Limerick Leader

The Limerick Leader is a weekly local newspaper in Limerick, Ireland. It was founded in 1889.^[1] The newspaper is headquartered on Glentworth Street in the City.

Limerick Leader

Type	Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)	Iconic Newspapers
Editor	Aine Fitzgerald
News editor	Jerome O'Connell
Sports editor	Colm Kinsella
Advertising	Gary Toohey
Founded	1889
Language	English
Headquarters	29 Glentworth St, Limerick
City	Limerick
Country	Ireland
ISSN	1649-8992
Website	limerickleader.ie
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Limerick Leader offices, O'Connell Street

The broadsheet paper currently is distributed in three editions, City, County and West , with a small selection of content differing between the three. The newspaper also has a Monday tabloid paper, City based, with a cover price of 1 euro.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1950s, the Limerick Leader bought a rival newspaper the Limerick Chronicle. The Limerick Chronicle was founded in 1768 by John Ferrar ^[2] who was a prominent bookseller and printer in Limerick. The Limerick Chronicle is the longest running newspaper in Ireland. In 2018, the Limerick Chronicle went from a stand alone newspaper published on a Tuesday to a supplement in the weekend edition of the Limerick Leader.^{[citation needed]}

The paper is owned by Iconic Newspapers, which acquired Johnston Press's titles in the Republic of Ireland in 2014.^[3]

Notable contributors

Margaret Moloney, hailed as Ireland's first and oldest serving harbour master, was a journalist and contributed local news from Glin, Co Limerick as 'Our Glin Correspondent'.^[4][5]