{{short description|Irish freesheet magazine}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Totally Dublin | logo = | type = Free monthly magazine | founded = {{Start date and age|2004}}<ref name = PI>{{cite web |url = https://wiki.photoireland.org/organisations/totally-dublin/ |date=2022-07-04|publisher = PhotoIreland | website = wiki.photoireland.org | title = Totally Dublin | access-date = 2024-07-11 }}{{better source needed|reason=Per WP:UGC, "most wikis and other collaboratively created websites" represent user-generated content that are "generally unacceptable as sources". Do we need to rely on this so heavily? |date=January 2025}}</ref> | ceased_publication = | political_position = | owners = | founders = Stefan Hallenius<ref name = PI/> | publisher = HKM Media | managing_editor = | editor = John Brereton (2024)<ref name = 226issue>{{cite web |url = https://www.e-magin.se/latestpaper/n2xfd3ng/paper#/paper/n4d313kh/1 |date=2024-07-01|publisher = HKM Media | website = www.e-magin.se | title = Totally Dublin: Issue 226 (July 2024) | access-date = 2024-07-11 }}</ref> | deputy_editor = | staff_writers = 9 contributors<ref name = 226issue/> | circulation = 50,000 copies circulated per month (2024)<ref name = HKM>{{cite web |url = https://hkm.ie/totally-dublin/ |date=2024-06-26|publisher = HKM Media | website = hkm.ie | title = Totally Dublin | access-date = 2024-07-11 }}</ref> | headquarters = 73 Leeson Street Lower<br/>Dublin 2<br/>D02 X524 | website = {{URL|https://www.totallydublin.ie/}} }} '''''Totally Dublin''''' is a free monthly magazine, distributed in Dublin, Ireland. The magazine was founded in 2004 by Swedish publisher Stefan Hallenius.<ref name = IE>{{Cite news|date=2004-09-24|title=Swedish publisher begins new Dublin mag |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-30167967.html |access-date=2024-07-11|newspaper=The Irish Examiner|language=en}}</ref>
==History== The official HKM Media webpage for the magazine claims that it launched in November 2004,<ref name = HKM/> whereas an article in ''The Irish Examiner'' claims that its first issue was published on 29 September 2004.<ref name = IE/>
According to the magazine itself, it is the city's "most widely-read, highly-distributed culture freesheet", and covers city-wide events, stories and subjects both north and south of the river.<ref name = CD>{{cite web |url = https://www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/discover-dublin-8/things-to-do/totally-dublin |date=2024-03-25|publisher = Dublin City Council | website = culturedatewithdublin8.ie | title = Totally Dublin | access-date = 2024-07-11 }}</ref><ref name = HKM/> HKM claims the magazine to be "the market-leader in free publications" in Dublin,<ref name = HKMb>{{cite web |url = https://hkm.ie/about-hkm/ |date=2024-06-26|publisher = HKM Media | website = hkm.ie | title = About HKM | access-date = 2024-07-11 }}</ref> and that its "strategy of emphasising editorial independence over advertising has contributed to its success".<ref name = PI/> Subjects of articles that appear in the magazine include music, art, film, fashion, culture, listings and reviews.
In the run-up to the 2015 Irish constitutional referendum on same-sex marriage, ''The Irish Times'' noted that an interview published in ''Totally Dublin'' with Anne Connolly, a prominent liberal activist, helped the Yes Equality campaign learn how best to temper their approach in the sensitive debate.<ref name = HTYWW>{{Cite news|last1=Healy|first1= Grainne |last2=Sheehan|first2=Brian |last3=Whelan|first3=Noel|date=2015-11-06|title=How the Yes was won: the inside story of the marriage referendum |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/how-the-yes-was-won-the-inside-story-of-the-marriage-referendum-1.2418302 |access-date=2024-07-11|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref>
The company also publishes the magazines ''Totally Stockholm''<ref name = TS>{{cite web |url = https://www.totallystockholm.se/ |date=2024-07-01|publisher = HKM Media | website = totallystockholm.se | title = Latest Articles | access-date = 2024-07-11 }}</ref> and ''Totally Örebro''.<ref name = TO>{{cite web |url = https://www.totallyorebro.se/ |date=2024-07-01|publisher = HKM Media | website = totallyorebro.se | title = Senaste Artiklarna | access-date = 2024-07-11 }}</ref>
==Distribution== The magazine is made available from 400 distribution points every month, including hotels, bars, restaurants and offices in the city.<ref name = IE/>
==Awards== Totally Dublin's online presence www.totallydublin.ie won 'Best Online Publication' at the Realex Web Awards in 2012.<ref name = HKM/>
==See also== * List of magazines in Ireland
==References== {{reflist|40em}}
==External links== * {{URL|https://www.totallydublin.ie/}}
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