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{{Other uses|Westerner (disambiguation){{!}}The Westerner}}
{{Short description|Irish newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use Irish English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Western People
| logo = Westernpeople.png
| image =
| type = [[Weekly newspaper]]
| format = Broadsheet until 2013 not = Tabloid (broadsheet until 2013)
| foundation = {{start date|df=yes|1883}}
| owners = ''[[LandmarkThe MediaIrish InvestmentsTimes]]''
| political = Central/authoritarian leaning
| headquarters = [[Ballina, County Mayo]]
| editor = James Laffey
| website = http[https://wwwwesternpeople.ie/ westernpeople.ie/]
}}
The '''''Western People''''' is a weekly local [[newspaper]] published in [[Ballina, County Mayo]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]],. itIt was first published in 1883.▼
 
The newspaper was part of the [[Thomas Crosbie Holdings]] group. Thomas Crosbie Holdings went into receivership in March 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0306/374490-thomas-crosbie-holdings/|title=Receiver appointed to publisher of Irish Examiner|date=6 March 2013|website=www.rte.ie}}</ref> The newspaper was acquired by [[Landmark Media Investments]]. In December 2017, a sale was agreed to ''[[The Irish Times]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-30817451.html|title=The Irish Times to acquire Landmark Media business|date=6 December 2017|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref> pending regulatory approval; in July 2018, this sale was completed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2018/0710/977737-irish-times-completes-purchase-of-irish-examiner/|title=Irish Times completes purchase of Irish Examiner|date=10 July 2018|website=www.rte.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-30854228.html|title=Irish Times complete purchase of Landmark Media; Pledge to protect 'identity and independence' of titles|date=10 July 2018|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref>
▲The '''''Western People''''' is a weekly local [[newspaper]] published in [[Ballina, County Mayo]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]], it was first published in 1883.
 
The ''Ballina Herald'' newspaper (1844 – 28 April 1962), later named ''Ballina Herald and Mayo and Sligo Advertiser'', merged with the ''Western People'' in or around 1962.▼
The newspaper was part of the [[Thomas Crosbie Holdings]] group. [[Thomas Crosbie Holdings]] went into receivership in March 2013.<ref>http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0306/374490-thomas-crosbie-holdings/</ref> The newspaper was acquired by [[Landmark Media Investments]]. In December 2017, a sale was agreed to ''[[The Irish Times]]'' <ref>http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/the-irish-times-to-acquire-landmark-media-business-817451.html</ref> pending regulatory approval.
 
According to the [http://www.abc-ireland.ie/ Audit Bureau of Circulations], it had an average weekly [[Newspaper circulation|circulation]] of 18,242 in 2008 (ABC Jan-Dec '08 -2008; 12 month figure). Circulation fell to 13,236 for 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=12547 |title=Product Page - ABC |access-date=14 February 2013 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201221428/http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=12547 |url-status=dead }}</ref>▼
▲The ''Ballina Herald'' newspaper (1844 – 28 April 1962), later named 'Ballina Herald and Mayo and Sligo Advertiser', merged with the ''Western People'' in or around 1962.
 
▲According to the [http://www.abc-ireland.ie/ Audit Bureau of Circulations], it had an average weekly [[Newspaper circulation|circulation]] of 18,242 (ABC Jan-Dec '08 - 12 month figure). Circulation fell to 13,236 for 2012.<ref>http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=12547</ref>
 
The CEO is Brian Feeney and Commercial Director is [[David Dwane]].
 
==See also==
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==External links==
* {{official website|httphttps://www.westernpeople.ie/}}
 
{{Media in County Mayo}}
{{Newspapers in the Republic of Ireland|state=expanded}}
{{Irish nationalIreland newspapers}}
 
[[Category:1883 establishments in Ireland]]
[[Category:Ballina, County Mayo]]
[[Category:MediaMass media in County Mayo]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:PublicationsNewspapers established in 1883]]
[[Category:The Irish Times]]
[[Category:Thomas Crosbie Holdings]]
[[Category:Weekly newspapers published in Ireland]]
 
 
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