First publication of the irish times

March 29th , 1859

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. The Irish Times is Ireland’s leading newspaper. It is considered a newspaper of record for Ireland.

Though formed as a Protestant Irish nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become a supporter of unionism in Ireland. It is no longer a pro unionist paper; it presents itself politically as “liberal and progressive”, as well as being centre-right on economic issues.

The editorship of the newspaper from 1859 until 1986 was controlled by the Anglo-Irish Protestant minority, only gaining its first nominal Irish Catholic editor 127 years into its existence.

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