Donegal on Sunday explained

Donegal on Sunday
Type:Weekly newspaper
Foundation:March 2004
Price:€1.10, 0.80p
Owners:Derry Journal Newspapers
Headquarters:Letterkenny, County Donegal
Editor:Connie Duffy
Circulation:6,691(Jan-Jun 2007)[1]
Website:www.donegalonsunday.com

Donegal on Sunday was a local tabloid newspaper published in County Donegal, Ireland. It launched in March 2004 as an edition of the Sunday Journal, published by the Derry Journal. Originally called the Sunday Democrat, it was based in Letterkenny. It was part of the only local paper in Ireland to be published on a Sunday with a circulation of 6,691 in 2007.[2] Both the Donegal Democrat and the Donegal People's Press are sister papers of Donegal on Sunday through Derry Journal Newspapers, a holding company of Johnston Press.

By 2012, sales had fallen to 3,547 copies per issue, and the newspaper was closed.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.abc.org.uk/certificates/14413838.pdf Audited Bureau of Circulations
  2. http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=20605 ABC Profile on Sunday Journal incorporating Donegal on Sunday
  3. "Johnston Press closes Irish weekly", Press Gazette, 9 July 2012.