The Irish Times

What The Irish Times does

The Irish Times is Ireland's newspaper of record, founded in 1859 and headquartered in Dublin, operating as a privately held company owned by The Irish Times Trust rather than a media conglomerate. The company serves a primarily Irish and Irish-diaspora readership through a multi-format subscription model covering its flagship IrishTimes.com digital platform, a daily print newspaper with home delivery in Ireland, iOS and Android mobile applications, an ePaper digital replica, a suite of podcasts (Inside Politics, Early Edition, The Women's Podcast, and others), email newsletters, and crosswords/puzzles.

The core technology stack comprises a digital news platform delivering multimedia journalism across sections including Ireland, World, Politics, Business, Sport, Culture, and Technology, distributed via web, mobile apps, and podcast feeds. Through a 2024 acquisition push, the group expanded its digital portfolio to include RIP.ie (Ireland's leading online death notice platform, ~60 million monthly page views), Gloss Publications (luxury lifestyle magazine and events), and Score Beo (GAA live scoring app, 190,000+ users across 110+ countries). The group also divested its 75% stake in WLR FM radio station to the Daily Mail Group in late 2025.

The Irish Times operates a subscription-based revenue model with approximately 150,000 combined print and digital subscribers, having achieved the milestone where subscriber revenue fully funds its journalism. Revenue streams include digital subscriptions, print subscriptions, advertising (display and digital), and premium content/services (ePaper, crosswords). Disclosed 2024 revenue was €115.6 million with €4.05 million pretax profit. In late 2025, Garry Moroney (former McKinsey consultant and Irish software entrepreneur) was appointed CEO effective December 1, and a new Investigations Unit was created to deepen editorial differentiation.

Name

The Irish Times

Legal name

The Irish Times DAC

Website

https://irishtimes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1859

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Irish Times is Ireland's newspaper of record, founded in 1859 and owned by The Irish Times Trust. It serves Irish readers and the global Irish diaspora through subscription-based print, digital, podcast, and mobile news products, with a 2024 acquisition push expanding into funeral notices, luxury lifestyle, and sports verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital News Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

National & General-Interest Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO), Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

Keywords

• National newspaper
• Digital news subscription
• Investigative journalism
• News podcast
• Print media

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Digital Subscriptions: Subscription revenue from digital-only and combined print/digital subscriptions that fully funds the company's journalism
2. Print Subscriptions: Revenue from print newspaper subscriptions combined with digital access
3. Advertising: Display and digital advertising revenue
4. Premium Content and Services: Revenue from ePaper, crosswords & puzzles, and premium content offerings

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Irish Times is Ireland's newspaper of record, founded in 1859, operating a multi-platform news media business. It publishes a daily print newspaper and operates the irishtimes.com digital platform with iOS/Android mobile apps, an ePaper replica, podcasts, email newsletters, crosswords and puzzles, and family notices. Through recent acquisitions it has expanded into funeral notices (RIP.ie), luxury lifestyle publishing (Gloss Publications) and GAA live scoring (Score Beo), with subscription fees as the primary revenue driver and approximately 150,000 combined print and digital subscribers.

Product overview

The Irish Times operates as a news media organization with IrishTimes.com as its core digital platform offering comprehensive news coverage across multiple sections including Ireland, World, Politics, Business, Sport, Culture, and Technology. The company offers supplementary digital products including podcast series, crosswords & puzzles, ePaper, newsletters, and mobile applications. Through strategic acquisitions, the portfolio includes RIP.ie (funeral notice platform), Gloss Publications (luxury lifestyle magazine and events), and Score Beo (GAA live scoring app), expanding the group's digital services across different audience segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IrishTimes.com Digital News Platform Primary digital news platform offering Irish and world news, video content, podcasts, and multimedia journalism across sections including Ireland, World, Politics, Business, Sport, Culture, and Technology, targeted at general news readers and the Irish diaspora.
• The Irish Times ePaper Digital replica of the print Irish Times newspaper, providing online access to the full print edition for subscribers.
• The Irish Times Podcasts Series of branded podcasts including America 2026, Better with Money, Conversations with Parents, Early Edition, Inside Business, Inside Politics, In the News, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, The Counter Ruck, and The Women's Podcast, covering news, business, politics, sport and lifestyle for general listeners.
• The Irish Times Mobile App iOS and Android mobile applications available on the App Store and Google Play for accessing Irish Times news, opinion and multimedia content on mobile devices.
• Family Notices Online paid-notice platform for publishing family announcements including weddings, births, deaths and other family events, operated within the Irish Times group.
• RIP.ie Ireland's leading online platform for death notices and funeral-related services, generating approximately 60 million page views per month, acquired by the Irish Times Group from Gradam Communications in May 2024.
• Gloss Publications (The Gloss) Luxury publishing and events group producing The Gloss magazine, digital platforms and events focused on fashion, beauty, travel and luxury lifestyle, fully owned by the Irish Times Group since August 2024.
• Score Beo App GAA live scoring mobile app providing real-time scores, fixture news, line-ups and rankings for Gaelic games to GAA fans globally, with over 190,000 users across 110+ countries; acquired by the Irish Times Group in October 2024.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved milestone where subscriber revenue fully funds journalism
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Electric IrelandminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 27 June 2026The Irish Times, in association with co-sponsor Electric Ireland, opened entries for the 2026 edition of Ireland's Greenest Places, a competition celebrating community-led environmental initiatives across the country.
• Daily Mail GroupminorOthers · 9 December 2025The Daily Mail Group agreed to acquire the Irish Times' 75% stake in Waterford-based radio station WLR FM. The deal is pending regulatory approval, with Des Whelan remaining a part-owner with a 25% stake. This represents a divestiture rather than a partnership.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Substack: Newsletter/journalism platform enabling independent writers to monetize subscriptions. Represents an emerging alternative model that competes for subscriber mindshare and pulls individual journalists away from traditional newsrooms.
• Politico: Digital-first political news brand with subscription (Politico Pro) and free tiers. Comparable in building a subscription-funded journalism business around niche premium verticals (politics/policy), similar to The Irish Times' investigations-driven premium positioning.
• The Journal (Ireland): Irish digital-first news outlet owned by Journal Media (Notion). Competes directly for Irish online news audiences with a free, ad-supported model — represents the digital-native competitive threat to subscription-based news.

Direct peers

• The Guardian: UK-based national newspaper with a global digital audience and a subscription model (similar tiered offering). Closely comparable in business model, premium digital journalism positioning, and podcast/newsletter ecosystem.
• The Irish Examiner: Irish regional/national daily newspaper owned by Landmark Media. Competes with The Irish Times for Irish readers, particularly in Munster, and operates a comparable print + digital subscription model.
• Irish Independent: The main direct competitor to The Irish Times in the Irish national newspaper market. Published by Mediahuis, it competes for the same readers and advertisers with a similar mix of print and digital subscription offerings.
• The Times (UK): UK national newspaper published by News UK (News Corp) with a strong paywall and subscription-funded model. Comparable in subscription scale (~250K+ digital subscribers), premium positioning, and digital transformation trajectory.

Broad incumbents

• News Corp: Global media conglomerate owning The Times, Sunday Times, Wall Street Journal, and other titles. Relevant as a broad incumbent in the premium national newspaper subscription category and as the parent of The Times UK peer.
• BBC News: UK public broadcaster with a massive global news operation. Overlaps with The Irish Times in world news coverage and serves as a competitor for international/diaspora audiences, though funded by the UK license fee.
• RTÉ: Ireland's national public broadcaster, operating across TV, radio, and online news. Competes for Irish news audiences and advertising but with a much broader mandate and funding model (public license fee + commercial).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IrishTimes
• Facebookfacebook.com/IrishTimes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-irish-times
• Instagraminstagram.com/irishtimesnews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A4 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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