Donegal People’s Press

Infobox Newspaper
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type = Weekly Newspaper
format = Compact
foundation = 1931
price = Tuesday: €1.35, £0.95 (NI), £1.05 (Britain); Thursday: €1.45, £1.10 (NI), £1.20 (Britain)
owners = Derry Journal Newspapers
headquarters = Letterkenny, County Donegal
political = Nationalist
editor = Michael Daly
circulation = Tuesday: 10,059; [ [http://abcpdfcerts.abc.org.uk/pdf/certificates/14406151.pdf ABC Certificate for "Donegal People's Press/Donegal Democrat" (Tuesday) ] ]
website = [http://www.donegaldemocrat.com/ www.donegaldemocrat.com] The "Donegal's People Press" (formerly "Donegal People's Press and Derry and Tyrone News") is a weekly local newspaper in north County Donegal, Ireland. The paper is published every Tuesday in the north of the county, and a separate edition of the paper, with some alterations, is published in the south of the county, as the Tuesday edition of the "Donegal Democrat". Both editions had a combined ABC circulation of 10,059 for the first half of 2007. It is owned by Johnston Press through the Derry Journal Newspapers holding company, and sister titles include "Donegal on Sunday" and the "Derry Journal"

History

The "People's Press" was first published in April 1931 and was based in Lifford, the county town of Donegal. [ [http://www.nli.ie/en/NewspapersResult.aspx?TITLEID=People's%20Press&TOWNID=&COUNTYID=&ORIGINALFILESID=&STARTYRPUB=&ENDYRPUB= National Library of Ireland Newspaper Database] ] In 1963 the paper adopted its shorter name and is now almost entirely integrated with the long established "Donegal Democrat". The "Democrat's" base was traditionally in the south, but has expanded to become the only paper to be published across the entire county with its main Thursday broadsheet title.

In 1995, the "People's Press", as part of the Donegal Democrat Group, was bought by the Derry Journal Group which in turn became part of Trinity Mirror. In 2004 the paper was purchased by the 3i holding company Local Press Ltd, and changed hands again in 2005, when Johnston Press took over Local Press. It is now part of the Derry Journal Newspapers holding company.

Layout

Both the "People's Press" and the "Democrat" share many common features and columns such as 'Gabrielle’s Diary', a society column which sees the column’s writer Gabrielle McMonagle, attend local charity and social events; an agricultural page entitled 'Farming Week'; a special section called 'Letterkenny in Focus', looking at developments in the county’s largest town; local notes for the various towns and villages in the county; death, birth and marriage announcements; and job, motor and property sections in partnership with the Irish sections of the Johnston Press owned websites, 'Jobs Today', 'Motors Today' and 'Property Today'.

The "People's Press" (Tuesday "Democrat"), is in compact format and is seventy-two pages with full colour and has several other characteristics that separates it from the Thursday paper, and makes is less 'rigid'. It contains a seven day TV guide, a weekly contribution from the youth media website [http://www.spunout.ie 'Spun Out'] , and columnists such as 'Pat’s Patch' by Pat McArt.

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