- Western People
Infobox_Irish_Newspaper
name =
type = Weeklynewspaper
format =broadsheet
foundation =1883
owners =Thomas Crosbie Holdings
political = Central/authoritarian leaning
headquarters =Ballina, County Mayo
ceo = Brian Feeney
commercial director = David Dwane
editor = James Laffey
website = [http://www.westernpeople.ie/ Western People]The "Western People" is a weekly local
newspaper published inBallina, County Mayo in theRepublic of Ireland , it was first published in 1883. The paper is now owned by Cork-basedThomas Crosbie Holdings . Until recently the paper was printed at its premises in Ballina, but printing has been outsourced by its owner to a Cork based company.The "Ballina Herald" newspaper (
1844 —April 28 , 1962), later named 'Ballina Herald and Mayo and Sligo Advertiser', merged with the "Western People" in or around 1962.According to the [http://www.abc-ireland.ie/ Audit Bureau of Circulations] , it had an average weekly circulation of 19,289 (ABC Jan-Dec '07 - 12 month figure), a drop of 1,607 from the previous year.
CEO is Brian Feeney and Commercial Director is David Dwane
External links
* [http://www.westernpeople.ie/ Western People] — "website of the newspaper"
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