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{{Short description|Daily newspaper in Ireland}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name               = The Irish Times
| logo               = The Irish Times logo.svg
| image              = File:Irish_Times_front_page_2024-04-09.jpg
| caption            =
| type               = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format             = [[Broadsheet]]
| founded            = {{start date and age|1859|3|29|df=yes}}
| owners             = {{ubl|The Irish Times Trust GLG (The Trust)|The Irish Times DAC}}
| political_position = 
| headquarters       = 24–28 Tara Street, [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]]
| language           = {{hlist|English|Irish}}
| editor             = Ruadhán Mac Cormaic
| oclc               = 137350020
| website            = {{Official URL}}
| circulation        = Circulation no longer audited<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilevel.ie/print/abc-registrations/|title=ABC Registrations|website=ilevel.ie|date=12 June 2020}}</ref>
| issn               = 0791-5144 
}}
'''''The Irish Times''''' is an [[Ireland|Irish]] daily broadsheet [[newspaper]] and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/media/2022/10/18/ruadhan-mac-cormaic-appointed-editor-of-the-irish-times/ | newspaper=The Irish Times|title=Ruadhán Mac Cormaic appointed editor of The Irish Times|date=18 October 2022|access-date=21 December 2022
|author=Laura Slattery}}</ref> It is published every day except Sundays.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/irish-times-seeking-euro2m-in-cost-savings-2514659.html|work=Irish Independent|first=Peter|last=Flanagan|title=Irish Times seeking €2m in cost savings|date=28 January 2011|access-date=31 January 2011}}</ref> ''The Irish Times'' is Ireland's leading newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Clery |first=Conor |author-link=Conor O'Clery |date=21 October 2014 |title=How an Irish passport opens doors |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3104a3a8-52be-11e4-9221-00144feab7de |url-status=live |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240107121139/https://www.ft.com/content/3104a3a8-52be-11e4-9221-00144feab7de |archive-date=7 January 2024 |access-date=7 January 2024 |url-access=limited |quote=The Irish Times of Dublin, Ireland's leading newspaper}}</ref> It is considered a [[newspaper of record]] for Ireland.<ref>{{cite news |title= The Irish Times, book review |url= http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/reviews.php?intProductID=828 |work= The London Standard |access-date= 26 May 2014 |last= Dwan |first= David |quote= Today, the Irish Times is one of Ireland's most authoritative journals – the newspaper of record for political and intellectual elites from Mayo to Monkstown. Mark O'Brien provides a detailed and colourful account of this transformation. His history of the Irish Times is also the story of modern Ireland: it tracks the newspaper's sceptical response to the emergence of the Free State in 1922 and the declaration of the Republic in 1949; it also examines its fractious relationship with the nation's governments and political figureheads from Eamon de Valera (whom the paper repeatedly compared to Hitler) to Bertie Ahern. |date= April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140527230042/http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/reviews.php?intProductID=828 |archive-date= 27 May 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Though formed as a [[Protestant Irish nationalists|Protestant Irish nationalist]] paper, within two decades and under new owners, it  became a supporter of [[unionism in Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Irish Times: A History |first=Mark |last=O'Brien|publisher=[[Four Courts Press]]|year=2008|isbn=978-1-84682-123-3}}</ref>

In the 21st century, it presents itself politically as "[[Liberalism|liberal]] and [[progressivism|progressive]]", as well as being centre-right on economic issues.<ref name=TerranceBrown>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Terrance|title=The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence|date=2015|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn=9781472919069|pages=448}}</ref><ref>McCabe, Conor, Sins of the Father: Tracing the Decisions That Shaped the Irish Economy (Dublin, 2011), p. 179.</ref> The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the [[Anglo-Irish people|Anglo-Irish]] Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal [[Irish Catholic]] editor 127 years into its existence.

The paper's notable columnists have included writer and arts commentator [[Fintan O'Toole]] and [[satirist]] [[Miriam Lord]]. The late [[Taoiseach]] [[Garret FitzGerald]] was once a columnist. [[Michael O'Regan (journalist)|Michael O'Regan]] was the [[Leinster House]] correspondent for more than 30 years. Senior international figures, including [[Tony Blair]] and [[Bill Clinton]], have written for its [[op-ed]] page.

Its most prominent columns have included the political column ''Backbencher'', by [[John Healy (Irish journalist)|John Healy]]; ''Drapier'' (an anonymous piece produced weekly by a politician, giving the 'insider' view of politics); ''Rite and Reason'' (a weekly religious column, edited by Patsy McGarry, the religious affairs editor); and the long-running ''An Irishman's Diary''. ''An Irishman's Diary'' was written by [[Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy|Patrick Campbell]] in the forties (under the pseudonym "Quidnunc"); by Seamus Kelly from 1949 to 1979 (also writing as "Quidnunc"); and in the early 2000s by [[Kevin Myers]]. After Myers' move to the rival ''[[Irish Independent]]'', ''An Irishman's Diary'' has usually been the work of Frank McNally. On the sports pages, [[Philip Reid (author)|Philip Reid]] is the paper's golf correspondent.

One of its most popular columns was the biting and humorous ''Cruiskeen Lawn'' satire column written, originally in [[Irish language|Irish]], later in English, by [[Myles na gCopaleen]], the pen name of Brian O'Nolan (Brian Ó Nualláin) who also wrote books using the name [[Flann O'Brien]]. ''Cruiskeen Lawn'' is an [[anglicised]] spelling of the Irish words ''crúiscín lán'', meaning "little full jug". ''Cruiskeen Lawn'' made its debut in October 1940, and appeared with varying regularity until O'Nolan's death in 1966.

==History==
===Origins in 19th century===
A newspaper entitled ''The Irish Times'' was founded in 1823, but this closed in 1825. The title was revived decades later by [[Lawrence E. Knox]], (later known as Major Lawrence Knox), a 22-year-old army officer. Initially he published thrice-weekly publication but soon shifted to a daily newspaper; the first edition was published on 29 March 1859. He founded it as a moderate Protestant newspaper, reflecting his politics. Knox envisaged it as a "new conservative daily".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Geoghegan |first1=Patrick M |editor1-last=McGuire |editor1-first=James |editor2-last=Quinn |editor2-first=James |title=Dictionary of Irish Biography |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |chapter=Knox, Laurence Edward}}. [https://www.irishtimes.com/archive/a-profile-of-laurence-knox Reproduced] on the ''Irish Times'' website. Retrieved 8 May 2019.</ref> Its headquarters were at 4 Lower Abbey Street in [[Dublin]]. Its main competitor in its early days was the Dublin ''[[Daily Express (Dublin)|Daily Express]]''.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

After Knox's death in 1873, the paper was sold to the widow of Sir [[John Arnott]], a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP), a former [[Lord Mayor of Cork]], and owner of [[Arnotts (Ireland)|Arnotts]], one of [[Dublin]]'s major [[department store]]s.

The sale, for £35,000, led to two major changes. Arnott shifted the headquarters to 31 Westmoreland Street; the newspaper operated from this area until 2005. Its politics shifted dramatically, and it became predominantly [[Unionist (Ireland)|Unionist]] in outlook. It was closely associated with the [[Irish Unionist Alliance]]. The paper, along with the ''[[Irish Independent]]'' and various regional papers, called for the execution of the leaders of the failed [[Easter Rising|1916 Easter Rising]].<ref name=easter_rising>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/newspapers/na04.shtml|title=Sir John Maxwell's Position|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=10 May 1916|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=30 June 2008}}</ref>

===20th century===
Though the paper became a [[public company|publicly-listed company]] in 1900, the Arnott family continued to hold a majority shareholding until the 1960s (even after the family lost control, the great-grandson of the original purchaser was the paper's London editor). The last member of the Arnott family to sit on the paper's board was Sir Lauriston Arnott, who died in 1958.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dempsey |first1=Pauric J. |title=Arnott, Sir Lauriston John |journal=Dictionary of Irish Biography |date=1 October 2009 |doi=10.3318/dib.000229.v1 |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/arnott-sir-lauriston-john-a0229|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref>{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

During the 1930s, the editor was [[R. M. Smyllie]].<ref name= horgan2001>{{cite book|title=Irish Media: A Critical History Since 1922 |first=John |last=Horgan |author-link=John Horgan (academic) |publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2001|pages=38–45}}</ref>
The longest-serving editor of ''The Irish Times'' was [[Douglas Gageby]].<ref name=mallon2003/>

In 1974, ownership was transferred to a non-charitable<ref name="The Irish Times Trust">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/about-us/the-irish-times-trust|title=The Irish Times Trust|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> trust, [[#The Irish Times Trust|The Irish Times Trust]]. The previous owner,  ex [[British Army]] officer and [[MI5]] agent, Major [[Thomas Bleakley McDowell|Thomas McDowell]], was made "president for life" of the trust that runs the paper; he was paid a large dividend.<ref name="Collins">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/times-exowner-leaves-836413m-2029316.html|title='Times' ex-owner leaves €13m|work=Irish Independent|first=Liam|last=Collins|date=24 January 2010|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>

The paper established its first bureau in Asia when foreign correspondent [[Conor O'Clery]] moved to [[Beijing]], China, in 1996.<ref>[http://www.ucd.ie/asia/oclery.htm ''China the Emerging Power: Prospects for Sino-Irish Relations''], Conor O'Clery lecture, Centre for Asian Studies, University College Dublin, 2000. "...I first arrived [in Beijing] to establish the first Irish Times bureau in Asia in 1996."</ref>

===21st century===
''The Irish Times'' suffered considerable financial difficulty in 2002 when a drop in advertising revenue coincided with a decision by the company to invest its reserves in the building of a new printing plant. None of the journalists was laid off, but many took a voluntary redundancy package when the paper was greatly restructured.

Some foreign bureaus were closed and it stopped publishing "colour" pages devoted to Irish regions, with regional coverage merged with news. The paper's problems stemmed partly from internal strife, which led to McDowells's daughter, Karen Erwin, not being made chief executive.<ref name="mcdowell-tax-liability"/> The reorganisation had the desired effect; after posting losses of almost €3 million in 2002, the paper returned to profit in 2003.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

In May 2005, the paper launched a new international edition,{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} which was available in London and southeast England at the same time as other daily newspapers (previously, copies of the Irish edition were flown from Dublin to major cities in Britain on passenger flights, arriving around lunchtime). It was printed at the Newsfax plant in [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], and uses the ''[[Financial Times]]'' distribution network.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

In 2008 the [[Central Bank of Ireland]] fined ''The Irish Times'' after its management admitted breaking market abuse rules.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0411/financial-business.html|title=Financial Regulator fines Irish Times|work=[[RTÉ Business]]|date=11 April 2008|access-date=1 July 2009}}</ref>

In 2009, the Supreme Court ordered the paper to pay €600,000 in costs, despite it having won its case in support of protecting journalistic sources. The court said the paper's destruction of evidence was "reprehensible conduct".<ref>{{cite news|url-access=subscription|url= https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1127/1224259547062.html|title='Irish Times' ordered to pay legal costs in full|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=27 November 2009|first=Mary|last=Carolan|access-date=29 November 2009}}</ref>

When the Irish government signed the [[Companies Act 2014]], the Trust registered the overall Irish Times Group as a [[designated activity company]], '''The Irish Times Designated Activity Company''' ('''The Irish Times DAC''').<ref>{{cite report |title=Directors' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the Financial Year Ended 31 December 2021 |publisher=The Irish Times Designated Activity Company |date=2022-07-05 |quote=The principal activities of The Irish Times Group are digital and print publishing, the marketing and sale of digital subscriptions and newspapers, printing, radio broadcasting and other digital activities. |url=https://mpm.cmpf.eui.eu/public/upload/sources/Ireland/The+Irish+Times+DAC+F2021_1675792645.pdf |access-date=2024-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908063023/https://mpm.cmpf.eui.eu/public/upload/sources/Ireland/The+Irish+Times+DAC+F2021_1675792645.pdf |archive-date=2024-09-08 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2017, ''The Irish Times'' reportedly had reached an agreement to purchase the newspaper, radio and website interests of [[Landmark Media Investments]], which include the ''[[Irish Examiner]]''. Initially subject to regulatory approval,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstalk.com/news/irish-times-agrees-to-acquire-irish-examiner-and-several-local-newspapers-518701|title=Irish Times agrees to acquire Irish Examiner and several local newspapers|website=Newstalk}}</ref> the sale was completed in July 2018.<ref name="irishexaminer.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/irish-times-complete-purchase-of-landmark-media-pledge-to-protect-identity-and-independence-of-titles-854228.html|title=Irish Times complete purchase of Landmark Media; Pledge to protect 'identity and independence' of titles|website=Irish Examiner|date=10 July 2018}}</ref>

In September 2018, ''The Irish Times'' started a voluntary redundancy scheme. This followed the [[Landmark Media Investments]] acquisition.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/newspaper-group-looks-for-voluntary-redundancies-bnclw0r8t|title=Newspaper group looks for voluntary redundancies|first=Peter |last= O'Dwyer|date=Nov 19, 2018|access-date=Jul 23, 2019|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref>

====Diversification====
The company has diversified from its original ''Irish Times'' title as a source of revenue. Irish Times Limited has taken a majority share for €5m in the Gazette Group Newspapers, a group publishing three local newspapers in [[West Dublin]], and has acquired a property website, MyHome.ie, the second-largest<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abce.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=abce/abce&type=page&p=news_200706.html&menuid=news%7Cn1%7Cnews_200706%7Cnews_200706 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071115110953/http://www.abce.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=abce%2Fabce&type=page&p=news_200706.html&menuid=news%7Cn1%7Cnews_200706%7Cnews_200706  |archive-date=15 November 2007 |title=Daft.ie Now Ireland's Busiest Certified Property Site |publisher=[[ABCe]] |date=18 July 2006 |access-date=1 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> property internet website in Ireland, for €50m, seen as insurance against the loss of revenue from traditional classified property advertising.<ref name="ret">{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2006/08/02/irish_web_site_bought_for_50_m.html|title=Irish Web Site Bought For 50 Million Euro|work=The Irish Examiner|date=2 August 2006|access-date=18 October 2012|last=Heatley|first=Colm}}</ref>

In June 2009, journalists called on the board and trust to review "the flawed investment and diversification strategy of the company" and passed a motion saying that "ongoing investment in loss-making projects poses a serious threat to employment" at the newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=42757-qqqx=1.asp|title=Times staffers want a review of paper's direction|work=[[The Sunday Business Post]]|first=Niamh|last=Connolly|date=28 June 2009|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> Four months later, the company announced a loss of €37 million and that 90 staff would be made redundant.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/1003/1224255776825.html|title=Irish Times registers €37.8m loss for 2008|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Ciarán|last=Hancock|date=3 October 2009|access-date=3 October 2009|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The director, Maeve Donovan, who instigated the "investment and diversification" strategy, subsequently retired. She dismissed suggestions that she would receive a significant "golden handshake", saying that her package would be "nothing out of the ordinary at all". She was given a €1m "ex-gratia" payment by the newspaper "relating to a commutation of pension rights agreed with her".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/irish-times-ceo-got-euro1m-payoff-as-losses-mount-2391589.html|work=[[Irish Independent]]|first=Peter|last=Flanagan|title=Irish Times CEO got €1m payoff as losses mount|date=23 October 2010}}</ref>

The managing director said in 2009 that mobile phone applications would be a key investment for newspapers and ''The Irish Times'' now{{when|date=January 2013}} has an application for the [[iPhone]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] smartphones.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sbpost.ie/mediaandmarketing/media-world-45189.html|title=Media World|work=[[The Sunday Business Post]] |first=Catherine|last=O'Mahony|date=25 October 2009|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>

In June 2010, Gazette Group Newspapers' managing director claimed the company's affairs were being conducted oppressively by its majority shareholder, ''the Irish Times''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/gazette-group-md-accuses-the-irish-times-of-oppression-2238234.html|work=Irish Independent|first=Tim|last=Healy|title=Gazette group MD accuses the 'Irish Times' of oppression|date=29 June 2010|access-date=25 October 2010}}</ref>

On 2 May 2024, it was announced that the Irish Times Group had acquired obituary business [[RIP.ie]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Irish Times Group acquires online death notice platform RIP.ie |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/05/02/the-irish-times-group-acquires-online-death-notice-platform-ripie/|first= Ciarán|last=Hancock|date=2 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-31 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>

==Political stances and controversial stories==
The editor during the 1930s, [[R. M. Smyllie]], had strong [[anti-fascist]] views, and angered the Irish Catholic hierarchy by opposing [[Francisco Franco|General Franco]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]]. During World War II, ''The Irish Times'', like other national newspapers, had problems with Irish Government censorship. The Times was largely pro-[[Allies of World War II|Allies]] and was opposed to the [[Éamon de Valera]] government policy of [[Neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]].<ref name=horgan2001/>

In 1969, the longest-serving editor of ''The Irish Times'', [[Douglas Gageby]], was allegedly called a "white nigger" by company chairman [[Thomas Bleakley McDowell]], because of the newspaper's coverage of [[Northern Ireland]] at the outset of [[the Troubles]], which was supportive of Irish nationalism.<ref name=mallon2003>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/irish-times-major--mcdowell-called-his-editor--a-white-nigger-488144.html|title=Irish Times' Major McDowell called his editor a 'white nigger'|work=Irish Independent|first=Charlie|last=Mallon|date=26 January 2003|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/white-nigger-denial-poses-a-real-dilemma-488276.html|title='White nigger' denial poses a real dilemma|work=Irish Independent|first=Ronan|last=Fanning|date=2 February 2003|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>

[[John Waters (columnist)|John Waters]], a columnist who spoke out about the perceived vast salaries of the editor, managing director and deputy editor, was sacked and re-hired a week later, in November 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/the-real-story-behind-the-times-rich-list-497097.html|title=The real story behind the Times Rich List|work=[[Irish Independent]]| first1=Liam| last1=Collins|first2=Jody|last2=Corcoran|date=30 November 2003|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> Former editor [[Geraldine Kennedy]] was paid more than the editor of the UK's top non-tabloid newspaper ''The Daily Telegraph'', which has a circulation of about nine times that of ''The Irish Times''. Later, columnist [[Fintan O'Toole]] told the ''[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]]'': "We as a paper are not shy of preaching about corporate pay and fat cats but with this there is a sense of excess. Some of the sums mentioned are disturbing. This is not an attack on Ms Kennedy, it is an attack on the executive level of pay. There is double-standard of seeking more job cuts while paying these vast salaries.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/irish-times-staff-revolt-at-editor-and-directors-indefensible-salaries-471014.html|work=Irish Independent|title=Irish Times staff revolt at editor and directors' 'indefensible' salaries|date=7 August 2005|access-date=25 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=287121|title=Irish Times staff revolt at editor and directors' 'indefensible' salaries|website=Boards.ie|date=16 July 2005 |access-date=20 May 2011}}</ref>

On 23 December 2004, ''The Irish Times'' ran a front-page story on the [[Provisional IRA]]'s denial of involvement in the [[Northern Bank robbery]], one of Europe's largest ever, and on the same day refused to print a column by [[Kevin Myers]] which said that the Provisional IRA was responsible.<ref name=snooze>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/bank-heist-is-snooze-to-the-irish-times-462931.html|title=Bank heist is snooze to the 'Irish Times'|work=Irish Independent|first=Jim |last=Cusack|date=9 January 2005|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> Myers was reported to be shocked by the spiking of his column.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/myers-shocked-at-spiking-of-column-on-ira-by-irish-times-462776.html|title=Myers shocked at spiking of column on IRA by 'Irish Times'|work=Irish Independent|first=Jim|last=Cusack|date=2 January 2005|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> Some two weeks later, the paper printed a report that there might, after all, be a "nationalist" connection.<ref name=snooze/> Myers later left the paper in May 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGarry |first1=Patsy |title=There's more to Kevin Myers than his errors of judgment |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/there-s-more-to-kevin-myers-than-his-errors-of-judgment-1.3172649 |access-date=4 June 2024 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=31 July 2017}}</ref>

''The Irish Times'' tended to support the 2007 [[Lisbon Treaty]], which adjusted the operation of the [[European Union]]. However, opposing views were also printed, including articles by [[Declan Ganley]] of [[Libertas Ireland]], and other anti-Lisbon campaigners.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}

On 31 July 2010, ''The Irish Times'' published an article titled "The fighting Irish" about Irish nationals who enlisted in the [[British Armed Forces]]. The article featured interviews with members of the [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]] and the [[Irish Guards]].<ref>{{Cite news|first=Mark|last=Hennessy|title=The fighting Irish|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-fighting-irish-1.630830|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=31 July 2010|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> It was subsequently criticised by current affairs magazine ''[[The Phoenix (magazine)|The Phoenix]]'', which argued that the article romanticised the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]] and served as little more than an indirect advertisement for the British military. ''The Phoenix'' accused the editor of ''The Irish Times'', [[Geraldine Kennedy]], of violating the Irish [[Defence Act]] which prohibits all forms of military recruitment advertising on the behalf of foreign militaries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Irish Times for Queen and Country|url=http://www.thephoenix.ie/phoenix/subscriber/library/volume-28/issue-16/contents.pdf|website=[[The Phoenix (magazine)|The Phoenix]]|date=13 August 2010|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>

On 9 September 2011, the paper published a pseudonymous article by Kate Fitzgerald.<ref>{{cite news|url-access=subscription|url= https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2011/0909/1224303758047.html|title=Employers failing people with mental health issues|work=Irish Times|date=9 September 2011|access-date=19 December 2011}}</ref> Unknown to the paper, she had taken her life on 22 August 2011. The revelation sparked a nationwide debate on suicide with her parents appearing on television to discuss suicide and depression.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1202/thesaturdaynightshow.html|title=X Factor star for Saturday Night Show|work=RTÉ Ten|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]]|date=2 December 2011|access-date=2 December 2011}}</ref> The article criticised the reaction to her illness by her employer, [[Communications Clinic|The Communications Clinic]], although it was only after she was identified as the author that her employer became known. The article was later removed from the paper's website,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2011/0909/Pg016.html#Ar01601:03C8AE0708BB17C47D1AF48B1785671AC57510859E13C5AC1087A913C7B60002CF14F3100507A90897B60006960656A3|title=Legal Redaction|work=Irish Times|date=9 September 2011|access-date=19 December 2011|url-access=subscription}}</ref> causing controversy online. The editor later told her parents that sections of her article were factually incorrect, but could not say which ones.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.broadsheet.ie/2011/12/16/let-kate-have-the-final-word|title='Let Kate Have The Final Word|work=Broadsheet.ie|date=16 December 2011|access-date=19 December 2011}}</ref> Kate's parents complained to the Office of the Press Ombudsman about an apology made to [[Communications Clinic|The Communications Clinic]], their complaint was upheld.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/06/05/kate-fitzgerald-and-the-irish-times-apology-to-the-communications-clinic-the-press-council-decision/|title="Kate" fitzgerald and the Irish times apology to the communications clinic the press council decision|work=Broadsheet.ie|date=5 June 2012|access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref>

In September 2019, the paper reprinted an article from the ''[[New York Times]]'' by [[William Broad]]. The article claimed that "the blossoming anxiety over professed health risks of [[5G]] [fifth generation wireless technology] 'can be traced to a single scientist and a single chart{{'"}}. A complaint to the Office of the Press Ombudsman of the [[Press Council of Ireland]] was filed by Tom Butler of the [[University College Cork]]. The Press Council Ombudsman upheld Butler's complaint, ruling that "''The Irish Times'' breached Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice of the Press Council of Ireland".<ref name=ombudruling20>{{cite news |last1=The Irish Times |title=Professor Tom Butler and The Irish Times |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/professor-tom-butler-and-the-irish-times-1.4164003 |access-date=9 February 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=6 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=presscouncil2020>{{cite web |last1=Press Ombudsman |title=247/2020 – Professor Tom Butler and The Irish Times |url=https://www.presscouncil.ie/about-us/recent-decisions-and-news/2472020-professor-tom-butler-and-the-irish-times- |website=www.presscouncil.ie |publisher=Press Council of Ireland |access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref>

==Governance {{anchor|The Irish Times Trust}}==
In 1974, ownership was transferred to a non-charitable<ref name="The Irish Times Trust"/> trust, [[#The Irish Times Trust|The Irish Times Trust]]. The former owner, Major [[Thomas Bleakley McDowell|Thomas McDowell]], was made "president for life" of the trust which runs the paper and  was paid a large dividend.<ref name="Collins"/> However several years later the articles of the Trust were adjusted, giving Major McDowell 10 preference shares and one more vote than the combined votes of all the other directors should any move be made to remove him.<ref name="mcdowell-tax-liability">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/mcdowell-had-pound30000-tax-liability-512202.html|title=McDowell had £30,000 tax liability|work=Irish Independent|first=Liam|last=Collins|date=23 December 2001|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> McDowell died in 2009.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
The Trust is regulated by a legal document, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and controlled by a body of people (the Governors) under company law. It is not a charity and does not have charitable status. It has no beneficial shareholders and it cannot pay dividends. Any profits made by ''The Irish Times'' cannot be distributed to the Trust but must be used to strengthen the newspaper, directly or indirectly. The Trust is composed of a maximum of 11 Governors. The Trust appoints Governors who are required to be "representative broadly of the community throughout the whole of Ireland".

As of March 2023, John Hegarty is the chair of the Trust, and the governors are Edmond Harty, Maeve Carton, Catherine Day, Bernard Harbor, David Sterling, Fiach Mac Conghail and Marguerite Sayers. They are predominantly from an Irish public sector background.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/about-us/the-irish-times-trust/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>

In 2015, The Irish Times Trust Limited joined as a member organisation of the [[European Press Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=Members |url=https://www.europeanpressprize.com/foundation/members/| access-date=2021-08-23|website=European Press Prize}}</ref>

==Offices==
[[File:The_Irish_Times_building,_Dublin,_Ireland.jpg|thumb|250px|''The Irish Times'' building, on [[Tara Street]]]]
[[File:Ireland Victor Grigas 2011-19.jpg|thumb|250px|The Irish Times Clock, originally mounted on the [[D'Olier Street]] building, moved with the newspaper to the Tara Street offices in 2006.<!-- and is mounted on the Townsend St. side of the building. -->]]
In 1895, the paper moved from its original offices on [[Abbey Street|Middle Abbey Street]] to [[D'Olier Street]] in the centre of Dublin. "D'Olier Street" became a [[Metonymy|metonym]] of ''The Irish Times'' which in turn was personified as "The Old Lady of D'Olier Street". In October 2006, the paper relocated to a new building on nearby [[Tara Street]].<ref>Alison Healy, [https://www.irishtimes.com/news/iconic-irish-times-clock-back-where-it-belongs-1.940966 "Iconic Irish Times clock back where it belongs"], ''Irish Times'', September 27, 2008</ref>

==Irish Times Literature Prizes==
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'''The Irish Times Literature Prizes''' were established in 1988, with the inaugural Irish Times International Fiction Prize (worth £7,500 in 1998)<ref name=prizes1998/> awarded in 1989.<ref name= ltaward>{{cite web | title=Irish Times International Fiction Prize | website=[[LibraryThing]] | url=https://www.librarything.com/award/861/Irish-Times-International-Fiction-Prize | access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref> The Irish Literature Prizes (four categories, each worth £5,000 in 1998) were awarded for fiction, poetry, and non-fiction written in English. In 1998, a separate prize was for the first time awarded for a work in the Irish language, for the most outstanding title of all of the categories, which was awarded by a separate panel of judges.<ref name=prizes1998>{{cite news | title=The Irish Times Literature Prizes 1998-99 | newspaper=The Irish Times | date=4 June 1998 | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/the-irish-times-literature-prizes-1998-99-1.159768 | access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref>

The Irish Times International Fiction Prize, also known as the Irish Times/Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize until 1992 (when [[Aer Lingus]] ceased its sponsorship of the awards), was awarded annually until 2001. The winners of this prize were:<ref name= ltaward/>
*1989: ''[[Libra (novel)|Libra]]'', by [[Don DeLillo]]
*1990: ''[[Possession (Byatt novel)|Possession]]'', by [[A. S. Byatt]]
*1991: ''[[Wartime Lies]]'', by [[Louis Begley]]
* 1992: ''[[Mating (novel)|Mating]]'', by [[Norman Rush]]
* 1993: ''[[The Shipping News]]'', by [[E. Annie Proulx]]
* 1995: ''[[The Master of Petersburg]]'', by [[J. M. Coetzee]]
* 1997: ''[[Reading in the Dark]]'', by [[Seamus Deane]]
* 1999: ''[[Birds of America (short story collection)|Birds of America: Stories]]'', by [[Lorrie Moore]]
* 2001: ''[[Anil's Ghost]]'', by [[Michael Ondaatje]]

==Formats and content==
===Columns===<!---are these print only, or both print and digital?--->
Regular columns include:
* ''An Irish Diary'', a daily column with one frequent author at a time and many occasional contributors.  Originally ''An Irishman's Diary'' and credited to "Quidnunc"; once the real authors was credited, the title was sometimes changed to ''An Irishwoman's Diary'', ''An Englishman's Diary'', etc. as appropriate.  Frequent authors included [[Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy]] (1950s–60s), [[Kevin Myers]] (1980s–90s), and Frank McNally (since 2000s)
* ''Another Life'', a weekly natural history column written and illustrated since 1977 by [[Michael Viney]]
* ''Rite and Reason'', a weekly religious column, edited by the religious editor, Patsy McGarry. Many prominent [[Roman Catholic]] and [[Church of Ireland]] bishops, Irish Jewish leaders, theologians from all faiths, and journalists, among others, have written the column which is published on the op-ed page on Mondays.
* ''[[Social and Personal]]''

===Print===
{{Update|updated=2009|reason='''virtually unchanged since 2009, no idea if these details, including the named personnel, is presently active/retired/alive - or perhaps even relevant for this wiki article (item-by-item list of what the newspaper publishes, on which days, and how it finds its information)'''|date=September 2024}}
The paper has the same standard layout every day; the front page contains one main picture and three main news stories, with the left-hand column, News Digest, providing a "teaser" of some of the stories inside the Home News, World News, Sport, and Business Today sections, as well as other information such as winning lottery numbers and weather forecasts. Inside, it usually contains eight to twelve pages of Irish news, called "Home News", covering the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Northern Ireland]]. It devotes several pages to important stories such as the publication of government reports, government budgets, and important courts cases.

World News contains news from its correspondents abroad and from news wires and services such as Reuters, the Guardian Service, and the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post service; the paper has correspondents in London, Paris, Brussels, and Washington.

''The Irish Times'' publishes its residential property supplement every Thursday, one of the printed residential property listings for the Dublin area; this is also online. Motoring and employment supplements are published on Wednesday and Friday respectively, and are also available online.

A business supplement is published every Friday, as is an entertainment supplement called ''The Ticket'', with film, music, theatre reviews, interviews, articles, and media listings. It features cinema writer Donald Clarke and music writers Jim Carroll, Brian Boyd, Tony Clayton-Lea and others. [[Michael Dwyer (journalist)|Michael Dwyer]], the film critic and recipient of the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, wrote for the supplement until his death in 2010.<ref name="Film critic Dwyer dies after illness">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0102/dwyerm.html|title=Film critic Dwyer dies after illness|date=2 January 2010|access-date=2 January 2010|publisher=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref><ref name="Renowned film critic Michael Dwyer was 'one in a million'">{{cite news|author=Simon Brouder|url=http://www.kerryman.ie/news/renowned-film-critic-michael-dwyer-was-one-in-a-million-2000960.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060305/http://www.kerryman.ie/news/renowned-film-critic-michael-dwyer-was-one-in-a-million-2000960.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2011|title=Renowned film critic Michael Dwyer was 'one in a million'|date=6 January 2010|access-date=6 January 2010|newspaper=[[The Kerryman]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Irish Times |author=Donald Clarke |title=Tributes to Michael Dwyer|date=4 January 2010|access-date=6 January 2010 |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0104/1224261598524.html |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

On Saturdays, a Weekend section is published, with news features, arts profiles, television and radio columns, and book reviews of mainly literary and biographical works, with occasional reviews in the technology sector. The Saturday edition also includes the Magazine with consumer and lifestyle features on food, wine, gardening, and there are travel and sports supplements.

Three [[Sudoku]] puzzles and two crosswords are published daily including a [[cryptic crossword]], formerly compiled by "[[Crosaire]]", and a "Simplex" crossword. There is also a letters page. [[J.J. Walsh (chess player)|J.J. Walsh]] has contributed a chess puzzle to the paper since April 1955, originally weekly the puzzle became a daily fixture in September 1972.<ref>[http://en.chessbase.com/post/barden-on-the-longest-running-chess-column Barden on the Longest running chess column] Leonard Barden, Chessbase.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/chairman-of-the-board-an-irishman-s-diary-about-jim-walsh-the-world-s-longest-running-chess-correspondent-1.2889461 |title=Chairman of the Board – An Irishman's Diary about Jim Walsh, the world's longest-running chess correspondent|first= Frank |last=McNally|newspaper= The Irish Times|date= 2 December 2016}}</ref>

The paper carries [[political cartoon]]s by [[Martyn Turner]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/drawing-in-irish-cartoonists-m536d92nm |title=Drawing in Irish cartoonists|first=John|last=Burns|date=19 June 2023 |via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref> and the American cartoon strip, [[Doonesbury]]. The business section has a satirical illustration by David Rooney every Friday. Tom Mathews contributes an arts-inspired cartoon (called "Artoon") to the arts section on Saturday.

A weekly Irish-language page is carried on Wednesdays.

===Digital===
In 1994, ''The Irish Times'' established a web presence on IEunet.ie, which moved to the address Irish-times.ie in 1995; it was the first newspaper in Ireland  and one of the first 30 newspapers in the world to establish an online presence. The company acquired the [[domain name]] ''ireland.com'' in 1997, and from 1999 to 2008, used it to publish its online edition. This was freely available at first but charges and a registration fee were introduced in 2002 for access to most of the content. A number of blogs were added in April 2007, written by [[Jim Carroll (journalist)|Jim Carroll]], Shane Hegarty, and [[Conor Pope]]. On 30 June 2008, the company relaunched ''ireland.com'' as a separate lifestyle portal and the online edition of the newspaper was now published at ''irishtimes.com''. Access to news on the new domain name was supplied free of charge,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0630/1214764288069.html|title='The Irish Times' free online at irishtimes.com|date=30 June 2008|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=30 June 2008}}</ref> but a subscription was charged to view its archives.

On 15 October 2012 John O'Shea, Head of Online, ''The Irish Times'', announced that the ''ireland.com'' domain name had been sold to [[Tourism Ireland]], and that the associated ''ireland.com'' email service would end on 7 November 2012.<ref name=DomainSale>{{cite news |title=Tourism Ireland buys 'Ireland.com' URL from The Irish Times |first=Amy |last=Croffey |work=[[TheJournal.ie]] |date=2012-10-15 |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/tourism-ireland-ireland-com-url-the-irish-times-636463-Oct2012|access-date=2024-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529075211/https://www.thejournal.ie/tourism-ireland-ireland-com-url-the-irish-times-636463-Oct2012|archive-date=2024-05-29 |url-status=live}}</ref> The domain name was sold for €495,000.<ref name=DomainSale/> The ending of the email service affected about 15,000 subscribers.<ref name="fd">{{cite news |first=Hugh |last=O'Connell |title=@ireland.com Email Users Slam 'Disgraceful' Decision to End Service |work=[[TheJournal.ie]] |date=17 October 2012 |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-com-email-shutdown-639046-Oct2012/|access-date=2024-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520184341/https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-com-email-shutdown-639046-Oct2012|archive-date=2024-05-20 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The newspaper announced on 17 February 2015 the reintroduction of a [[paywall]] for its website, ''irishtimes.com'', beginning on 23 February.<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2015/0217/680758-irish-times-paywall/ Irish Times to introduce metered paywall online] RTÉ News, 17 February 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/the-irish-times-to-introduce-digital-subscriptions-next-week-1.2106220 The Irish Times to introduce digital subscriptions next week] Irish Times, 17 February 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.independent.ie/business/media/irish-times-to-introduce-paywall-next-week-costing-up-to-50-a-month-30998124.html Irish Times to introduce paywall next week, costing up to €50 a month] Irish Independent, 17 February 2015.</ref>

==Editors==
{{Div col|small=no|colwidth=25em}}
# [[George Ferdinand Shaw]] (1859)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/150/articles/the-editors.html |title=The Irish Times: The Editors |work=Irish Times |access-date=23 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712092527/http://www.irishtimes.com/150/articles/the-editors.html |archive-date=12 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
# Rev. George Bomford Wheeler (1859–1877)
# James Scott (1877–1899)
# William Algernon Locker (1901–1907)
# [[John Edward Healy]] (1907–1934)
# [[R. M. "Bertie" Smyllie]] (1934–1954)
# Alec Newman (1954–61)
# Alan Montgomery (1961–1963)
# [[Douglas Gageby]] (1963–1974 and 1977–1986)
# [[Fergus Pyle]] (1974–1977)
# [[Conor Brady]] (1986–2002)
# [[Geraldine Kennedy]] (2002–2011)
# [[Kevin O'Sullivan (journalist)|Kevin O'Sullivan]] (2011–2017)
# [[Paul O'Neill (newspaper editor)|Paul O'Neill]] (2017–2022)
# [[Ruadhán Mac Cormaic]] (2022–present)
{{div col end}}

==Past and present contributors==
{{Div col|small=no|colwidth=15em}}
* [[Charles Acton (critic)|Charles Acton]]
* [[Malachy Clerkin]]
* [[Gerry Thornley]]
* [[John O Sullivan]]
* [[Sean Moran]]
* [[Johnny Watterson]]
* [[Gavin Cumiskey]]
* [[Mary Hannigan]]
* [[John Banville]]
* [[Brendan Behan]]
* [[Maeve Binchy]]
* [[Vincent Browne]]
* [[Tom Clonan]]
* [[Myles na gCopaleen]]
* [[Cónal Creedon]]
* [[Garret FitzGerald]]
* [[Theodora FitzGibbon]]
* [[Donal Foley]]
* [[Elgy Gillespie]]
* [[John Healy (Irish journalist)|John Healy]]
* [[Mary Holland (journalist)|Mary Holland]]
* [[Róisín Ingle]]
* [[Dennis Campbell Kennedy|Dennis Kennedy]]
* [[Karlin Lillington]]
* [[Liam MacGabhann]]
* [[Emer McLysaght]]
* [[Lara Marlowe]]
* [[Seamus Martin]]
* [[Kevin Myers]]
* [[Breda O'Brien]]
* [[Conor O'Clery]]
* [[Aidan O'Sullivan]]
* [[Fintan O'Toole]]
* [[Fergus Pyle]]
* [[Arthur Quinlan]]
* [[Martyn Turner]]
* [[John Waters (columnist)|John Waters]]
* [[Noel Whelan (politician)|Noel Whelan]]
* [[Terence de Vere White]]
* [[Thomas Woods (Irish diplomat)|Thomas Woods]]
* [[Maev-Ann Wren]]
* [[Newton Emerson]]
{{div col end}}

==Circulation==
===Print===
Average [[Newspaper circulation|print circulation]] was approximately 100,000 copies per issue in 2011,<ref name="circ2011"/> dropping to approximately 62,000 by 2017.<ref name="circ2017"/> The circulation of the newspaper is no longer audited.

{{Bar chart
| title = 
| table_width = 35
| label_type = Year (period)
| data_type  = Average circulation per issue
| data1 = 117,370 | label1 = 2005 (July to December)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/irish-times-records-highest-circulation-rise-of-any-daily-1.1023096|title='Irish Times' records highest circulation rise of any daily|date=3 March 2006 |first=Emmet |last=Oliver |newspaper=The Irish Times|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| data2 = 100,951 | label2 = 2011 (January to June)<ref name="circ2011">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/independent-still-leads-way-as-nations-favourite-2858719.html|work=[[Irish Independent]]|first=Laura|last=Noonan|title='Independent' still leads way as nation's favourite|date=26 August 2011|access-date=26 August 2011}}</ref>
| data3 = 92,565 | label3 = 2012 (January to June)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/102405-irish-morning-newspaper-abc-circulations-jan-june-2012|title=Irish Morning Newspaper ABC Circulations, Jan–June 2012|website=ilevel.ie}}</ref>
| data4 = 88,356 | label4 = 2012 (July to December)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/102467-morning-newspapers-abc-july-dec-2012|title=Morning Newspapers ABC Circulations, July–Dec 2012|website=ilevel.ie|access-date=23 February 2013}}</ref> 
| data5 = 80,332 | label5 = 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 |website=ilevel.ie |access-date=22 August 2014 |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> 
| data6 = 76,882 | label6 = 2014 (July to December)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/abc-morning-newspaper-circulation-july-december-2014 |title=ABC Morning Newspaper Circulation July–December 2014 |website=ilevel.ie |access-date=20 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220225616/http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/abc-morning-newspaper-circulation-july-december-2014 |archive-date=20 February 2015 }}</ref> 
| data7 = 76,194 | label7 = 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 - revised! |access-date=2015-08-20 |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=2015-09-06 }}</ref>
| data8 = 72,011 | label8 = 2016 (January to June)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/102902-abc-jan-june-2016-morning-market|title=ABC Jan–June 2016 Morning Market – Media and Marketing Consulting, PPC, SEO Ireland, Search Engine Optimisation|first=Conor|last=Doyle|website=www.ilevel.ie}}</ref>
| data9 = 66,251 | label9 = 2016 (July to December)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/48212281.pdf|title=Cross Platform Circulation Certificate|website=Abc.org.uk|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>
| data10 = 62,423 | label10 = 2017 (January to June)<ref name="circ2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/48554363.pdf|title=Cross Platform Circulation Certificate|website=Abc.org.uk|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>
| data11 = 61,049 | label11 = 2017 (July to December)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/102971-irish-newspaper-circulation-july-dec-2017-island-of-ireland-report-2|title=Irish Newspaper Circulation July–Dec 2017 Island of Ireland Report – Media and Marketing Consulting, PPC, SEO Ireland, Search Engine Optimisation|first=Conor|last=Doyle|website=www.ilevel.ie}}</ref>
| data12 = 60,352 | label12 = 2018 (January to June)<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49060706.pdf|title=Cross Platform Circulation Certificate|website=Abc.org.uk|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>
| data13 = 58,131 | label13 = 2018 (July to December)<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49256125.pdf|title=Cross Platform Circulation Certificate|website=Abc.org.uk|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>
| data14 = 56,518 | label14 = 2019 (January to June)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ilevel.ie/print/irish-newspaper-circulation-jan-june-2019-island-of-ireland-report/|title=Irish Newspaper Circulation Jan-June 2019 Island of Ireland Report|date=22 August 2019}}</ref>
| data15 = 54,147 | label15 = 2019 (July to December)<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/49619706.pdf|title=The Irish Times {{!}} July to December 2019|publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|ABC]]}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilevel.ie/print/irish-newspaper-circulation-july-dec-2019-island-of-ireland-report/|title=WordPress › Error|website=www.ilevel.ie|date=20 February 2020 }}</ref>
}}

===Digital===
ABC measure digital circulation based on paid for digital subscriptions that include an ePaper in the package. This means that the free student edition and the basic package, which does not include an ePaper, are excluded from the below statistics.
{{Bar chart
| title = 
| table_width = 50
| label_type = Year (period)
| data_type  = Average circulation per issue
| data1 = 16,939 | label1 = 2017 (July to December)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Slattery |first1=Laura |title='The Irish Times' had combined daily circulation of 77,988 in second half of 2017 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/the-irish-times-had-combined-daily-circulation-of-77-988-in-second-half-of-2017-1.3402249 |newspaper=The Irish Times|date=27 February 2018 |access-date=1 September 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| data2 = 18,903 | label2 = 2018 (January to June)<ref name="auto2"/>
| data3 = 21,275 | label3 = 2018 (July to December)<ref name="auto1"/>
| data4 = 24,389 | label4 = 2019 (July to December)<ref name="auto3"/>

}}

==Newspapers owned by The Irish Times DAC==
* ''The Irish Times''
* ''[[Irish Examiner]]'' (acquired from [[Landmark Media Investments]])<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
* ''[[The Echo (Cork newspaper)|The Echo]]''  (acquired from Landmark Media Investments)<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
* ''[[Roscommon Herald]]'' (acquired from Landmark Media Investments)<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
* ''[[Western People]]''  (acquired from Landmark Media Investments)<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
* ''[[Waterford News & Star]]'' (acquired from Landmark Media Investments)<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
* [[The Nationalist (Carlow)|''The Nationalist'' (Carlow)]] (acquired from Landmark Media Investments)<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
* ''Kildare Nationalist'' (acquired from Landmark Media Investments)<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
* ''Laois Nationalist'' (acquired from Landmark Media Investments)<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>

==The Irish Times DAC investments ownership==
===Magazine===
* ''Gloss Magazine'' (100% stake via Gloss Publications)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/the-irish-times-reports-5-2-rise-in-operating-profit-1.3964020|title=The Irish Times reports 5.2% rise in operating profit|first=Laura |url-access=subscription |last=Slattery |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=22 July 2019}}</ref>

===Radio===
* [[WLR FM]] (acquired from [[Landmark Media Investments]])<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>

===Digital===
* RecruitIreland.com (acquired from [[Landmark Media Investments]])<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
* BreakingNews.ie (acquired from Landmark Media Investments)<ref name="irishexaminer.com"/>
* Myhome.ie (acquired from Sherry FitzGerald, the Gunne Group and Douglas Newman Good)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.myhome.ie/about|title=MyHome.ie Help – Contact Us – MyHome.ie|website=myhome.ie|access-date=Jul 23, 2019}}</ref>
* RIP.ie (acquired from Gradam Communications in 2024)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/05/02/the-irish-times-group-acquires-online-death-notice-platform-ripie/|title=The Irish Times Group acquires online death notice platform RIP.ie|publisher=The Irish Times|date=2 May 2024|access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>

===Other assets===
* Itronics (training company)<ref name="operating profit">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/operating-profit-at-irish-times-group-up-46-to-3-82m-in-2019-1.4351742|title=Operating profit at Irish Times group up 46% to €3.82m in 2019|newspaper=The Irish Times|first=Laura|last=Slattery|date=11 September 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* DigitalworX (web publisher)<ref name="operating profit"/>

==See also==
* [[List of newspapers in Ireland]]
* [[Irish Times National Debating Championship|''Irish Times'' National Debating Championship]]
* [[List of Irish companies]]
* ''[[The Times]]'' (United Kingdom)
* ''[[The New York Times]]'' (United States)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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