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{{Short description|Northern Irish newspaper}} {{more references|date=February 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Redirect|Lá Nua|the album by Lúnasa|Lá Nua (album)|the daily BBC Alba news programme|An Là}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Lá | image = File:Lá Newspaper.jpg | caption = Lá Nua front page 21 May 2004 | type = Daily newspaper | format = Tabloid | founded = 1984<ref>{{cite web|url = https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/irish-language-national-daily-in-funding-crisis/ | website = pressgazette.co.uk | title = Irish language national daily in funding crisis | date = 20 February 2008 | accessdate = 15 February 2026 }}</ref> | ceased_publication = December 2008<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/irish-language-newspaper-to-close/a/119236737.html | work = Belfast Telegraph | title = Irish language newspaper to close | date = 16 December 2008 | accessdate = 15 February 2026 }}</ref> | price = | owners = | publisher = Belfast Media Group | editor = Dónall Mac Giolla Chóill | language = Irish | circulation = | headquarters = Teach Basil, 2 Hannahstown Hill, Belfast. Northern Ireland | ISSN = | website = }} '''''Lá''''' (Irish for "Day"; later known as '''''Lá Nua''''', Irish for "New Day") was an Irish-language daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first daily newspaper in Ireland to be published in Irish. ''Lá Nua'' was owned by the Belfast Media Group,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/new-day-may-be-facing-the-sunset/26423970.html | work = Irish Independent | title = 'New Day' may be facing the sunset | date = 17 February 2008 | accessdate = 15 February 2026 }}</ref> and was a sister paper of the ''Andersonstown News''.

Established in the 1980s,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://belfastmedia.com/50th-anniversary-there-s-no-stopping-the-irish-language-revolution | website = belfastmedia.com | title = A'town News 72-22: No stopping Irish language revolution | date = 29 December 2022 | accessdate = 15 February 2026 }}</ref> it developed from a broadsheet format to a European tabloid size. With a print circulation of a few thousand and an active website, ''Lá'' catered for the Irish language community throughout the island and abroad. It had a range of supplements, including Arts, Education, Sport, Business and Entertainment.{{fact|date=February 2026}}

It had five editors, including founders Gearóid Ó Cairealláin and Eoghan Ó Néill, Ciarán Ó Pronntaigh, Concubhar Ó Liatháin and finally Dónall Mac Giolla Chóill (Feb-Dec 2008).{{fact|date=February 2026}}

In October 2008, it was announced that the newspaper would cease publication at the end of 2008. Foras na Gaeilge decided not to further fund the paper due to its insufficient circulation and availability.{{fact|date=February 2026}} The final issue was published on 19 December 2008.<ref name="rte2008">{{cite web|url = https://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1219/111879-lanua/| website = rte.ie | title = Final edition of Lá Nua published | date = 19 December 2008 | accessdate = 15 February 2026 }}</ref>

The literary section was carried in the ''Andersonstown News'' for a few months edited by Dónall Mac Giolla Chóill and later by Ciarán Ó Pronntaigh, and all the articles were available on the official site, nuacht.com, until the site was finally taken offline.{{fact|date=February 2026}}

==See also== *List of Irish-language media *''Scúp'', TV drama about an Irish-language newspaper in Belfast

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