The ''Tipperary Star'' is a weekly regional

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covering news in

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. The newspaper's main office is located in

Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Arch ...

town. The paper is currently owned by

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, who acquired

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's titles in Ireland in 2014. The paper was first published on 4 September 1909. The ''Tipperary Star'' is no longer ABC audited for circulation. For the first six months of 2008, average circulation was 9,072, according to the

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. In March 2019, the ''Tipperary Star'' settled a lawsuit over an article about a TD.

Editors

* Gerard O'Grady (1975–1987) * Michael Dundon (1987–2011) * Anne O'Grady (2011–2021) * Noel Dundon (2021-present)

References

1909 establishments in Ireland Mass media in County Tipperary Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland Newspapers established in 1909 Thurles Weekly newspapers published in Ireland {{Ireland-newspaper-stub