Ireland on Sunday
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Ireland on Sunday is a Sunday newspaper in the Republic of Ireland, published by Associated Newspapers Ireland Limited, a subsidiary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc. The newspaper is tabloid in page size; however, it is not a 'red-top' tabloid, but considered 'middle-of-the-road'.
The newspaper is today considered the Irish edition of the Mail on Sunday. However, this was not always the case. The newspaper was originally founded in 1996, by former County Meath Gaelic football player Liam Hayes, as a sports-only newspaper, The Title. In 1997, it was expanded into a general broadsheet Sunday newspaper, under the name Ireland On Sunday, with Hayes as its editor. In 2000, the newspaper was sold to Scottish Radio Holdings; a year later, having switched to tabloid format, it was sold to Daily Mail and General Trust. Since then, it has been relaunched again, with a format similar to the Mail on Sunday.
The newspaper has come under much criticism recently with its constant giveaways of CDs and books with the newspaper, in order to attract readers. However other Irish Sunday newspapers also offer free CDs from time to time, in the case of Ireland on Sunday the giveaways are regular rather than occasional, as in other publications. In addition, its usage of content from the Mail on Sunday has led to it being given the nickname "Little England on Sunday" in certain parts of the Irish media.
| National & regional newspapers in Ireland |
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Currently existing Daily Ireland | Evening Echo | Evening Herald | Foinse | Herald AM | Ireland on Sunday | Irish Examiner | Irish Independent | Lá | Metro | Sunday Independent | Sunday Tribune | Sunday World | The Belfast Telegraph | The Irish News | The Irish Times | The News Letter | The Sunday Business Post | |
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Defunct An Claidheamh Soluis | Daily News | Dublin Evening Mail | Evening Telegraph | Dublin Evening Standard | Evening Press | Freeman's Journal | The Irish Press | The Sunday Press | Sunday World (19th cent) | The Nation | United Irishman
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| See also: List of newspapers in Ireland |
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