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The Irish Times is not a dreary and uninspired publication

“The Irish Times: It's surely time for this dreary and uninspired publication to fade from our newsstands. It's nothing but a dinner party conversation about it's own superiority.”
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Confidence: High Checked on May 23, 2026

Summary

The quoted criticism was not an authentic statement from The Irish Times; it appeared in an AI‑generated hoax article that the newspaper later acknowledged and apologized for. No reputable source records The Irish Times describing itself in that manner.

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  • The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence - Reviews In History

    The Irish Times editorial offered a harsh critique of the two men’s actions that seemed in Brown’s words both ‘chilly’ and ‘condescending’ (p. 223). This remoteness from the majority public opinion had also been evident in the paper’s response to the Easter Rising in 1916 which it described as a ‘criminal adventure’ (p.

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  • The Irish Times - Wikipedia

    The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. The Irish Times is Ireland's leading newspaper and is the largest subscription news service ...

  • Mass media in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

    Some of the most popular national newspapers include The Irish Times, the Irish Independent and the Irish Examiner. Local and regional papers include The Kerryman, the Evening Herald and the Evening Echo. The use of digitised versions of newspapers and websites is increasingly becoming popular, however readership amongst physical newspapers is still high in Ireland when compared to other European countries.

  • List of newspapers in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

    The Southern Star – primarily West Cork circulation ... Northside People and Southside People - Dublin People Media Group. ... The Kilkenny Reporter (free sheet, owned by Iconic Newspapers, not connected with closed newspaper of the similar name Kilkenny Reporter). The Kilkenny Observer (free sheet, owned by Amici Sempre Ltd) ... LookLeft - bi-monthly political magazine produced by the Workers' Party. Saoirse Irish Freedom – monthly newspaper aligned to Republican Sinn Féin

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  • The Irish Times – Wikipedia

    The Irish Times ist eine irische überregionale Tageszeitung, gegründet am 29. März 1859 in Dublin. Der Herausgeber ist Paul O’Neill, der am 5. April 2017 die Nachfolge von Kevin O’Sullivan antrat. The Irish Times wird täglich außer sonntags veröffentlicht.

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  • Decayed Centenary - Frank McNally on the history of Irish brain rot – The Irish Times

    One speaker angrily condemned criticism of the minister for finance, Seán MacEntee, who had “learned his nationality in a hard school” [Belfast] and fought for it more bravely that many of his critics. Fr Conifrey was unbowed. McEntee was a good Irishman, he agreed, but to support jazz dances, as he had done, “was not the spirit of the men who gave their lives for Irish freedom”. Brain rot aside, the priest went on to invoke another phrase beginning with “B”, a word of the year back in 1917 and still going strong then. As paraphrased by The Irish Times, he blamed Bolshevism for the conspiracy: “The jazz dance and music were borrowed from Central Africa by a gang of wealthy international Bolshevists,” said Fr Conifrey, “their aim being to strike at Christian civilisation throughout the world.”

  • Opinion News | Comment, Analysis & Editorial Views | The Irish Times

    Read our latest opinion pieces, featuring commentary, editorials and Irish perspectives on current affairs. Brought to you by Ireland's quality news brand, The Irish Times

  • The Irish Times | Latest news and headlines - Irish news, world news, video and podcasts

    Irish news, world news and breaking updates. Get Ireland news, business, politics, sport, lifestyle, culture, podcasts, video and more from The Irish Times, the definitive brand of award-winning, in-depth journalism.

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