Leinster Leader

Leinster Leader
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Iconic Newspapers
EditorLaura Coates
Founded1880
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersNaas
Websiteleinsterleader.ie

The Leinster Leader is a newspaper published in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland. Johnston Press bought the Leinster Leader Group in 2005.[1] The Leinster Leader Group, as well as publishing the Naas-based Leinster Leader also published The Dundalk Democrat, Leinster Express (Portlaoise), Limerick Leader, Offaly Express, and the Tallaght Echo.[2] The paper is currently owned by Iconic Newspapers, who acquired Johnston Press' titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014.[3]

  1. ^ British buy up regional papers by Emma Browne, The Village, Thursday, 22 September 2005
  2. ^ Ian Guider (17 September 2005). "Johnston Press spends over €240m to become largest Irish regional publisher". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Johnston Press sells its 14 titles in the Republic". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 August 2014.