Irish Press

The Oxford Companion to Irish History | 2007 | 635 words | Copyright

Irish Press, a Dublin daily newspaper founded in 1931 by Eamon de Valera, with American funds, to provide a platform for Fianna Fáil. Its editorial policy was always closely controlled by the de Valera family. It was addressed to lower middle‐class workers and made a special appeal to women. Its Irish‐language section gave it national appeal and it provided the first full coverage of Gaelic games. In the 1980s the paper was increasingly badly managed. An award for damages and compensation that could not be met, and a dispute with its journalists, led to the paper's closure in 1995.

Marie‐Louise Legg

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