Sligo Weekender
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Dorothy Crean |
| Publisher | Sligo Weekender Ltd |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Website | sligoweekender.ie |
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The Sligo Weekender is a weekly local newspaper published every Thursday in Sligo, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland currently owned by Dorothy Crean.
Brian McHugh founded it in 1983 as a 'free sheet' advertiser, with some local news. It contains news of interest to Sligo town and county along with the surrounding counties of Leitrim, Roscommon, South Donegal and North Mayo. In December 2010, he sold it to the Irish Examiner owner Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) who then sold it to Carrick-on-Shannon native Kevin Mitchell who operated a contracting printing company in Wexford. On 1 August 2019, the award-winning[citation needed] tabloid newspaper was purchased from Kevin Mitchell by Dorothy Crean. Crean long–time staff member of the newspaper, having joined the Sligo Weekender in 2011. She became advertising manager not long after joining the company and was later appointed general manager.
The Sligo Weekender was set up in 1983 by Brian Mchugh who was its first editor. Since its purchase by Crean, it is one of the few regional newspaper in Ireland that is locally owned.[citation needed] It is also Sligo's only independent newspaper and Sligo's only Irish-owned newspaper.[citation needed]
The Sligo Weekender is published every Thursday Morning and has a circulation of 9,200 and a readership of 36,800. It is a paid for tabloid newspaper costing €2.30. The Sligo Weekender is be a six-time winner of a European Design Award, a title for which hundreds of newspapers across the EU compete for every year.[citation needed]
The newspaper is printed (but not owned) by Webprint.[citation needed]
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