The ''Limerick Post'' is a free weekly newspaper, distributed throughout

Limerick Limerick ( ; ) is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is in the Mid-West Region, Ireland, Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. W ...

city and county, parts of counties Clare, Tipperary in the

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Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. The ''Limerick Post'' was established in 1986 and remains the only locally owned newspaper in Limerick. The ''Post'' is published each Thursday morning. It recently modernised its website, with more content including video, polls and a new Digital Edition. Its main competitors are the '' Limerick Leader''. On Saturday 24 January 2009, the ''Limerick Post'' won the coveted title of Best Free newspaper in the Midwest region, at the Mid West Arts Media and Culture Awards held at the Radisson SAS Hotel. The publication is distributed door to door to 12,500 homes and businesses in the city and 30,000 are available in shops throughout the city and county. On Friday 14 May 2010, it launched an iPhone app, being the first newspaper in Limerick to do so, as well as the first regional newspaper in Ireland.

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