The ''Western People'' is a weekly local

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports an ...

published in

Ballina, County Mayo Ballina ( ; ) is a town in north County Mayo, Ireland. It lies at the mouth of the River Moy near Killala Bay, in the Moy valley and Parish of Kilmoremoy, with the Ox Mountains to the east and the Nephin Beg mountains to the west. The town ...

in the

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. It was first published in 1883. The newspaper was part of the

Thomas Crosbie Holdings Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) was a family-owned media and publishing group based in Cork, Ireland. Its largest publication was once the ''Irish Examiner'', the third largest daily broadsheet newspaper in the Republic of Ireland. History and recei ...

group. Thomas Crosbie Holdings went into receivership in March 2013. The newspaper was acquired by

Landmark Media Investments Landmark Media Investments was a media holding company owned by Tom Crosbie and his father Ted Crosbie with Irish newspaper, radio and digital investments. Their ownership was via Rinvery Ltd. Landmark Media Investments was established in Februar ...

. In December 2017, a sale was agreed to ''

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

'' pending regulatory approval; in July 2018, this sale was completed. The ''Ballina Herald'' newspaper (1844 – 28 April 1962), later named ''Ballina Herald and Mayo and Sligo Advertiser'', merged with the ''Western People'' in or around 1962. According to th
Audit Bureau of Circulations
it had an average weekly circulation of 18,242 (ABC Jan-Dec '08 - 12 month figure). Circulation fell to 13,236 for 2012.

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* 1883 establishments in Ireland Ballina, County Mayo Mass media in County Mayo Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Newspapers established in 1883 The Irish Times Thomas Crosbie Holdings Weekly newspapers published in Ireland {{Ireland-newspaper-stub

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