebixa82

Greyfox wrote: »

Calling people thick because they don't read the same paper as you, do you not think it might be time to grow out of such childish and utterly pathetic behaviour? Is the concept of people having different opinions and tastes really that difficult for you to grasp? Do you think it should be against the law to buy something for enjoyment? When it comes to news all I care about is the basics which is for me why the Indo is the perfect middle ground between the "trash papers" and the "serious papers". Considering the Indo sells far better then the Times it appears that theirs a lot of people out their like me.

It's true that with the internet etc news has definitely become dumbed down which means more papers cover trivial nonsense rather then real news but for now this is something I don't have the time to care about



I'll have you know my hands are of the perfect size. I don't see why I should have to read a paper like I'm reading a bloody map just so that a broadsheet can make more money out of advertising. It's annoying when your on a bus/train or with company trying to fold pages just so that you can read something, a proper paper should understand the concept of convenience for the reader.

Because I'd prefer to read both for enjoyment, you'll find that theirs no law against such a practice!

1) You seem to have taken me up wrong. I simply said that people who buy tabloids tend to belong to a specific cohort of society and would tend to be of a certain intellect.

2) You are right. It is a highly complex skill trying to read a broadsheet paper. It's a shame nobody at The Irish Times has figured this out.

At least there are many "proper" papers like The Daily Mail, The Star etc. which have done this to make reading the news a more enjoyable and less stressful experience for you!

Greyfox

The Irish Examiner

ebixa82 wrote: »

At least there are many "proper" papers like The Daily Mail, The Star etc. which have done this to make reading the news a more enjoyable and less stressful experience for you!

Ah bless :pac:

--Kaiser--

I only read The Sunday Times.
Irish papers are muck.

OctavarIan

The Irish Times and to a slightly lesser extent The Irish Examiner are the only ones I'd touch.

I generally read either The Guardian or The New York Times (while I could get it anyway). The Sunday Times on the odd weekend.

The Irish Examiner

Only papers I read/buy are the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent. They were always bought at home so got into reading them. Best compromise between the crap tabloids and the boredom of the Irish Times imo.

I find it strange that people try to put the Indo in with the tabloids this forum is the only place where I have ever seen that and I find it a bit deluded.

ebixa82

Nickolas Flabby Stowaway wrote: »

I find it strange that people try to put the Indo in with the tabloids this forum is the only place where I have ever seen that and I find it a bit deluded.

Probably because the standard of journalism, sensationalism and celebrity bollix is the same in The Independent as most tabloids.

It's basically a tabloid without the tits!

Greyfox

The Irish Examiner

ebixa82 wrote: »

Probably because the standard of journalism, sensationalism and celebrity bollix is the same in The Independent as most tabloids.

It's basically a tabloid without the tits!

Your talking complete and utter sh**e, theirs a big difference between The Indo and Herald to the Sun/Star/Mirror!

ebixa82

The Irish Examiner

ebixa82 wrote: »

Probably because the standard of journalism, sensationalism and celebrity bollix is the same in The Independent as most tabloids.

It's basically a tabloid without the tits!

Pure nonsense!

ebixa82

Greyfox wrote: »

Considering the Indo sells far better then the Times it appears that theirs a lot of people out their like me.

!

It appears that there may well be. Perhaps that might help explain the level of literacy displayed by some posters here!

Greyfox

The Irish Examiner

ebixa82 wrote: »

It appears that there may well be. Perhaps that might help explain the level of literacy displayed by some posters here!

Perhaps but sure we all know life is far too short for anybody to worry about something as trivial as minor grammer mystakes

Wertz

Irish Daily Star

Greyfox wrote: »

Perhaps but sure we all know life is far too short for anybody to worry about something as trivial as minor grammer mystakes

Not least newspaper journalists and their respective editors...

Minstrel27

I get all of my news online and through television and radio bulletins. At work they have free Irish Independents every day but that is an absolute rag.

Denerick

Irish Daily Star

I read mostly English papers (The Guardian, The Independent, occasionally the Financial Times) When I'm feeling patriotic I'll pick up the Irish Times.

CHealy

Weekdays would be the Times or Examiner, and the Evening Echo cause someone in the house always seems to get it.

On a side note, can anyone else outside Cork get the Echo? I always thought it was confined to Cork but a mate recently told me he saw it on sale in Limerick, i told him he was seeing things but im interested to know is it sold all over Munster??

Duggy747

The Irish Examiner

I do read the Indo whenever the housemate leaves it around the house, used to be bought all the time at home along with the Sunday Indo. It's cack, I know, but it's a cross between that and getting my daily news fix online.

Though that Life supplement that comes with it usually sends me off in a rage, pure garbage.

Can't fault The Sun for page 3, though. :pac:

EDIT: One thing I hate is this intellectual superiority some people have purely on the basis of the type of newspaper they read.

OutlawPete

None of the above

Anyone have any sales figures of Newspaper sales in Ireland, including the British tabloids?

Be interesting to see if the Poll reflects the truth of what people actually buy.

In my own experience, people tend to be news snobs and what they say they buy regularly buy and what they actually buy, are two different things.

Take the Sunday World, if people hated that newspaper as much as they say, it would not have the sales figures that it does.

Not sure if the recession has had a massive effect on them, but I remember they use to sell 300,000 copies each Sunday, don't think any other paper has done that.

Also, when I'm on the Luas with my Daily Sport, I rarely see a Irish Times being read, the odd one maybe - but no more than any other newspaper for sure.

Then, maybe that because Irish Times readers have their copy tucked away in their glove compartment.

mariaalice

Irish Daily Star

I am a total newspaper junkie!....I read the Irish times every day and the Sunday times at the weekend...I sometimes buy the Guardian just to get a different view on things....I use to buy the Sunday Independence but it got on my nerves so much i gave up buying it.

Mmmm_Lemony

None of the above

jdivision wrote: »

That's the Sunday Independent

Why are there no Sunday newspapers in the poll?

feelingstressed wrote: »

Because the OP picked daily papers

I'm looking at, more or less, what people are reading after a days work and why.

So far looks like the times. I wanted to do a poll on whether each paper is objective or not, but its not relevant to what I'm looking for.

Thanks for everyone who has responded with something interesting thus far.

qwertplaywert

Don't think I have ever bought a newspaper myself. The folks get the Independent every day, which usually gets a quick skim through when I'm home from college.
Otherwise, all my news comes from a mixture of twitter feeds and The Guardian website.

lisaface

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?

Indo,Sindo, Times, why? There's no need to answer that!!

Despise sun,star,mirror and the likes, why? because they're very poorly put together & it's aload of b*ll*x really, I'm more likely to hear about who lost sunday's games in an article that was meant to be (and started out) about arthritis!!

Xavi6

lisaface wrote: »

Indo,Sindo, Times, why? There's no need to answer that!!

Despise sun,star,mirror and the likes, why? because they're very poorly put together & it's aload of b*ll*x really, I'm more likely to hear about who lost sunday's games in an article that was meant to be (and started out) about arthritis!!

No you're not, don't be silly.

The irony of you being as sensational as the papers you say you despise is amusing though.

OutlawPete

Irish Daily Star

OutlawPete wrote: »

Anyone have any sales figures of Newspaper sales in Ireland, including the British tabloids?

Be interesting to see if the Poll reflects the truth of what people actually buy.

In my own experience, people tend to be news snobs and what they say they buy regularly buy and what they actually buy, are two different things.
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I don't buy any! Read them online