{{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 | caption = | type = Weekly | format = Tabloid | founded = 1831 | ceased_publication = | owners = 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 | Audit Bureau of Circulations}}</ref> | headquarters = Portlaoise, County Laois<br />Ireland | sister_newspapers = ''Offaly Express''<ref name=Consumer /> | oclc = | ISSN = | website = [http://www.leinsterexpress.ie www.leinsterexpress.ie] }} thumb|Headquarters at Portlaoise The '''''Leinster Express''''' is a regional newspaper in Ireland that serves County Laois.
The paper was part of the Leinster Leader Group, which was sold to 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 |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, 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.<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}}
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.leinsterexpress.ie/}}
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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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