An Focal

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An Focal
TypeMonthly(academic year) [1]
Format Compact
SchoolUniversity of Limerick
Editor(2021/2022) Cian Dalton
FoundedSeptember 1992
HeadquartersUniversity of Limerick Students Union
Castletroy
Limerick
Ireland
Website anfocal.ie

An Focal is the University of Limerick's only student newspaper, run by the University of Limerick Students' Union. The newspaper was first published in 1992. [2] . The production of the paper was formerly the responsibility of the vice-president/communications officer within University of Limerick Students' Union. Following the wind-down of this role in 2012, a full-time student editor was appointed as part time staff [3] . The editor is assisted by an editorial team of student volunteers as well as student contributors. The paper's print schedule was, up until December 2017, fortnightly before the union decided to change it to monthly with the union citing that the paper had "deteriorated considerably in terms of layout, spelling, grammar, use of colour and overall design". [4]

Contents

Awards

Oxygen.ie Student Media Awards

TV3 National Media Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Sheridan, Anne (11 April 2011). "Limerick students have the write stuff at Smedias".
  2. 1 2 Sheridan, Anne (8 February 2011). "An Focal wins TV3 student newspaper of the year".
  3. ↑ "WE'RE HIRING: JOIN OUR MEDIA TEAM!". ulstudentlife.ie. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "University of Limerick Students' Union's war of words with editor over paper's future" . Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Sheridan, Anne (12 April 2017). "Limerick students have the write stuff at national media awards".
  6. ↑ "UL Journalism students score another hat-trick at National Student Media Awards".


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