The ''Liffey Champion'' is a local newspaper for north

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area of west

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in Ireland. It is based in Leixlip. The first edition was printed on 17 May 1991. Published weekly every Thursday, the paper is in a

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format, and varies in length, averaging about 48 pages long, with approximately half of its pages being printed in full

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. The paper is currently priced at

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1.90. The paper also provides coverage of local news, major events and sport, including Gaelic football, hurling and rugby. Its journalists cover local authority meetings of

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and Kildare County Council, along with local court proceedings in Kilcock and Naas, and various meetings in the local communities. Several of the newspaper's journalists have gone on to take up positions in national and international media. For example, former ''Champion'' journalist Sharon Tobin later worked as a news reporter for

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. 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. (free registration required)

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* {{Newspapers in the Republic of Ireland, state=expanded 1991 establishments in Ireland Leixlip Mass media in County Kildare Newspapers established in 1991 Weekly newspapers published in Ireland