The Irish World (London)

The Irish World is a weekly newspaper for Irish people in Britain and their families. Established in 1987, the newspapers founder and proprietor was Paddy Cowan, until his death in 2020.^[1] As of 2012, the editor was Bernard Purcell.^[2] The newspaper has offices at 934 North Circular Road, in London.

It is a full colour tabloid, usually between 40 and 56 pages, published 51 weeks a year each Wednesday. It is distributed across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.^{[citation needed]}

It puts particular emphasis on sports coverage, including hurling and Gaelic football, rugby, soccer and boxing.^{[citation needed]} It has an extensive music and entertainment section,^{[citation needed]} covering country music, traditional Irish music and modern music across several genres.^{[citation needed]} Irish dancing, theatre and film are also covered, as is local and general business and news from Ireland, UK and internationally.^{[citation needed]} It is independent and not aligned to any political party in the UK or Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2015, The Irish World was the "official media partner" for London GAA.^[3] It also hosted the Irish World Awards until the closure of the Galtymore Dance Hall in Cricklewood in 2008.^{[4][failed verification]} Those awards were revived at the Novotel Hotel in Hammersmith, for special 25th and 30th anniversary events in 2012 and 2017.^{[5][dead link‍]}

Former editors have included Damien Gaffney,^[6] Donal Mooney,^[7] and Frank Murphy.^[2]