Irish Examiner
Template:Short description Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox newspaper The Irish Examiner, formerly The Cork Examiner and then The Examiner, is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country.<ref name="eurotopics">Template:Cite web</ref>
History
19th and early 20th centuries
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The paper was founded by John Francis Maguire under the title The Cork Examiner in 1841 in support of the Catholic Emancipation and tenant rights work of Daniel O'Connell.<ref>Ireland in the Nineteenth Century by Leon Litvack, Glenn Hooper.Four Courts Press, 2000.(pg.38)</ref> Historical copies of The Cork Examiner, dating back to 1841, are available to search and view in digitised form at the Irish Newspaper Archives website and British Newspaper Archive.<ref name=BNA>Template:Cite web</ref>
During the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, the Cork Examiner (along with other nationalist newspapers) was subject to censorship and suppression.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
At the time of the Spanish Civil War, the Cork Examiner reportedly took a strongly pro-Franco tone in its coverage of the conflict.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> As of the early to mid-20th century, the newspaper reportedly catered to a "socially-conservative reader base" and reflected a "conservative nationalist agenda".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Renaming and ownership
Published as The Cork Examiner from 1841 until 1996, the newspaper was renamed The Examiner in 1996. Since 2000 it has been published as The Irish Examiner, to appeal to a wider national readership.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The newspaper, along with 'sister paper' the Evening Echo,<ref name="horgan">Template:Cite book</ref> was part of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings group. Thomas Crosbie Holdings went into receivership in March 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The newspaper was acquired by Landmark Media Investments.
Template:As of, its chief executive was Thomas J. Murphy, and its editor was Tim Vaughan.<ref>Europa World Year Book 2004.Taylor & Francis Group,2004. (See section "Ireland-The Press",pg. 2223)</ref> Vaughan left the group in August 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The newspaper was based at Academy Street, Cork for over a century, before moving to new offices at Lapp's Quay, Cork in early November 2006, and subsequently to editorial offices at Blackpool, Cork, with a sales office in Oliver Plunkett Street.
Sale to The Irish Times
In February 2017, it was reported that Landmark Media Investments had appointed KPMG to advise on a range of options, including an Independent News and Media link with the Irish Examiner.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In March 2017, it was reported that The Irish Times might bid for the Irish Examiner,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and by April 2017 both The Irish Times and INM had entered a sales process and signed non-disclosure agreements.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In May 2017, it was reported that Sunrise Media and The Irish Times were exploring an acquisition, and a sale was agreed to The Irish Times in December 2017, pending regulatory approval.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The sale to The Irish Times was completed in July 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
As of 2021, its editorial policy has been described as centrist or conservative;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> the Eurotopics website described the political orientation of the Irish Examiner as liberal.<ref name="eurotopics"/>
In July 2025, John O'Mahony was appointed as editor of the Irish Examiner and The Echo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Circulation
Average print circulation was approximately 57,000 copies per issue in 1990,<ref name="horgan"/> had risen to 62,000 by 1999,<ref name="horgan"/> had decreased to 50,000 by 2009,<ref name="newsbrands"/> and was approximately 28,000 by 2017.<ref name="2017circ"/> Reflecting a changing trend in newspaper sales, the Examiner markets to advertisers on the basis of its print and online audience, stating in 2017 that "236,000 people read the Irish Examiner in print or online every day".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Irish Examiner exited ABC circulation audits in 2020.<ref name="ilevelJun2020"/>
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