12 Facts About Irish Times

1.

Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.

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2.

The Irish Times was largely pro-Allies and was opposed to the Eamon de Valera government policy of neutrality.

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3.

Any profits made by The Irish Times cannot be distributed to the Trust but must be used to strengthen the newspaper, directly or indirectly.

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4.

On 23 December 2004, The Irish Times ran a front-page story on the Provisional IRA's denial of involvement in the Northern Bank robbery, one of Europe's largest ever, and on the same day refused to print a column by Kevin Myers which said that the Provisional IRA was responsible.

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5.

An article in The Phoenix magazine examined an article in The Irish Times published in August 2010 on Irish nationals serving in the British Army.

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6.

The Press Council Ombudsman upheld Butler's complaint, ruling that "The Irish Times breached Principle 1 of the Code of Practice of the Press Council of Ireland".

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7.

Irish Times Limited has taken a majority share for €5m in the Gazette Group Newspapers, a group publishing three local newspapers in West Dublin, and has acquired a property website, MyHome.

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8.

Irish Times dismissed suggestions that she would receive a significant "golden handshake", saying that her package would be "nothing out of the ordinary at all".

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9.

Irish Times was given a €1m "ex-gratia" payment by the newspaper "relating to a commutation of pension rights agreed with her".

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10.

Inside, it usually contains eight to twelve pages of Irish Times news, called "Home News", covering the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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11.

Irish Times publishes its residential property supplement every Thursday, one of the printed residential property listings for the Dublin area.

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12.

In December 2017, it was reported that The Irish Times had reached an agreement to purchase the newspaper, radio and website interests of Landmark Media Investments which include the Irish Examiner.

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