Derry Journal
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The Derry Journal is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving Derry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It is operated by a Johnston Press holding company entitled Derry Journal Newspapers. The paper is published on Tuesday and Friday and is a sister paper of the Sunday Journal, the only local newspaper published in Ireland on a Sunday. It is the second oldest newspaper still in existence in Ireland.
History
Establishment
The Derry Journal and General Advertiser was a four-page paper that cost one penny and was initially published on Wednesday and Saturday. In October of the same year as its launch, the paper's publication days were changed to Tuesday and Friday, and 1877 it became a daily paper for a brief time, however, this lasted just three months and the paper became a tri-weekly publication after three months (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday).
In its early days, the paper's editorial policy was that of the Protestant community who would become known as '
Banning
The Journal is also the only mainstream newspaper to have been banned on both sides of the border; firstly in 1932 and again in 1940. Under the McCarroll family, the paper was firmly nationalist and it is this that is believed to have been behind a ban on the newspaper in the
Owners
In 1998, the McCarroll family sold the paper to what became
See also
References
- ^ ABC Certificate for Derry Journal (Tuesday) - January to December 2020
- ^ ABC Certificate for Derry Journal (Friday) - January to December 2020
- ISBN 0-86278-596-0.
- ^ "National Library of Ireland". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
- ^ Essay on the banning of the Derry Journal by Freya McClements Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Artie Duffy calls it a day after 30 years covering Derry City, Derry Journal, 27 June 2019.