Published weekly every Thursday, the paper is in a tabloid format, and varies in length, averaging about 48 pages long, with approximately half of its pages being printed in full colour.[citation needed] The paper is currently[when?] priced at €1.90.[citation needed]
The paper also provides coverage of local news, major events and sport, including Gaelic football, hurling and rugby.[citation needed] Its journalists cover local authority meetings of South Dublin County Council and Kildare County Council, along with local court proceedings in Kilcock and Naas, and various meetings in the local communities.[citation needed] Several of the newspaper's journalists have gone on to take up positions in national and international media.[citation needed] For example, former Champion journalist Sharon Tobin later worked as a news reporter for TV3 and RTÉ News.[2]
The newspaper is not a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations Irish division, and as such, no official circulation figures exist. As of early 2007, the publisher supplied figures of 7,500.[3][needs update]
County Kildare is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the county, which has a population of 246,977.
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. The Irish Times is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland.
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Licensed radio broadcasting in Ireland is one element of the wider media of Ireland, with 85% of the population listening to a licensed radio broadcasting service on any given day.
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The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media. Its editor is Eoin Brannigan. Reflecting its unionist tradition, the paper has historically been "favoured by the Protestant population", while also being read within Catholic nationalist communities in Northern Ireland.
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The Herald is a nationwide mid-market tabloid newspaper headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and published by Independent News & Media who are a subsidiary of Mediahuis. It is published Monday–Saturday. The newspaper was known as the Evening Herald until its name was changed in 2013.
The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Independent News & Media. It is the second largest selling "popular" newspaper in the Republic of Ireland, and is also sold in Northern Ireland where a modified edition with more stories relevant to that region is produced. It was first published on 25 March 1973. Until 25 December 1988 all editions were printed in Dublin but since 1 January 1989 a Northern Ireland edition has been published and an English edition has been printed in London since March 1992.
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Caragh or Carragh is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is located on the R409 regional road between the River Liffey and the Grand Canal and is located 6.1 km north-west of Naas. The village is also 7.9 km from Clane and 10.6 km from Newbridge.
The Sligo Weekender is a weekly local newspaper published every Thursday in Sligo, County Sligo in Ireland. It contains news of interest to Sligo town and county along with the surrounding counties of Leitrim, Roscommon, South Donegal and North Mayo.
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The Leitrim Observer is the oldest newspaper in County Leitrim. It is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday and once competed with another newspaper called the Leitrim Post which was forced to close in 2009 during the economic crash.
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