Irish Independent
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.
Irish Independent at a glance
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Right-leaning
- Founded
- 1905
- Owner
- Mediahuis
- Published from
- Dublin
- Website
- independent.ie ↗
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How Crosswire groups Irish Independent
Crosswire groups Irish Independent as Right-leaning for comparisons within Ireland's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Ireland, The Irish Times and The Journal are listed as Left-leaning, while RTÉ News and BreakingNews.ie are listed as Centrist — so you can open Irish Independent beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Irish Independent sits in Ireland's press
Irish Independent was founded in 1905, is published from Dublin and is owned by Mediahuis. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Ireland, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being The Irish Times and Irish Examiner. By outlets tracked, Ireland ranks ninth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Irish Independent outside Ireland, starting with Northern Europe, are Morgunblaðið (Iceland), Aftenposten (Norway), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) and Politiken (Denmark). Opening one of them beside Irish Independent is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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