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The North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing Company (NWIPP) is a family-owned newspaper group based in the Irish province of
Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kin ...
, both in
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
and the
Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...
. The company was established in 1901 by the Lynch family with the launch of the '' Ulster Herald''. The company expanded rapidly in the following years adding the ''Derry People'' (now '' Donegal News'') and ''
Fermanagh Herald The ''Fermanagh Herald'' is a weekly newspaper published and sold mainly in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situat ...
'' in 1902; and purchased the '' Strabane Chronicle'', which had been established in 1896. The '' Tyrone Herald'' was launched in November 2004, and a Monday edition of the ''Donegal News'' was also launched in November 2006. The company also publishes the weekly Gaelic games paper, ''
Gaelic Life ''Gaelic Life'' is a Gaelic games newspaper. It has been published since 2007. A weekly publication, it appears on a Thursday. Though it offers coverage primarily of Gaelic games in the province of Ulster, it circulates through the other three ...
'', starting in January 2007.''Ulster Herald'', 17 May 2007: "NWIPP launch of Gaelic Life"
/ref> The company is based in
Omagh Omagh (; from ga, An Ómaigh , meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. Northern Ireland's capital city Belfast is 68 m ...
,
County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...
. The group's circulation for the first half of 2010 (excluding ''Gaelic Life'') was 53,038, making it one of the largest family-owned newspaper companies in Ireland.


Titles

As of 2022, the publisher's titles include: :*Note: all UK Audit Bureau of Circulations figures for period January to June 2010


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NWIPP Homepage
(archived 2006) Mass media in County Londonderry Mass media in County Donegal Mass media in County Fermanagh Mass media in County Tyrone Mass media companies of Northern Ireland Newspapers published in Ireland {{Ireland-newspaper-stub