Limerick Leader
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The Limerick Leader is a weekly local newspaper in Limerick, Ireland. It was founded in 1889.<ref name="examiner">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The newspaper is headquartered on Glentworth Street in the City.
The broadsheet paper currently is distributed in three editions, City, County and West , with a small selection of content differing between the three. The newspaper also has a Monday tabloid paper, City based, with a cover price of 1 euro.Template:Fact
In the 1950s, the Limerick Leader bought a rival newspaper the Limerick Chronicle. The Limerick Chronicle was founded in 1768 by John Ferrar <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> who was a prominent bookseller and printer in Limerick. The Limerick Chronicle is the longest running newspaper in Ireland. In 2018, the Limerick Chronicle went from a stand alone newspaper published on a Tuesday to a supplement in the weekend edition of the Limerick Leader.Template:Fact
The paper is owned by Iconic Newspapers, which acquired Johnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable contributorsEdit
Margaret Moloney, hailed as Ireland's first and oldest serving harbour master, was a journalist and contributed local news from Glin, Co Limerick as 'Our Glin Correspondent'.<ref>First lady of the Estuary, Martin Byrnes, Limerick Leader, 28 March 1998, p8</ref><ref>Slater, S (2022). 100 Women of Limerick. Ormston House. p206-207.</ref>
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