NewsBrands Ireland, the representative body for sixteen national titles, vigorously condemns the threats from criminals to the safety of a number of reporters at Independent News and Media. Journalists perform a hugely important function in [...]

NewsBrands Ireland, the representative organisation for sixteen national news brands, welcomes the decision of the Minister for Justice to establish a review of the legislative system whereby journalists’ phone records have been accessed by the [...]

Paul Golden writes in IMJ about the challenges facing news media as they seek to maintain their relevance whilst being uniquely positioned to understand and respond to changes in media consumption. This article first appeared [...]

Freedom of expression has been impaired by excessive awards, argues David Ward There exists a long-established principle in constitutional democracy, including Ireland, that when someone’s life, honour or liberty is jeopardised they should have the [...]

17 August 2015  NewsBrands Advertising Returns to Growth with 4% Increase Latest advertising figures, published by NewsBrands Ireland, show a very positive development with an increase of 4% in ad spend across the sixteen titles, [...]

 3 Million Adults in Ireland read their news in print, on a mobile, desktop or tablet 4 in 5 adults read newspapers regularly Daily print readers spend 40 minutes reading, Sunday print readers spend 56 minutes [...]

We had a great turn out for our recent Meet the Journalists event in the intimate surroundings of the Candle Bar at Kellys Hotel. Ken Sweeney, Showbiz Editor at the Irish Sun shared stories on [...]

During our recent re-launch event, we ran a competition for a Trip to Vegas. Using a variety of props, our guests took photos of themselves in the photo booth with some hilarious results! We picked [...]