Sligo Weekender
The Sligo Weekender is a weekly local newspaper published every Thursday in Sligo, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland currently owned by Dorothy Crean.
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Dorothy Crean |
| Publisher | Sligo Weekender Ltd |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Website | www.sligoweekender.ie |
Brian McHugh founded it in 1983 as a 'free sheet' advertiser, with some local news. It contains news of interest to Sligo town and county along with the surrounding counties of Leitrim, Roscommon, South Donegal and North Mayo. In December 2010, he sold it to the Irish Examiner owner Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) who then sold it to Carrick-on-Shannon native Kevin Mitchell who operated the successful contracting printing company Datascope in Wexford. On 1 August 2019, the award-winning tabloid newspaper was purchased by Dorothy Crean from Kevin Mitchell. The newspaper's most recent owner is a long – time staff member. Dorothy joined the Sligo Weekender in 2011. She became Advertising Manager not long after joining the company and was later appointed General Manager. Dorothy is originally from Culleens and now lives in Dromore West. She attended Culleens National School, Colaiste Iascaigh and IT Sligo. Dorothy Crean said at the time of purchase in an interview in her paper said : I am very proud to take over the running of the Sligo Weekender after nearly a decade with the company. "Im grateful to Kevin Mitchell for all he has done for the newspaper over the past few years and I know he will be missed by everyone here." The Sligo Weekender was set up in 1983 by Brian Mchugh who was its first editor. Since then it has become a much- loved part of life in the North West. After its purchase by Dorothy Crean, it is now one of the few regional newspaper in Ireland that is locally owned. It is also Sligo's only independent newspaper and Sligo's only Irish - owned newspaper. Dorothy said " I love everything about the Sligo Weekender, from its content, to the people I talk to on a daily basis, to my co-workers. My colleagues have been incredible and without their hard work and support, I would not have made the decision to take on this new responsibility. I know the Sligo Weekender has a bright future with this great team by my side. "I look forward in the Future to maintening great relationships with our advertisers so that they continue to benefit from advertising with The Sligo Weekender. "I also look forward to continue to offer a local newspaper for local people. With the help of the newsroom staff, headed by our Editor, Peter Henry, I aim to ensure the Sligo Weekender remains the only Sligo newspaper with all - local content, and to always strive to improve that offering."
The Sligo Weekender has become an integral part of Sligo’s Week for nearly 40 years. It’s out in Sligo every Thursday Morning with all your local cutting edge news and has a strong circulation of 9,200 and a readership of 36800 and is welcomed by the younger population as a newer fresher and generally more reflective title to represent the younger readers of newspapers in the Sligo area.Currently we have over 21,000 Facebook followers and growing. It is a paid for tabloid newspaper costing €2.30 You will find it in homes and business premises throughout County Sligo as well as North Roscommon, North Leitrim and South Donegal and along the Mayo/Sligo border. The Sligo Weekender is honored to be a Six-time winner of a European Design Award, a title for which hundreds of newspapers across the EU compete for every year
The newspaper is printed (but not owned) by Webprint