Which daily newspaper do you prefer?

nlgbbbblth

Obviously not room to include everything - hence the 'other' option.

I prefer The Guardian although The Irish Times is pretty close.
I cannot understand why people read tabloids.

I especially cannot understand people who complain about the 'arrogant British media blowing up England's chances' and then buy those very papers.

Gazza22

Irish Independent

Irish Times all the way...i don't think i could survive a day without it!

One of the few papers still free from Anthony O'Reilly's greedy paws

digitally-yours

read irish times

dont buy it everyday though. i borrow it from my work mate who sits nxt to me and read it

normally get news on the web

GOAT_BOY

OIRISH Mirror

the sun, i'd rather read a bunch of lies that entertain me than read an oversized paper full of facts that bores me to death.

Wertz

Daily Telegraph. I hold little sway with their political assuasions, but like the journalism, the wit and the style of the paper. It also happens to be cheaper than nearly all our homegrown papers, broadsheet or tabloid.

jezza

OIRISH Sun

The star- for joke bloke,
dont read the rest

PurpleFistMixer

Irish Independent

Irish Times all the way. Never got anything else.

kstanl

Irish Independent

Irish Times. Far from perfect and the "intellectual" connotations associated with it are a joke. I wish we had a decent paper to read.

netwhizkid

OIRISH Mirror

I usually read the Irish Sun, the main reason i like it is i can read it without spreading it out over a table , I absolutly hate Broadsheets !! they are just a load of right-wing codswallop, I also hate the star ala Sports only paper, I don't want to know how the dublin under 12's soccer league is going as that rubbish is all that is in the star along a bazillion crazy frog / ringtone ads

Regards netwhizkid

Rabies

Examiner

I prefer the Irish Independent when I come back from work or want a decent read.
If I'm out on work I don't have much time to read something proper so something that can flicked through in a minute or two is handy like The Sun or The Star. Just something mindless with a bit of eye candy.

Vokes

Evening Herald on Mon - Thurs, like the sports coverage.

Irish Times and Friday for the business/recruitment/tech section

Binomate

Examiner

netwhizkid wrote:

I usually read the Irish Sun, the main reason i like it is i can read it without spreading it out over a table , I absolutly hate Broadsheets !! they are just a load of right-wing codswallop, I also hate the star ala Sports only paper, I don't want to know how the dublin under 12's soccer league is going as that rubbish is all that is in the star along a bazillion crazy frog / ringtone ads

Regards netwhizkid

Hahahaha! Anyone who regards the sun as a source of news is delusional. Sure, broadsheets are harder to read because of the way they're built but at least you get stories that resembles the truth! You might as well be reading the beano if you're going to get your news from the sun.


I'm an Independent man myself.

Capt'n Midnight

Irish Independent

netwhizkid wrote:

I usually read the Irish Sun, the main reason i like it is i can read it without spreading it out over a table , I absolutly hate Broadsheets !!d

Take your broad sheet and fold in half so it's tall and narrow. Then fold it back the other way so there is crease in it. Now read the half pages folding forwards and back. You read the bit in the middle of the W

netwhizkid

OIRISH Mirror

I don't see any broadsheets with a Pg 3 girl to put a smile on anyones face at the start of the day at the office,

Regards netwhizkid

Rabies

Examiner

jezza wrote:

The star- for joke bloke,
dont read the rest

Is that a joke?
The joke bloke is ****

Mr.Nice Guy

Evening Herald. John Giles is the man.

Capt'n Midnight

Irish Independent

netwhizkid wrote:

I don't see any broadsheets with a Pg 3 girl to put a smile on anyones face at the start of the day at the office,

There's an idea - a broadsheet would mean a BIGGER picture

Barry Aldwell

Irish Independent

Binomate wrote:

Hahahaha! Anyone who regards the sun as a source of news is delusional. Sure, broadsheets are harder to read because of the way they're built but at least you get stories that resembles the truth! You might as well be reading the beano if you're going to get your news from the sun.


I'm an Independent man myself.

Rofl. A minor case of pot kettle black

Irish Times all the way (roysh)

And if you absolutely can't live without a dose of quasi-porn in the morning, there's always the internet :P

kstanl

Irish Independent

netwhizkid wrote:

I usually read the Irish Sun, the main reason i like it is i can read it without spreading it out over a table , I absolutly hate Broadsheets !! they are just a load of right-wing codswallop

Jesus. If you're going to say you like tabloids, don't try to get political with it. Say something dignified and self-deprecating like "Ah sure it's just entertainment and I can't be arsed reading broadsheets" or whatever. Don't gloat at your own ignorance.

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

OIRISH Mirror

GOAT_BOY wrote:

the sun, i'd rather read a bunch of lies that entertain me than read an oversized paper full of facts that bores me to death.

true

Scarinae

Irish Independent

The Irish Times. The Irish Independent is too semi-tabloid in its writing style

Blisterman

Examiner

The irish Independant, although there doesnt seem to be any decent Papers in London.

All the papers here are either retarted (Sun, Star Etc.), Non stop Scare Tactics (The Guardian, The evening Standard) or Too Intillectual (The Times).

Well, at least the papers here are reasonably priced, unlike the Irish ones.

Mossy Monk

i read the independant most days seeing as its free at work but none of the daily papers impress me all that much

CaptainPeacock

Irish Independent

The Irish Times, in the absence of a better paper. It's not so great with Kennedy in charge. Put a man in that job.

lacuna

Irish Independent

The Irish Times for me too. I agree with Fishie about style of The Independent; too tabloidy.

simu

Irish Independent

IT - been reading it since I learned to read and it's the best Irish daily by far.

Hugh Hefner

Irish Independent

The Northside People! Lol.

No, Irish Times all the way even though The Examiner had an article on how brilliant I am (not joking).

grimloch

Examiner

The Times is my favourite followed by the Indo, I read them most mornings for half an hour or so before I start work.

mada999

OIRISH Mirror

i read the sun coz of it's good football coverage.........plus its cheaper than most papers.....i read the indo if its free...

nlgbbbblth

Independent

mada999 wrote:

i read the sun coz of it's good football coverage............

are you a fan of the England football team?

The Sun is one the worst papers for hyping up their chances in the most arrogant manner possible.
The obnoxious English media 'We'll never hear the end of it if they win' is one of the main reasons why Irish people love to hate the English national team.

Yet the paper sells in droves over here. Makes no sense whatsover.

byte

Irish Independent

The Irish Times, though I don't buy it daily. Occasionally, I would opt for the Indo.

Unfortunately, it's not possible to buy the Daily Atari Jaguar.

Flukey

Examiner

We get the Independent in our house.


A journalist was fired from the Sun last week for bringing the paper into disrepute. He printed a story that was true.

Easily_Irritated

Irish Independent

The times and Indo during the week, Times on Saturday and Indo (obviously) on Sunday.

Bloody tabloids are worth the paper(cheap) they're printed on

Piste

Examiner

We get both the Indo and the Irish Times. My dad writes for the Indo but I prefer the Irish Times tbh. I always read the Saturday Magazine. I love Roisin Ingle's article in that.

Kernel

Examiner

I think it says quite a bit about the demographics of boards.ie when such an overwhelming number of people say the times and the indo. The circulation figures for the indo and the times may be big, but the sun sells as much as the times, and the star is up there.

For Dublin news I find the evening Herald to be a good rag, and the Star for lightweight but entertaining stories. If I want to go high-brow I'd plump for the compact Indo. Much handier than ****ty broadsheet version.

I certainly wouldn't read the Guardian though! :rolleyes:

Zaph

Irish Independent

Irish Times for me too. I just wish they'd get round to producing a Sunday edition like they were thinking of a few years ago.

arbeitsscheuer

Independent

Jesus, I can't believe only 3 of us read the Guardian (out of 89 respondents last time I checked). F**kin unbelievable, best one of the lot by far.

*Shakes head in bemusement*

besty

Irish Independent

irish times hands down

toiletduck

Examiner

The good ol' irish indo for me!

Glipmac

Sun/News Of The World/The Mirror

I am from Old Blighty dont know if Oirish Sun/Mirror is the same as ours...

Stephen

Irish Independent

I don't buy papers much. but when I do its the Irish Times. The red top tabloids can lick my crack. The Irish Sun/Mirror are much the same as the UK versions, but with a couple of sports pages on GAA and the odd irish interest story thrown in - i.e. they're SH1TE.

28064212

Examiner

Kernel wrote:

I think it says quite a bit about the demographics of boards.ie when such an overwhelming number of people say the times and the indo. The circulation figures for the indo and the times may be big, but the sun sells as much as the times, and the star is up there.

Maybe because anybody who does read the tabloids is ashamed to admit it? They should be.

Irish independent for me, although since they brought out the compact edition there's been a worrying tendency towards slightly more tabloid features. Still good for the moment though. The Times is good as well, but the Independent really cornered a market when they started with the compact.

Dublin's Finest

Independent

28064212 wrote:

Maybe because anybody who does read the tabloids is ashamed to admit it? They should be.

.Why would anybody be ashamed to admit readiong a tabloid!? What's with the attitude towards tabloids. They satisfy a READERSHIP.

People who read broadsheets and tabloids have a far better grasp of current affirs then people who just read one of the two.

RagShagBill

Times

SebtheBum wrote:

Jesus, I can't believe only 3 of us read the Guardian (out of 89 respondents last time I checked). F**kin unbelievable, best one of the lot by far.

*Shakes head in bemusement*

I get that when the UK Indy isn't in, and I buy the Observer on Sunday - purely for Nick Cohen and, although I think he left, David Aaronivitch. The UK Independent is my paper of choice though, you've got Johann Hari and the hilarious Miles Kington, also if you're into it, Robert Fisk writes for them.

simu

Irish Independent

Meh, the Guardian may be good but I like reading an Irish paper. The odd time, if I want to see news from the point of view of another country, I'd buy Le Monde.

RagShagBill

Times

simu wrote:

Meh, the Guardian may be good but I like reading an Irish paper. The odd time, if I want to see news from the point of view of another country, I'd buy Le Monde.

I read that online from time to time, just to maintain my level of French.

arbeitsscheuer

Independent

RagShagBill wrote:

I get that when the UK Indy isn't in, and I buy the Observer on Sunday - purely for Nick Cohen and, although I think he left, David Aaronivitch. The UK Independent is my paper of choice though, you've got Johann Hari and the hilarious Miles Kington, also if you're into it, Robert Fisk writes for them.

Yeah, he's excellent. Used to write for The Guardian, and still does the odd column for The Observer occasionally.

I bought the UK Independent regularly for about a month after the British General Election, because they were the only Paper pushing for a debate on the merits of a PR System, which I am a supporter of. But aside from specific instances like that, I stick with the Guardian.

28064212

Examiner

Dublin's Finest wrote:

.Why would anybody be ashamed to admit readiong a tabloid!? What's with the attitude towards tabloids. They satisfy a READERSHIP.

People who read broadsheets and tabloids have a far better grasp of current affirs then people who just read one of the two.

Broadsheets cover news events in an unbiased and objective fashion. Supposedly. Not always true, but they're a hell of a lot closer than The Sun's rantings. I guess it depends on your definition of current affairs and what is considered news. If you want to know what the latest state of affairs in the EU is and how Chirac is handling Blair's rebate argument, you're going to head for the broadsheets. If you want to know who decided to move a sofa 3 inches to the left in Big Brother.....

I don't have a problem with tabloids as such, more with the culture that produces them. And I don't think they should be allowed to be marketed as newspapers

28064212

Examiner

SebtheBum wrote:

I bought the UK Independent regularly for about a month after the British General Election, because they were the only Paper pushing for a debate on the merits of a PR System, which I am a supporter of.

OT for a bit. PR=Proportional Representation? Are you saying you are a supporter of PR, or a supporter of a debate on it? Don't they already use that in the UK?

Stephen

Irish Independent

They don't use proportional representation in the UK. First past the post there, afaik.

jmcc

The IT has gone downhill in recent years. Its tech section was good when it was Computimes but went terminally cretinous during the dot.bomb period and now is just a bunch of irrelevance and product pimping masquerading as technology journalism. (Interestingly it has split the news coverage of the tech field out of the Friday tech section so I don't think that 'Technology In Business' will last that long in its present format.) Though in general, the IT has slipped more towards the OpEd style of journalism than the raw news reporting style. The Indo is getting too flooded with recycled material. The IT has always been a Dublin paper with delusions of adequacy when it comes to national coverage.

I used to regularly read the IT and the Indo but now tend to rely more on the web for news. After all, if I want coverage of the US, I can read US newspapers. If I want coverage of the UK, I can read UK papers.

Regards...jmcc