The Journal

The Journal is generally regarded as left-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments — a stance that shapes which stories this digital-native outlet chooses to pursue. In Ireland, RTÉ News and BreakingNews.ie are listed as Centrist, while Irish Independent is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Journal beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

Read The Journal beside another title from Ireland and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Digital-native outlets reorder their front pages continuously in response to reader behaviour, so The Journal may look different an hour from now — reload it alongside a print-cycle title and you can see which stories have staying power and which are traffic spikes. Because The Journal is listed as left-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a right-leaning title from Ireland on the same morning: the facts rarely differ, but which consequence is treated as the story often does.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed 2026-08-31. Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

The Journal was founded in 2010, is published from Dublin and is owned by Journal Media. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Ireland and the only digital-native outlet tracked there. 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 31 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The Journal outside Ireland, starting with Northern Europe, are Mediapart (France), Monaco Tribune (Monaco), elDiario.es (Spain) and Observador (Portugal). Opening one of them beside The Journal is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.