Times launches print edition in Ireland

The Times has announced that a new print edition of its paper will launch in Ireland following the success of a digital launch in 2015.

The paper, edited by Richard Oakley, will also sit alongside the Irish edition of its sister paper, The Sunday Times, and replaces the international version currently in the market.

“Some thought that the rise of digital media would kill print as a medium, but new ventures such as this give lie to such gloomy prophecies,” the paper reported on 3 June.

“Demand for the unique, tactile pleasure of leafing through a newspaper has proven robust.”

The Times has held up well in a declining print market with the latest ABC circulation figures reporting daily sales at 445,737 – and a 2.1% year-on-year rise.