About Us

National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) is the representative body for Ireland's national newspapers and Irish editions of UK national newspapers. The 18 member titles in NNI are:

• Irish Independent
• Irish Examiner
• The Irish Times
• Irish Daily Star
• Evening Herald
• The Sunday Independent
• Sunday World
• The Sunday Business Post
• The Sunday Tribune
• Irish Mail on Sunday
• Irish Daily Star Sunday
• Irish Farmers Journal
• Irish Daily Mail
• Irish Daily Mirror
• Irish Sun
• Irish News of the World
• Irish Sunday Mirror
• The Sunday Times

NNI was set up in 1985 to promote the newspaper medium and to work on a range of professional and public policy issues that affect the industry.

At the NNI table members are encouraged to put aside their individual competitive agendas and draw on the strength of acting as a collective group to inform the public, and in particular advertisers and readers, of the power of press.

The NNI Management Committee makes collective decisions for all 18 titles and currently comprises of the following:

Chairman - Paul Cooke - Managing Director, The Star Newspaper Group

Members

• Tom Murphy – Group Executive, Thomas Crosbie Holdings
• Clive Milner –   Group Managing Director, News International
• Paul Henderson – Managing Director, Associated Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd
• Joe Webb - Chief Executive - Independent News & Media plc
• Matt Dempsey – Chief Executive, The Farmers Journal
• Michael Roche – Managing Director, The Sunday Tribune
• Joanne McGreevy – General Manager (Ireland), Mirror Group Newspapers
• Liam Kavanagh - Managing Director, The Irish Times
• Frank Cullen - Co-ordinating Director of NNI

NNI Local and Regional Newspapers

Members

• Metro Herald
• Western People
• Kildare Nationalist
• Laois Nationalist
• Carlow Nationalist
• Waterford News & Star
• The Kingdom
• Sligo Weekend
• Enniscorthy Echo
• Roscommon Herald
• Evening Echo
• Wexford Echo
• Gorey Echo
• New Ross Echo
• Lucan Gazette
• Blanchardstown Gazette
• Dundrum Gazette
• Swords Gazette
• Castleknock Gazette
• Dun Laoghaire Gazette
• Enniscorthy Guardian
• New Ross Standard
• Drogheda Independent
• Fingal Independent
• Carlow People
• Wicklow People
• Drogheda People
• The Argus
• Bray People
• The Corkman
• Wexford People
• The Kerryman
• Sligo Champion

NNI Local & Regional Executive Committee

Chairman - Dan Linehan - Chief Executive, Thomas Crosbie Holdings

Ger Walsh - Managing Director, People Newspapers        

Liam Holland - Managing Director, KeyMarket Media (The Irish Times Group) 

NNI Staff

From offices at Clyde Lodge, 15 Clyde Road, Dublin 4 Co-ordinating Director Frank Cullen has overall day-to-day responsibility for NNI and is supported by:

Ann-Marie Lenihan – Communications and Public Affairs Manager
Michelle Morrisroe – Research and Information Manager
Enda Buckley - Environment Officer

In addition a number of specialist professionals provide ongoing support across a broad range of functions and operations.

Industry Representation

NNI represents member titles on matters that affect the industry and campaigns on their behalf to effect change. In this regard NNI encourages good relations with a variety of professional bodies and maintains a number of affiliations including active participation in the following:

• JNRS – Joint National Readerhip Survey
• ASAI – Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland
• ABC Ireland (ROI) Council – Audit Bureau of Circulation
• JIC – Joint Industry Committee on the Environment
• ENPA – European Newspaper Publishers Association
• WAN – World Association of Newspapers
• Office of Press Ombudsman & Press Council of Ireland