The North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing Company (NWIPP) is a family-owned newspaper group based in the Irish province of Ulster, both in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The company was established in 1901 by the Lynch family with the launch of the Ulster Herald. The company expanded rapidly in the following years adding the Derry People (now Donegal News) and Fermanagh Herald in 1902; and purchased the Strabane Chronicle, which had been established in 1896. The Tyrone Herald was launched in November 2004, and a Monday edition of the Donegal News was also launched in November 2006. The company also publishes the weekly Gaelic games paper, Gaelic Life, starting in January 2007.Ulster Herald, 17 May 2007: "NWIPP launch of Gaelic Life" The company is based in Omagh, County Tyrone. The group's circulation for the first half of 2010 (excluding Gaelic Life) was 53,038, making it one of the largest family-owned newspaper companies in Ireland.
Titles As of 2022, the publisher's titles include: Name Launched Type Circulation (as of 2010*) Donegal News (Friday) 1902 as Derry People; Donegal News from 2002 Compact 11,480 Donegal News (Monday) November 2006 Compact 3,987 Fermanagh Herald (Wednesday) 1902 Compact 13,169 Strabane Chronicle (Thursday) 1896 Compact 5,560 Tyrone Herald (Monday) 2004 Compact 6,531 Ulster Herald (Thursday) 1901 Compact 12,311 Gaelic Life (Friday) January 2007 Compact
*Note: all UK Audit Bureau of Circulations figures for period January to June 2010
References
External links NWIPP Homepage (archived 2006)