Ireland news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 6 major Ireland news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language. Or jump straight to a curated comparison by political leaning.
The Ireland media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Ireland's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. The 6 titles tracked here span the spectrum — 3 we place on the left, 2 near the centre and 1 on the right — so a comparison can genuinely cross editorial lines rather than sampling one side twice.
By kind of outlet, the 6 titles break down as 3 daily newspapers (The Irish Times, Irish Independent and Irish Examiner), 1 digital-native outlet (The Journal), 1 news portal (BreakingNews.ie) and 1 public broadcaster (RTÉ News). The public-service broadcaster is RTÉ News — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line.
Ireland sits in Northern Europe, on Crosswire's Europe hub. By outlets tracked it is 3rd of the 10 countries in Northern Europe and 18th of the 45 across Europe, where the average is 5.9 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Northern Europe with hubs of their own are United Kingdom (9), Sweden (7), Norway (6), Denmark (6), Finland (6), Iceland (5), Latvia (5), Lithuania (5) and Estonia (4).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Ireland's main news outlets?
Across Ireland's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, The Irish Times, The Journal and Irish Examiner; near the center, RTÉ News and BreakingNews.ie; on the right, Irish Independent. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
The Irish Times is a daily newspaper published in Dublin and widely regarded as Ireland's newspaper of record. It is known for serious coverage of politics, business, and international affairs, and is owned by a trust structure intended to safeguard its editorial independence. It maintains a reputation for quality journalism.
The Irish Independent is one of Ireland's largest-circulation daily newspapers, published in Dublin. It provides broad coverage of national and international news, politics, business, and sport for a general audience. It is the flagship title of one of the country's major media groups.
RTÉ News is the news service of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's national public-service broadcaster. It provides television, radio, and online coverage of Irish and international affairs and is one of the country's most widely used sources of news. As a public broadcaster, it operates under a public-service remit.
The Journal (TheJournal.ie) is an Irish online-only news outlet launched in 2010 and based in Dublin. It is one of Ireland's most-visited news sites, an IFCN-accredited fact-checker, and holds a left-of-centre editorial orientation.
The Irish Examiner is a national daily newspaper founded in 1841 and based in Cork, owned since 2018 by The Irish Times Group. It is a centre-left broadsheet with strong coverage of Munster and national affairs.
BreakingNews.ie is an Irish online news portal operated by the Irish Examiner's parent group, based in Cork. It offers fast-updating national, world, sport and business coverage in a straightforward wire-style format for a general audience.
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