Western People

{{Short description|Irish newspaper}} {{Other uses|Westerner (disambiguation){{!}}The Westerner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Western People | logo = Westernpeople.png | image = | type = [[Weekly newspaper]] | format = Tabloid (broadsheet until 2013) | founded = {{start date|df=yes|1883}} | owners = ''[[The Irish Times]]'' | political_position = Central | headquarters = [[Ballina, County Mayo]] | editor = James Laffey | website = [https://westernpeople.ie/ westernpeople.ie/] }} The '''''Western People''''' is a weekly local newspaper published in [[Ballina, County Mayo]] in Ireland. It was first published in 1883.

The newspaper was part of the [[Thomas Crosbie Holdings]] group. Thomas Crosbie Holdings went into receivership in March 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0306/374490-thomas-crosbie-holdings/|title=Receiver appointed to publisher of Irish Examiner|date=6 March 2013|website=www.rte.ie}}</ref> The newspaper was acquired by [[Landmark Media Investments]]. In December 2017, a sale was agreed to ''[[The Irish Times]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-30817451.html|title=The Irish Times to acquire Landmark Media business|date=6 December 2017|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref> pending regulatory approval; in July 2018, this sale was completed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2018/0710/977737-irish-times-completes-purchase-of-irish-examiner/|title=Irish Times completes purchase of Irish Examiner|date=10 July 2018|website=www.rte.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-30854228.html|title=Irish Times complete purchase of Landmark Media; Pledge to protect 'identity and independence' of titles|date=10 July 2018|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref>

The ''Ballina Herald'' newspaper (1844 – 28 April 1962), later named ''Ballina Herald and Mayo and Sligo Advertiser'', merged with the ''Western People'' in or around 1962.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had an average weekly [[Newspaper circulation|circulation]] of 18,242 in 2008 (ABC Jan-Dec 2008; 12 month figure). Circulation fell to 13,236 for 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=12547 |title=Product Page - ABC |access-date=14 February 2013 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201221428/http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=12547 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also== * [[John Healy (Irish journalist)|John Healy]]

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==External links== *{{official website|https://westernpeople.ie/}}

[[Category:1883 establishments in Ireland]] [[Category:Ballina, County Mayo]] [[Category:Mass media in County Mayo]] [[Category:Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland]] [[Category:Newspapers established in 1883]] [[Category:The Irish Times]] [[Category:Thomas Crosbie Holdings]] [[Category:Weekly newspapers published in Ireland]]