- Andersonstown News
The Andersonstown News (sometimes called The Andytown News) is twice-weekly published (Mondays and Thursdays)
Belfast ,Northern Ireland newspaper, which focuses on news and issues, especially inWest Belfast .Its stablemates, the "
North Belfast News " and "South Belfast News ", are published weekly. The group also publishes the dailyIrish language title "Lá Nua " (meaning "New Day"), and has shares in the "Lucan Gazette ".According to the
Audit Bureau of Circulations , the "Andersonstown News" has an average circulation of 8,457 for the Monday edition [http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abcdata&c=&o=&menuid=abcdata|qdsearch|bytitle&type=ind&ref=11008|29122003|02012005] and 16,453 for the Thursday edition [http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abcdata&c=&o=&menuid=abcdata|qdsearch|bytitle&type=ind&ref=10492|29122003|02012005] .The "Andersonstown News" launched a new
All-Ireland newspaper "Daily Ireland " in January 2005, which closed 20 months later in September 2006. The "Andersonstown News" takes an Irish republican editorial stance.In March 2008, the paper's long-standing 'Squinter' column sharply criticised
Gerry Adams over high levels of violent crime in West Belfast , following the murder of former IRA prisoner Bap McGreevy by teenaged hoodlums. A week later, the news paper published a front page apology for carrying the story and the column was removed from the Squinter blog.The newspaper was satirised in the "
Portadown News " website as "The Angrytown News". The Andersonstown News contacted the employers of "Newton Emerson " (the creator of "Portadown News") with a list of exaggerated complaints about the site - resulting in Mr Emerson being forced out of his job [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,625836,00.html "Guardian", Outed satirist is forced to resign] ] .References
External links
* [http://www.irelandclick.com/index.tvt Andersonstown News]
ee also
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Portadown News
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