The UK’s most popular Irish community newspaper, The Irish Post has announced it is to cease trading as of today and has gone into liquidation.
Siobhan Breatnach, the news editor of the London based newspaper confirmed to Irish Central that the latest issue would mark the final edition of the paper.
Owned by Thomas Crosbie Holdings, employees at the newspaper was informed that the newspaper has gone into liquidation with all staff being made redundant, unless a buyer can be found. Berkshire-based FPM Accountants has been appointed as the liquidator, the Irish Times reports.
Breandán Mac Lua, originally from County Clare established the expatriate publication in 1970.
The newspaper, which employs 12 full time staff was published on a bi-weekly basis. It was acquired by by Thomas Crosbie Holdings, publisher of two prominent Irish newspapers The Examiner and The Sunday Business Post, in 2003 for £1.7 million. It's main competitor was The Irish World.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.kerryman201 | Aug 23, 2011, 06:45 PM EDT
Murphia, What a hateful, horrible thing to say. Would your cold mind never spare a thought for all those people who worked so hard to establish and run this newspaper, Not to mention the poor people whoa are now left jobless. Shame on you.
themurphia | Aug 20, 2011, 07:15 AM EDT
Like a 'hole in the head'...it was reduced to a smutty rag that thought it was acceptable to routinely refer to the majority of the Irish Community as 'Taigs' says it all really...Probably why the readership dropped so dramatically...and why it went into 'Liquidation'... hehheheh!
Towngate | Aug 20, 2011, 05:17 AM EDT
For forty years this wonderful paper has been the beating heart and spirit into the Irish in the UK through some very difficult times. It will be sadly missed.
themurphia | Aug 19, 2011, 10:45 AM EDT
No great loss..!
LoyalCitizen | Aug 19, 2011, 10:34 AM EDT
Sign of the times. Buckle up for the slide back down to earth.