Leinster Express
TypeWeekly
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Iconic Newspapers
Founded1831
HeadquartersPortlaoise, County Laois
Ireland
CirculationUnknown, no longer ABC audited [1]
Sister newspapersOffaly Express[2]
Websitewww.leinsterexpress.ie

The Leinster Express is a regional newspaper in Ireland that serves County Laois.

The paper was part of the Leinster Leader Group, which was sold to Johnston Press in late 2005.[3] The paper is currently owned by Iconic Newspapers, who acquired Johnston Press' titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014.[4] The offices of the Leinster Express are based in Portlaoise.[2]

The Leinster Express was originally published in Maryborough (renamed Portlaoise in 1929), Queen's County (renamed County Laois in 1922), Ireland in 1831 - an archive of its papers are available in Laois County Library in Portlaoise.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Leinster Express - Data - ABC | Audit Bureau of Circulations".
  2. ^ a b "Consumer Media in Ireland" (PDF). 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  3. ^ Ian Guider (17 September 2005). "Johnston Press spends over €240m to become largest Irish regional publisher". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Johnston Press sells its 14 titles in the Republic". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

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