The Corkman

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The Corkman
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TypeWeekly regional newspaper
Format Tabloid, paper, E-paper
Owner(s) Mediahuis Ireland [1]
EditorKevin Hughes [2]
Headquarters Mallow, County Cork [2]
ISSN 1649-6132
Website independent.ie/regionals/corkman

The Corkman is a weekly Irish regional newspaper based in County Cork. [3] It is part of the Corkman Group and owned by Independent News and Media. The paper, based in Mallow, [4] was primarily a North Cork newspaper.[ citation needed ] As of 2009, The Corkman was published in three editions, covering North Cork, Muskerry and Avondhu. [5]

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According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had an average circulation of 8,186 for the period ending June 2005. [6]

History

The Corkman was first published in the 1950s. [5] Originally released as a Cork-focused edition of The Kerryman , it was published as an independent title from April 1966. [3] During the 1960s its correspondents included Jeremiah Cronin, who left the newspaper following his election to Dáil Éireann. [7] Based in The Spa area of Mallow, [4] the organisation's offices reportedly had one of the "highest radon levels ever found in Ireland" in 2007. [8] [9]

Originally published as a broadsheet title, it changed to a "compact" format in 2009. [5]

As of 2006, the newspaper's editor was Brendan Malone. [10] Kevin Hughes was appointed editor of The Corkman and The Kerryman in 2015. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Media Outlet Details - Corkman". mediaownership.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Contact Mediahuis". mediahuis.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2023. The Corkman [..] The Spa, Mallow, Co Cork [..] The Corkman Editor, Kevin Hughes
  3. 1 2 O'Toole, James (1998). Smyth, Sara (ed.). Newsplan: report of the Newsplan project in Ireland (second ed.). British Library. p. 54. ISBN   090732830X.
  4. 1 2 "The Corkman". irishnewsarchive.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023. The Corkman office is based in The Spa, Mallow, County Cork
  5. 1 2 3 "Changing with the times as we look to a bright future". The Corkman. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "ABC Regional Newspapers Concurrent Release - Jun 2005" (PDF). Retrieved 7 October 2023– via guardian.co.uk.
  7. ↑ Cronin, Maurice (October 2009). "Cronin, Jeremiah (Jerry)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.002218.v1.
  8. ↑ "Cork office 'has second highest radon level'". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Cork newspaper office has highest radon levels ever found in Ireland". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Belfast Telegraph. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "The Corkman is convicted of breaching the Child Care Act". independent.ie. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "In Brief: New editor for Kerryman and Corkman". Irish Independent. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2023.


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