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The ''Irish Independent'' is an
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daily
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and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis. The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines. Traditionally a broadsheet newspaper, it introduced an additional
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size in 2004. Further, in December 2012 (following billionaire
Denis O'Brien Denis O'Brien (born 19 April 1958) is an Irish billionaire businessman, and the founder and owner of Digicel. He was listed among the World's Top 200 Billionaires in 2015 and was Ireland's richest native-born citizen for a period of several ye ...
's takeover) it was announced that the newspaper would become compact only.


History


Murphy and family (1905–1973)

The ''Irish Independent'' was formed in 1905 as the direct successor to ''The Irish Daily Independent and Daily Nation'', an 1890s' pro- Parnellite newspaper. It was launched by
William Martin Murphy William Martin Murphy (6 January 1845 – 26 June 1919) was an Irish businessman, newspaper publisher and politician. A member of parliament (MP) representing Dublin from 1885 to 1892, he was dubbed "William ''Murder'' Murphy" among the Irish ...
, a controversial Irish nationalist businessman, staunch anti- Parnellite and fellow townsman of Parnell's most venomous opponent,
Timothy Michael Healy Timothy Michael Healy, KC (17 May 1855 – 26 March 1931) was an Irish nationalist politician, journalist, author, barrister and a controversial Irish Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain an ...
from Bantry. The first issue of the ''Irish Independent'', published 2 January 1905, was marked as "Vol. 14. No. 1". During the 1913 Lockout of workers, in which Murphy was the leading figure among the employers, the ''Irish Independent'' vigorously sided with its owner's interests, publishing news reports and opinion pieces hostile to the strikers, expressing confidence in the unions' defeat and launching personal attacks on the leader of the strikers,
James Larkin James Larkin (28 January 1874 – 30 January 1947), sometimes known as Jim Larkin or Big Jim, was an Irish republican, socialist and trade union leader. He was one of the founders of the Irish Labour Party along with James Connolly and Willia ...
. ''The Irish Independent'' described the
1916 Easter Rising The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the ...
as "insane and criminal" and famously called for the shooting of its leaders.Easter Rising newspaper archive
—from the
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History website In December 1919, during the Irish War of Independence, a group of twenty
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men destroyed the printing works of the paper, angered at its criticism of the
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's attacks on members of the
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and British government officials. In 1924, the traditional nationalist newspaper, the ''
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'', merged with the ''Irish Independent''. Until October 1986 the paper's masthead over the editorial contained the words "incorporating the Freeman's Journal". For most of its history, the ''Irish Independent'' (also called simply the ''Independent'' or more colloquially, the ''Indo'') was seen as a nationalist, Catholic, anti-Communist, newspaper,"During the Free State Period, the ''Independent'' was characterised by a triumphalist strain of Catholicism, virulent anti-Communism and support for the Pro-Treaty Party." Fearghal McGarry, "Irish Newspapers and the Spanish Civil War", ''Irish Historical Studies'', Vol. 33, No. 129 (May 2002), pp. 68–90. which gave its political allegiance to the Pro-Treaty party
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and later its successor party,
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. During the Spanish Civil War, the ''Irish Independent''s coverage was strongly pro-
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: the paper criticised the De Valera government for not intervening on behalf of the
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. In 1961, the harp became a symbol of the ''Irish Independent''. It originally appeared in black but was changed to green in 1972.


O'Reilly (1973–2012)

In the 1970s, former Heinz chairman
Tony O'Reilly Sir Anthony Joseph Francis O'Reilly (born 7 May 1936) is an Irish former businessman and international rugby union player. He is known for his involvement in the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from 1973 to 2009,Dublin, Ireland, ...
took over the ''Irish Independent''. Under his leadership, it became a more market liberal newspaper and economic right-wing. By the mid-nineties its allegiance to Fine Gael had ended. In the 1997 general election, it endorsed
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under a front-page editorial, entitled "It's Payback Time". While it suggested its headline referred to the fact that the election offered a chance to "pay back" politicians for their failings, its opponents suggested that the "payback" actually referred to its chance to get revenge for the refusal of the Rainbow Coalition to award the company a mobile phone licence.''Irish Examiner'' archives
—O'Reilly 'took revenge in editorial'. 2 December 2002 In late 2004, Independent Newspapers moved from their traditional home in Middle Abbey Street to a new office, Independent House in Talbot Street, with the printing facilities already relocated to the
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. On 27 September 2005, a fortnight after the paper published its centenary edition, it was announced that editor Vinnie Doyle would step down after 24 years in the position. He was replaced by Gerry O'Regan, who had until then been editor of the ''Irish Independent''s sister paper, the ''Evening Herald''. The newspaper's previous editor Stephen Rae was also formerly editor of the ''Evening Herald'' and was appointed editor in September 2012. Fionnan Sheahan was appointed editor in January 2015.


O'Brien (2012–2019)

Billionaire
Denis O'Brien Denis O'Brien (born 19 April 1958) is an Irish billionaire businessman, and the founder and owner of Digicel. He was listed among the World's Top 200 Billionaires in 2015 and was Ireland's richest native-born citizen for a period of several ye ...
acquired a majority shareholding of the ''Irish Independent''s parent company INM in May 2012.


Mediahuis (2019–present)

In July 2019 the takeover of INM by Belgian media group Mediahuis was approved by the Irish High Court. From 11 February 2020, it was announced that Independent.ie content would go behind a paywall.


Digital archives

The Irish Independent is available on the
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, in black-and-white microfilm up to 2004, in colour since 2005. It is also archived up to 2009 online on the British Newspaper Archive website.


New Irish Writing and Hennessy Award

Since 2011, the ''Irish Independent'' has been the home of New Irish Writing (and its associated Hennessy Award), which was originally established by David Marcus in 1969 in the ''
Irish Press ''The Irish Press'' ( Irish: ''Scéala Éireann'') was an Irish national daily newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 5 September 1931 and 25 May 1995. Foundation The paper's first issue was published on the eve of the 1931 All-Ireland ...
'' and appeared in the '' Sunday Tribune'' from 1988 to 2011. The New Irish Writing Page is "the longest-running creative writing feature of its kind in any Irish or British newspaper".


''Exam Brief''

''The Irish Independent'', in co-operation with the
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, produces ''Exam Brief'', a yearly six-part supplement dedicated to preparation for Leaving and Junior Certificate exams. This supplement is published in February, March and April each year.


Related papers and concerns

See Independent News & Media article for newspapers and media assets in the wider group.


Print circulation

Average
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was approximately 165,000 copies per issue in 1999, and had dropped to approximately 100,000 by 2016. In 2019, Independent News & Media exited the ABC auditing process. Hence, no circulation figures are available after 2018.


References


External links

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