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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Weekly <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspaper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Format</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Broadsheet" title="Broadsheet">Broadsheet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iconic_Newspapers" title="Iconic Newspapers">Iconic Newspapers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Alan Walsh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1897<span class="noprint">; 127 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1897</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">Leader House, <a href="/wiki/Longford" title="Longford">Longford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.longfordleader.ie">www<wbr />.longfordleader<wbr />.ie</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Longford Leader</b></i> is a weekly newspaper, which has published in <a href="/wiki/Longford" title="Longford">Longford</a>, Ireland since 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longford_Leader&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Longford Leader was founded, as <i>The Longford Leader and Roscommon, Leitrim and Westmeath News</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-LnLdr_5ed_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LnLdr_5ed-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a local newspaper with a Nationalist perspective, in 1897, by local activist and M.P., <a href="/wiki/J._P._Farrell" title="J. P. Farrell">J. P. Farrell</a>, and fellow M.P., <a href="/wiki/Jasper_Tully" title="Jasper Tully">Jasper Tully</a>; it was one of a range of Nationalist projects on which they partnered. Farrell was the official proprietor and first editor.<sup id="cite_ref-INA_profile_LnLdr_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INA_profile_LnLdr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was published on Saturdays, and priced at one penny.<sup id="cite_ref-LnLdr_5ed_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LnLdr_5ed-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2002, the Leader was owned by four shareholders, local businessmen Eugene McGee (holding 47%) and Padraic Gearty, and Patricia Murray and Michael Dolan. In that year, it was fully acquired by <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Radio_Holdings" title="Scottish Radio Holdings">Scottish Radio Holdings</a> (SRH), for 9.1 million euro, after a competition between SRH and the parent company of the Cork Examiner; it made a profit of around 1 million euro for that year,<sup id="cite_ref-Indo_2003_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indo_2003-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> up over 50% from the previous year, with a staff of 20. SRH's policy was not to interfere in operations, and it left the editor and managing director, Eugene McGee, in place.<sup id="cite_ref-SRH_2002_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SRH_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Johnston_Press" title="Johnston Press">Johnston Press</a> acquired SRH's newspapers in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-BNews.ie_2014_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BNews.ie_2014-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper is currently owned by the <a href="/wiki/Iconic_Newspapers" title="Iconic Newspapers">Iconic Newspapers</a> group, controlled by Malcolm Denmark, which acquired Johnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014, for 8.5 million euro after they cost more than 115 million euro to acquire.<sup id="cite_ref-14_titles_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14_titles-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While data on individual newspapers' performance is not released, the holding company for the Irish regional titles remained profitable as of 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-IT_updt_2018_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IT_updt_2018-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2020, the editor is Alan Walsh.<sup id="cite_ref-Editor_2020_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Editor_2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication">Publication</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Longford_Leader&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Publication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Longford Leader</i> is published weekly on a Wednesday from its offices on the Dublin Road in the town of Longford,<sup id="cite_ref-Editor_2020_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Editor_2020-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reporting on and circulated within <a href="/wiki/County_Longford" title="County Longford">County Longford</a> and the surrounding counties. It has a news website, and Facebook and Twitter accounts.<sup id="cite_ref-AboutUs_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AboutUs-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newspaper also has an electronic form (an "e-paper"), and its archives can be accessed on a paid basis from its own site back to 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-Arch_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arch-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and further back via the Irish Newspaper Archives website.<sup id="cite_ref-INA_profile_LnLdr_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INA_profile_LnLdr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The paper had a circulation of around 13,000 in 2002, from a county population of around 30,000.<sup id="cite_ref-SRH_2002_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SRH_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to ABC, circulation declined to 7,167 for the period July 2012 to December 2012; 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class="mw-redirect" title="The News Letter">The News Letter</a></i> (1737–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in_(newspaper)" title="Sinn Féin (newspaper)">Sinn Féin</a></i> (1906–1914)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> (1821–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Independent_(Ireland)" title="Sunday Independent (Ireland)">Sunday Independent</a></i> (1906–present)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sunday_World_(1895%E2%80%9397)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sunday World (1895–97) (page does not exist)"><i>Sunday World</i></a> (1895–97)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_Irishman" title="United Irishman">United Irishman</a></i> (1899–1906)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connaught</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Connaught_Telegraph" title="The Connaught Telegraph">The Connaught Telegraph</a></i> (1828–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leitrim_Observer" title="Leitrim Observer">Leitrim Observer</a></i> (1889–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mayo_News" title="The Mayo News">The Mayo News</a></i> (1892–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sligo_Champion" title="The Sligo Champion">The Sligo Champion</a></i> (1836–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tuam_Herald" title="The Tuam Herald">The Tuam Herald</a></i> (1837–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Western_People" title="Western People">Western People</a></i> (1883–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Argus_(Dundalk)" title="The Argus (Dundalk)">The Argus</a></i> (1830–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Drogheda_Independent" title="Drogheda Independent">Drogheda Independent</a></i> (1884–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Evening_Mail" title="Dublin Evening Mail">Dublin Evening Mail</a></i> (1823–1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Evening_Standard" title="Dublin Evening Standard">Dublin Evening Standard</a></i> (1870)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dundalk_Democrat" title="Dundalk Democrat">Dundalk Democrat</a></i> (1849–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Enniscorthy_Echo" title="Enniscorthy Echo">Enniscorthy Echo</a></i> (1902–no longer?)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leinster_Express" title="Leinster Express">Leinster 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Independent</a></i> (1894–1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Westmeath_Examiner" title="Westmeath Examiner">Westmeath Examiner</a></i> (1882–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Clare_Champion" title="The Clare Champion">The Clare Champion</a></i> (1903–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cork_Constitution_(newspaper)" title="Cork Constitution (newspaper)"><i>Cork Advertiser</i>/<i>Cork Constitution</i></a> (1799–1824)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cork_Free_Press" title="Cork Free Press">Cork Free Press</a></i> (1928<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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(March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cork_Constitution_(newspaper)" title="Cork Constitution (newspaper)"><i>Cork Morning Post</i>/<i>Cork Constitution</i></a> (1822–1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Echo_(Cork_newspaper)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Echo (Cork newspaper)"><i>Evening Echo</i></a> (1892–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kerryman" title="The Kerryman">The Kerryman</a></i> (1904–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Limerick_Leader" title="Limerick Leader">Limerick Leader</a></i> (1889–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Munster_Express" title="The Munster Express">The Munster Express</a></i> (1860–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Nationalist_(Tipperary)" title="The Nationalist (Tipperary)"><i>The Nationalist</i> (Tipperary)</a> (1890–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Southern_Star_(County_Cork)" title="The Southern Star (County Cork)">The Southern Star</a></i> (1889–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tipperary_Star" title="Tipperary Star">Tipperary Star</a></i> (1909–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Waterford_News_%26_Star" title="Waterford News & Star">Waterford Star</a></i> (1848–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Anglo-Celt" title="The Anglo-Celt">The Anglo-Celt</a></i> (1846–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Constitution" title="Northern Constitution"><i>Coleraine Constitution and Northern Counties Advertiser</i>/<i>Northern Constitution</i></a> (1875–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Derry_Journal" title="Derry Journal">Derry Journal</a></i> (1772–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donegal_News" title="Donegal News"><i>Derry People</i>/<i>Donegal News</i></a> (1903–present)</li> <li><i><a 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Chronicle">Newtownards Chronicle</a></i> (1873–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Whig" title="Northern Whig"><i>Northern Whig</i>/<i>Northern Whig and Belfast Post</i></a> (1832–1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strabane_Chronicle" title="Strabane Chronicle">Strabane Chronicle</a></i> (1896–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Constitution" title="Tyrone Constitution">Tyrone Constitution</a></i> (1844–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Gazette" title="Ulster Gazette">Ulster Gazette</a></i> (1844–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Herald" title="Ulster Herald">Ulster Herald</a></i> (1901–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ulsterman_(newspaper)" title="Ulsterman (newspaper)">Ulsterman</a></i> (1852–1859)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland%27s_Saturday_Night" title="Ireland's Saturday Night"><i>Ulster Saturday Night</i>/<i>Ireland's Saturday Night</i></a> (1894–2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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