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{{Short description|Irish national daily newspaper}}
{{use Hiberno-English|date=March 2020}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = Irish Examiner
| logo               = Irish Examiner (2019-08-02).svg
| logo_size          = 250px
| type               = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format             = [[Broadsheet]]
| founded            = {{Start date and age|1841}}
| owners             = ''[[The Irish Times]]''
| political_position = [[Centrism|Centrist]]
| circulation        = No longer ABC audited<ref name="ilevelJun2020">{{cite web|url = https://www.ilevel.ie/print/abc-registrations/ | website = ilevel.ie | title = ABC Registrations | date = 12 June 2020 | accessdate = 13 April 2021 }}</ref>
| headquarters       = Linn Dubh, [[Blackpool, Cork]]<br/>80 [[Oliver Plunkett Street]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]]
| editor             =
| website            = {{URL|irishexaminer.com}}
| issn               = 1393-9564 
}}
The '''''Irish Examiner''''', formerly '''''The Cork Examiner''''' and then '''''The Examiner''''', is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] national daily [[newspaper]] which primarily circulates in the [[Munster]] region surrounding its base in [[Cork (city)|Cork]], though it is available throughout the country.<ref name="eurotopics">{{cite web |title=eurotopics |url=https://www.eurotopics.net/en/148636/irish-examiner |website=European Press Roundup |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>

==History==
===19th and early 20th centuries===
[[File:Stop the presses (6429773679).jpg|thumb|''Cork Examiner'' presses smashed by [[Anti-Treaty IRA|Anti-Treaty forces]] before [[Free State Army|Free State forces]] arrived in Cork, 9–10 August 1922]]
The paper was founded by [[John Maguire (MP)|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>{{cite web|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=Cork%20Examiner | via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] | title = Digitised copies of The Cork Examiner}}</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>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/cork-newspapers-under-fire-during-revolutionary-period-1.2423377 | title = Cork newspapers under fire during revolutionary period | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | date = 9 November 2015 | accessdate = 12 April 2021 }}</ref>

At the time of the [[Spanish Civil War]], the ''Cork Examiner'' reportedly took a strongly pro-[[Francisco Franco|Franco]] tone in its coverage of the conflict.<ref>{{cite journal|quote = After the war, Bishop Fogarty of Killaloe complained that only the Irish Independent and the Cork Examiner had given Franco "unflinching and unequivocal support" | author = Fearghal McGarry| title = Irish Newspapers and the Spanish Civil War| journal = Irish Historical Studies | volume = 33 | issue = 129 | date = May 2002| page = 83 | jstor = 30006956}}</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>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/its-the-paper-for-you-boy-36409446.html | publisher = Independent News & Media | website = independent.ie | title = 'It's The Paper for you, boy' | date = 17 December 2017 | accessdate = 13 April 2021 | quote = As the Free State grew into a republic, the newspaper unapologetically and steadfastly reflected the mood and mores of its socially-conservative reader base }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/irish-examiner-newspaper-archive | website = irishnewsarchive.com | title = The Irish Examiner / Cork Examiner 1841 - Current | accessdate = 13 April 2021 | quote = The Cork Examiner had a conservative nationalist agenda which supported the Fine Geal political party }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = Irish Media: A Critical History Since 1922 | first = John | last = Horgan | publisher = Routledge | date = 2001 | isbn = 9781134606160 | page = 44 | quote = The Cork Examiner['s ..] conservative management operated a type of self-censorship, under the censor's benign but distant supervision }}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/architecture/architecture-in-cork-city-1/st.-patricks-street/the-evening-echo-and-the-/|title=The Evening Echo and The Irish Examiner|website=www.askaboutireland.ie|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171121183015/http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/architecture/architecture-in-cork-city-1/st.-patricks-street/the-evening-echo-and-the-/ | archive-date = 21 November 2017 }}</ref>

The newspaper, along with 'sister paper' the ''[[Evening Echo]]'',<ref name="horgan">{{cite book|title=Irish Media: A Critical History since 1922|author=John Horgan|publisher=Routledge|year=2001|pages=6,190| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RX3lXMWRkx8C&q=echo | isbn = 9781134606160}}</ref> was part of the [[Thomas Crosbie Holdings]] group. Thomas Crosbie Holdings went into receivership in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0306/374490-thomas-crosbie-holdings/ |title=Receiver appointed to publisher of Irish Examiner - RTÉ News |publisher=RTÉ.ie |date=6 March 2013 |access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref> The newspaper was acquired by [[Landmark Media Investments]].

[[File:Irish Examiner office.jpg|thumb|''Irish Examiner'' premises on [[Oliver Plunkett Street]]]]
{{As of|2004}}, its chief executive was Thomas J. Murphy, and its editor was Tim Vaughan.<ref>''Europa World Year Book 200''4.Taylor & Francis Group,2004. (See section "Ireland-The Press",pg. 2223)</ref> Vaughan left the group in August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/business/irish-examiner-editor-announces-he-is-to-step-down-in-october-747799.html|title=Irish Examiner editor announces he is to step down in October|date=2 August 2016|publisher=BreakingNews.ie}}</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>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/independent-news-amp-media-holds-exploratory-talks-over-irish-examiner-f89gsr8nt|title=Independent News & Media holds exploratory talks over Irish Examiner|date=26 February 2017|publisher=[[The Times]]}}</ref>

In March 2017, it was reported that ''[[The Irish Times]]'' might bid for the ''Irish Examiner'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesspost.ie/news/irish-times-may-bid-examiner-383202|title=Irish Times may bid for Examiner |publisher = BusinessPost.ie|date= 26 March 2017 }}</ref> and by April 2017 both ''The Irish Times'' and INM had entered a sales process and signed non-disclosure agreements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesspost.ie/news/irish-times-inm-enter-sales-process-examiner-385148|title=Irish Times and INM enter sales process for Examiner |publisher=BusinessPost.ie | date= 16 April 2017 }}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/the-irish-times-to-acquire-landmark-media-business-817451.html|title=The Irish Times to acquire Landmark Media business|date=6 December 2017|publisher=Irish Examiner}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/newspaper-proprietor-ted-crosbie-enters-cork-person-of-the-year-hall-of-fame-466044.html|title=Newspaper proprietor Ted Crosbie enters Cork Person of the Year Hall of Fame|date=20 January 2018|publisher=Irish Examiner}}</ref> The sale to ''The Irish Times'' was completed in July 2018.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 July 2018 |title=Irish Times completes purchase of Irish Examiner |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2018/0710/977737-irish-times-completes-purchase-of-irish-examiner/ |website=rte.ie |publisher=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref>

As of 2021, its editorial policy has been described as [[centrist]] or [[conservative]];<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.dia.mil/FOIA/FOIA-Electronic-Reading-Room/FOIA-Reading-Room-Detainee-Abuse/FileId/39826/ | publisher = [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] | website = dia.mil | title = Freedom of Information Request – Irish Suspicion of a Link Between Shannon Flights and Alleged Detainee Torture Flights | quote = 'Irish Examiner', Cork, Ireland ... in English, centrist daily newspaper. | date = December 2004 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210413082046/https://www.dia.mil/FOIA/FOIA-Electronic-Reading-Room/FOIA-Reading-Room-Detainee-Abuse/FileId/39826/ | archivedate = 13 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url = https://time.com/5504205/europe-media-brexit-deal-parliament-defeat/ | publisher = [[Time Magazine]] | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | title = How European Media Responded to the Brexit Deal Defeat | date = 16 January 2019 | access-date = 13 April 2021 | quote = Conservative daily the Irish Examiner }}</ref> the [[Eurotopics]] website described the political orientation of the ''Irish Examiner'' as [[Liberalism|liberal]].<ref name="eurotopics"/>

In July 2025, John O'Mahony was appointed as editor of the ''Irish Examiner'' and ''The Echo''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Healy |first=Alan |date=2025-07-14 |title=New group editor appointed to the Irish Examiner and The Echo |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-41669546.html |access-date=2025-08-24 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref>

==Circulation==
Average [[Newspaper circulation|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 [[Decline of newspapers|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>{{cite web|url = https://media.irishexaminer.com/web/rates_examiner_2017.pdf | publisher = Irish Examiner | title = Rates - Examiner - 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180211112406/https://media.irishexaminer.com/web/rates_examiner_2017.pdf | archive-date = 11 February 2018 }}</ref>

{{Bar chart
| title = 
| table_width = 40
| label_type = Year (period)
| data_type = Average circulation per issue
| data1 = 57,601 | label1 = 1990<ref name="horgan"/>
| data2 = 56,764 | label2 = 1991<ref name="horgan"/>
| data3 = 55,565 | label3 = 1992<ref name="horgan"/>
| data4 = 53,188 | label4 = 1993<ref name="horgan"/> 
| data5 = 52,062 | label5 = 1994<ref name="horgan"/>
| data6 = 52,932 | label6 = 1995<ref name="horgan"/>
| data7 = 55,196 | label7 = 1996<ref name="horgan"/>
| data8 = 56,628 | label8 = 1997<ref name="horgan"/>
| data9 = 58,536 | label9 = 1998<ref name="horgan"/>
| data10 = 62,413 | label10 = 1999 (July to September)<ref name="horgan"/>
| data11 = 57,217 | label11 = 2006 (January to June)<ref name="rtecirc">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2006/0831/79847-abc/|title=Big drop for the Evening Herald|website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |date=31 August 2006}}</ref>
| data12 = 50,346 | label12 = 2009 (January to June)<ref name="newsbrands">{{cite web|url=http://newsbrandsireland.ie/data-centre/circulation/|title=Circulation - News Brands Ireland|website=Newsbrandsireland.ie|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-date=17 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217033257/http://newsbrandsireland.ie/data-centre/circulation/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| data13 = 46,687 | label13 = 2010 (January to June)<ref name="newsbrands"/>
| data14 = 43,390 | label14 = 2011 (January to June)<ref name="newsbrands"/>
| data15 = 39,555 | label15 = 2012 (July to December)<ref>{{cite web |author=Conor Doyle |url=http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/102467-morning-newspapers-abc-july-dec-2012 |title=Morning Newspapers ABC July-Dec 2012 - SEO Ireland, Search Engine Optimisation, Media and Marketing Consulting |website=ilevel.ie |date=21 February 2013 |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-date=12 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005148/http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/102467-morning-newspapers-abc-july-dec-2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| data16 = 37,009 | label16 = 2013 (July to December)<ref>{{cite web|publisher = Audit Bureau of Circulations | website = abc.org.uk | title = Paid Newspapers - Republic of Ireland - Irish Examiner - Jul to Dec 2013 | url = http://abc.org.uk/Certificates/18949139.pdf}}</ref>
| data17 = 35,028 | label17 = 2014 (January to June)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/morning-newspaper-circulation-jan-june-2015 |title=Morning Newspaper Circulation Jan June 2014 - SEO Ireland, Search Engine Optimisation, Media and Marketing Consulting |author=Conor Doyle |work=ilevel.ie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826160959/http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/morning-newspaper-circulation-jan-june-2015 |archive-date=26 August 2014 }}</ref>
| data18 = 33,198 | label18 = 2015 (January to June)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/abc-circulation-jan-june-2015 |title=ABC Circulation Jan June 2015 |access-date=20 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906174223/http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/abc-circulation-jan-june-2015 |archive-date=6 September 2015 | website = ilevel.ie }}</ref>
| data19 = 30,964 | label19 = 2016 (January to June)<ref>{{cite web|publisher = Audit Bureau of Circulations | website = abc.org.uk | title = Paid Newspapers - Republic of Ireland - Irish Examiner - Jan to Jun 2016 | url = http://abc.org.uk/Certificates/47920369.pdf }}</ref>
| data20 = 28,338 | label20 = 2017 (January to June)<ref name="2017circ">{{cite web|publisher = Audit Bureau of Circulations | website = abc.org.uk | title = Paid Newspapers - Republic of Ireland - Irish Examiner - Jan to Jun 2017 | url = https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/48554620.pdf }}</ref>
| data21 = 27,589 | label21 = 2017 (July to December)<ref>{{cite web | website = ilevel.ie | title = Irish Newspaper Circulation July-Dec 2017 Island of Ireland Report | url = http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/102971-irish-newspaper-circulation-july-dec-2017-island-of-ireland-report-2 | access-date = 22 February 2018 | archive-date = 6 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181106215005/http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/102971-irish-newspaper-circulation-july-dec-2017-island-of-ireland-report-2 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| data22 = 26,085 | label22 = 2018 (January to June)<ref name="2018circa">{{cite web|publisher = Audit Bureau of Circulations | website = abc.org.uk | title = Paid Newspapers - Republic of Ireland - Irish Examiner - Jan to Jun 2018 | url = https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49061000.pdf }}</ref>
| data23 = 25,419 | label23 = 2018 (July to December)<ref name="abcJulDec2018">{{cite web|publisher = Audit Bureau of Circulations | website = abc.org.uk | title = Paid Newspapers - Republic of Ireland - Irish Examiner - Jul to Dec 2018 | url = https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49256464.pdf}}</ref>
| data24 = 24,574 | label24 = 2019 (January to June)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ilevel.ie/print/irish-newspaper-circulation-jan-june-2019-island-of-ireland-report/ |website = ilevel.ie | title = Irish Newspaper Circulation Jan-June 2019 Island of Ireland Report |date = 22 August 2019 }}</ref>
| data25 = 23,387 | label25 = 2019 (July to December)<ref>{{cite web|publisher = Audit Bureau of Circulations | website = abc.org.uk | title = Paid Newspapers - Republic of Ireland - Irish Examiner - Jul to Dec 2019 | url = https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49620029.pdf}}</ref>}}

The Irish Examiner exited ABC circulation audits in 2020.<ref name="ilevelJun2020"/>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|https://www.irishexaminer.com/}}

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