The ''Tipperary Star'' is a weekly regional

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covering news in

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after t ...

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. The newspaper's main office is located in

Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Arc ...

town. The paper is currently owned by

Iconic Newspapers Iconic Newspapers is an Irish newspaper company that publishes over 20 regional newspapers. Iconic Newspapers are owned by Mediaforce who are majority owned by Malcolm Denmark. Iconic Newspapers hold their newspaper assets in a subsidiary called F ...

, who acquired Johnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014. The paper was first published on 4 September 1909. The ''Tipperary Star'' is no longer ABC audited for circulation. For the first six months of 2008, average circulation was 9,072, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation. In March 2019, the ''Tipperary Star'' settled a lawsuit over an article about a TD.

Editors

* Gerard O'Grady (1975–1987) * Michael Dundon (1987–2011) * Anne O'Grady (2011–2021) * Noel Dundon (2021-present)

References

1909 establishments in Ireland Mass media in County Tipperary Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Publications established in 1909 Thurles Weekly newspapers published in Ireland {{Ireland-newspaper-stub