The ''Tirconaill Tribune'' is an Irish weekly newspaper. Its editor is John McAteer.
[ The newspaper's headquarters is in ]Milford, County Donegal
Milford or Millford, historically called ''Ballynagalloglagh'' (), is a small town and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. The population at the 2022 census was 1,076.
The '' Tirconaill Tribune'' is headquartered here.
History and name
Loca ...
.[ It is distributed to shops across north ]County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county of the Republic of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is the northernmost county of Ireland. The county mostly borders Northern Ireland, sharing only a small b ...
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The ''Tirconaill Tribune'' is printed on Wednesday evenings.][ It circulates each Thursday.
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History
First printed in 1991, by October 2022 it had gone through about 1,600 issues.Creeslough
Creeslough ( , locally ; ) is a village in County Donegal, Ireland, south of Dunfanaghy on the N56 road (Ireland), N56 road. It overlooks an arm of Sheephaven Bay, with the population of the surrounding area engaged mainly in agriculture, mo ...
from late 1998, playing for the local Gaelic football club and working at the ''Tirconaill Tribune''. The book also chronicles the "eccentric ways" of editor John McAteer.[
In 2008, the ''Tribune'' published the Government's decision to end disability allowances for teenagers between the age of 16 and 18. The paper reported that ]Tánaiste
The Tánaiste ( , ) is the second-ranking member of the government of Ireland and the holder of its second-most senior office. It is the equivalent of the deputy prime minister in other parliamentary systems.
The Tánaiste is appointed by the P ...
Mary Coughlan had met with concerned constituents and that the Down Syndrome Association had received confirmation of the change. Fine Gael
Fine Gael ( ; ; ) is a centre-right, liberal-conservative, Christian democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil Éireann. The party had a member ...
TD Joe McHugh
Joe McHugh (born 16 July 1971) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician from Carrigart, County Donegal. A Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency from 2007 to 2016 and the Donegal constituency from 2016 to 2024, he served as ...
brought a copy of the newspaper to Leinster House
Leinster House () is the seat of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Originally, it was the ducal palace of the Duke of Leinster, Dukes of Leinster.
Since 1922, it has been a complex of buildings which houses Oirea ...
to inform his leader Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny (born 24 April 1951) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017, Leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2017, Minister for Defence (Ireland), Minister for Defence from May to July 2014 and 2016 to 201 ...
.Miriam Lord's Week - Coughlan lets cat out of bag
''The Irish Times''. 1 November 2008.
In October 2022, editor John McAteer described the edition of the ''Tirconaill Tribune'' published after the Creeslough explosion
The Creeslough explosion occurred on 7 October 2022 at an apartment above Applegreen petrol station in Creeslough, a village in north County Donegal, Ireland. It killed ten people and left eight hospitalised; the highest number of civilian casua ...
as "probably the most important" ever.[
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References
External links
''Tirconaill Tribune'' an approved newspaper
1991 establishments in Ireland
Mass media in Letterkenny
Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland
Newspapers established in 1991
Weekly newspapers published in Ireland
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