# Leinster Express

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{{Short description|Irish newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name                = Leinster Express
| image               = Leinster Express.jpeg
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| type                = [Weekly](/source/Weekly_newspaper)
| format              = [Tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format))
| founded          = 1831
| ceased_publication  = 
| owners              = [Iconic Newspapers](/source/Iconic_Newspapers)
| publisher           = 
| editor              = 
| chief_editor         = 
| associate_editor         = 
| managing_editor           =
| staff_writers               = 
| language            = 
| political_position           = 
| circulation         = Unknown, no longer ABC audited <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/16885|title = Leinster Express - Data - ABC &#124; Audit Bureau of Circulations}}</ref>
| headquarters        = [Portlaoise](/source/Portlaoise), [County Laois](/source/County_Laois)<br />[Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)
| sister_newspapers   = ''[Offaly Express](/source/Offaly_Express)''<ref name=Consumer />
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| website             = [http://www.leinsterexpress.ie www.leinsterexpress.ie]
}}
thumb|Headquarters at Portlaoise
The '''''Leinster Express''''' is a regional [newspaper](/source/newspaper) in [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) that serves [County Laois](/source/County_Laois).

The paper was part of the Leinster Leader Group, which was sold to [Johnston Press](/source/Johnston_Press) in late 2005.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ian Guider |title=Johnston Press spends over €240m to become largest Irish regional publisher |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2005/09/17/story515950609.asp |work=[Irish Examiner](/source/Irish_Examiner) |date=17 September 2005 |access-date=2008-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630112522/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2005/09/17/story515950609.asp |archive-date=30 June 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The paper is currently owned by [Iconic Newspapers](/source/Iconic_Newspapers), who acquired Johnston Press' titles in Ireland in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Johnston Press sells its 14 titles in the Republic | work = The Irish Times | access-date = 2014-08-22 | url = http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/media-and-marketing/johnston-press-sells-its-14-titles-in-the-republic-1.1745888 }}</ref> The offices of the ''Leinster Express'' are based in [Portlaoise](/source/Portlaoise).<ref name=Consumer>{{cite web |url=http://www.nca.ie/eng/Research_Zone/Reports/consumer_media.pdf |title=Consumer Media in Ireland |year=2004 |access-date=2008-09-12}}</ref>

The ''Leinster Express'' was originally published in Maryborough (renamed Portlaoise in 1929), Queen's County (renamed County Laois in 1922), Ireland in 1831 - an archive of its papers are available in Laois County Library in Portlaoise.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/}}

{{Media in County Laois}}
{{Newspapers in the Republic of Ireland|state=expanded}}
{{Ireland newspapers}}
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Category:1832 establishments in Ireland
Category:Mass media in County Laois
Category:Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland
Category:Portlaoise
Category:Newspapers established in 1831
Category:Weekly newspapers published in Ireland

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