Irish News Newspaper Northern Ireland is a compact-sized daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is perceived as being broadly Irish nationalist in outlook. It focuses primarily on Ulster content, though it is also available throughout Ireland.

The Irish News is the only independently owned daily newspaper based in Northern Ireland and has been so since its launch on 15 August 1891 as an anti-Parnell newspaper. Bringing events more up-to-date, the paper saw a dramatic growth in its circulation, with the beginning of The Troubles in 1968, peaking around the time of the peak in violence in 1971 and declining thereafter.

Most newspapers were slow to recognise that this would be only a short–term situation, and coupled with major changes in how radio and television news was presented, circulation declined almost as rapidly as it had risen.

In June 1982, the paper came under total control of the company’s present owners, and the fortunes of the paper began to change dramatically. It is the second most read newspaper in Northern Ireland and it is also widely read in County Donegal. The newspaper is also well known for its coverage of Gaelic games.

The Irish News is part of the Northern Media Group consortium who own six radio stations across Northern Ireland: Five FM, Six FM, Seven FM, Q97.2, Q101.2 and Q102.9. They are also involved with one of the fastest expanding local newspaper companies on both sides of the border, River Media, who, along with Alpha Newspapers, are also investors in the Northern Media Group.

It recently launched a viral video service entitled INTV, similar in style to YouTube featuring Television Broadcast journalists reporting on and discussing topics mentioned in the paper. The paper also launched their Irish language section, An tEolas, with an island-wide billboard and television campaign.