Connacht Tribune

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Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune
Connacht Tribune.png
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatOriginal Broadsheet but Tabloid since 2014.
Founder(s) Tom 'Cork' Kenny
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters21 Liosbán Business Park, Tuam Road, Galway
CityGalway
CountryIreland
Website connachttribune.ie

The Connacht Tribune (An Curadh Connachtach) is a newspaper circulating chiefly in County Galway, Ireland.

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The main regional newspaper for the county, the Tribune Group prints two titles every week - the Connacht Tribune on Thursday and the Galway City Tribune on Friday. Connacht Tribune Group newspapers are circulated in every district of the City and every town and village in the County. As of January 2007, its weekly readership is over 150,000.

History

In 1925, the Connacht Tribune stable began publishing the Connacht Sentinel, which was joined in 1984 by the Galway City Tribune.[ citation needed ] The Connacht Sentinel ceased publication in 2014.[ citation needed ] Since then, the Connacht Tribune has focused mainly on news relating to the county of Galway. In addition to a number of staff journalists, the paper also employs a number of reporters around the county for specific regional coverage.[ citation needed ]

John Cunningham was editor from 1984 to 2007. [1]

As of 2004, former hurler John McIntyre was sports editor of the Connacht Tribune. [2]

In 2006 the newspaper purchased Galway's local radio station, Galway Bay FM. [3]

On Friday October 11th 2013 was the last broadsheet size Galway City Tribune on October 18th moved to tabloid. On Thursday March 27th 2014 last big Connacht Tribune hit the shops reduced on Thursday April 3rd.

In 2014, the final edition of the Connacht Sentinel was published. [4]

The Tribune's archives are available online to view any issue of the Connacht Tribune since its inception in 1909. The archive is free of charge for the first two visits here.

On February 29th 2024 the paper will published Leap year birthdays.

Staff

The editor of the Connacht Tribune is Dave O'Connell and the Galway City Tribune's editor is Enda Cunningham. The Chairman is Peter Allen.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Journalist John Cunningham dies aged 66". RTÉ News. RTÉ. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. Breheny, Martin (9 November 2004). "McIntyre in line for Offaly return". Irish Independent.
  3. "Connacht Trib buys Bay FM". Irish Independent. 22 April 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  4. "Final edition of Connacht Sentinel published". 25 November 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2019 via www.rte.ie.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)