Tipperary Star

Tipperary Star

Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Broadsheet until 2013 now Tabloid.
Owner(s)	Iconic Newspapers
Editor	Anne O'Grady
Founded	1909
Language	English
Headquarters	Friar Street, Thurles
City	Thurles
Country	Ireland
ISSN	1393-9084
OCLC number	885427118
Website	tipperarystar.ie
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The Tipperary Star is a weekly regional newspaper covering news in County Tipperary, Ireland. The newspaper's main office is located in Thurles town. ^[1] The paper is currently owned by Iconic Newspapers, who acquired Johnston Press's titles in Ireland in 2014. ^{[2] [3]}

The paper was first published on 4 September 1909.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Tipperary Star is no longer ABC audited for circulation. ^[4] For the first six months of 2008, average circulation was 9,072, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation. ^[5]

In March 2019, the Tipperary Star settled a lawsuit over an article about a TD. ^{[6] [7]}

Editors

• Gerard O'Grady (1975–1987)
• Michael Dundon (1987–2011)
• Anne O'Grady (2011–2021)
• Noel Dundon (2021–present)

References

1. "Contact Us - Tipperary Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More". Tipperary Star. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
2. "Johnston Press sells its 14 titles in the Republic". The Irish Times . Retrieved 22 August 2014.
3. "The Tipperary Star bids for 'Headline of the Year' award | Eamonn Fitzgerald: Rainy Day". Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
4. "Data - ABC | Audit Bureau of Circulations". Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
5. ^[ dead link ]
6. O'Loughlin, Ann (19 March 2019). "Ex-Minister settles action against local newspaper publisher". Irish Examiner .
7. O'Faolain, Aodhan (19 March 2019). "Defamation action involving ex-FF minister Michael Smith settled" . The Irish Times .