The Irish Times
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 Times at a glance
- Country
- Ireland
- Region
- Northern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Founded
- 1859
- Owner
- The Irish Times Trust
- Published from
- Dublin
- Website
- irishtimes.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups The Irish Times
Crosswire groups The Irish Times as Left-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, RTÉ News and BreakingNews.ie are listed as Centrist, while Irish Independent is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Irish Times beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where The Irish Times sits in Ireland's press
The Irish Times was founded in 1859, is published from Dublin and is owned by The Irish Times Trust. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Ireland, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Irish Independent 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 The Irish Times outside Ireland, starting with Northern Europe, are The Guardian (United Kingdom), Morgunblaðið (Iceland), Aftenposten (Norway) and Dagens Nyheter (Sweden). Opening one of them beside The Irish Times is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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