The Irish Post

This paper is gradully moving away from a newspaper into a travel magazine with a few pieces of news. Originally, The Irish Post was the leading source of information for ex-pat Paddies with the occasional advert, as one would expect. The standards of news journalism were always high (and still are, despite the decreasing news content) and the same goes for sport but over the last twelve months, the emphesis has somewhat shifted away from the highly respected newspaper it once was. the centre of the paper is a glorified gig guide for the London area - the biggest Irish population (outside Ireland!) is in Liverpool and little, if any, coverage is listed for ...  Read the complete review

'The Voice Of The Irish In Britain' was the slogan that used to adorn the front page but not any more. We have had another price hike on this publication, it now costs eighty pence and the paper boasts on the front page 'we still offer great value for money, with 52 pages packed with news, sport, features, entertainment and top columnists every week'. I could have sworn the paper was bigger than that. Since it's relaunch around a year ago (with a coincidental price increase), the news content has decreased and the adverts have seemed to have increased, mostly for ferry companies. The entertainment features seem to favor London and ...  Read the complete review

I bought The Irish Post recently for the first time as I'd heard about it's existence and basically just wanted to see what it was like. It was a pretty good read, small for a weekly paper but not bad at all. It's a tabloid sized weekly and costs 70p. In basic terms, it deals with news from Ireland and news about the Irish community in the UK so it's good if you have any interest at all in these areas. The coverage of new stories is quite basic but it's adequate if you just want a brief overview and background. It's not especially ground breaking but an interesting read all the same. There is an additional media section which ...  Read the complete review

"The Irish Post" is a weekly newspaper that's for "the Irish in Britain". It is very well presented and isn't a heavy read whilst maintaining a good standard of journalism. Whilst not having everthing Irish in it (it would be impossible) it is a great taste of "home" and the entertainments section is one of the best from any publication - certainly they appear to have a good crack at the craic! As it is a "minority" publication, there are quite a few adverts - thankfully there isn't a single advert for anything to do with Dixons or any of their partners in crime which flood British newspapers! ...  Read the complete review