Westmeath Topic

Type| Weekly newspaper
Format| Tabloid (Wednesday)
Owner(s)| Topic Newspapers[1]
Founded| 11 November 1971; 53 years ago (1971-11-11)[2]
Headquarters| 6 Dominick Street
Mullingar
County Westmeath
Ireland
N91 VHW7
Website| topic.ie

The Westmeath Topic is a weekly newspaper founded in Mullingar, Ireland in November 1971.[3] It was established by Dick Hogan, Albert Morris and Tommy Kiernan, each of whom had previously worked with the Westmeath Examiner.[3]

Beginning as a small A4-size magazine under the name "TOPIC", the publication subsequently became a weekly newspaper circulated primarily in the Midlands Region.[2]

It is one of a small number of Irish titles which are still printed, published and owned locally.[2] The newspaper is owned by the Topic Newspapers group, which also publishes the Athlone Topic, Meath Topic and Offaly Topic titles.[4]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "BAI Report on Ownership and Control of Media Businesses in Ireland 2015-2017" (PDF). Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2024 - via oireachtas.ie.
2. ^ a b c "Half a century of headlines: "Topic" celebrates fifty years of respected journalism". topic.ie. Topic Newspapers. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
3. ^ a b "Will Ireland's local newspapers be fit to print in 2030?". The Times. The Times (UK). 16 April 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
4. ^ "Regional Press - Westmeath Topic". medialive.ie. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

## External links

[edit]

* Topic.ie

* v
* t
* e

Media in County Westmeath

Print|

* Athlone Advertiser
* Athlone Topic
* Westmeath Examiner
* Westmeath Independent
* Westmeath Topic

Radio|

* iRadio
* Midlands 103
* Midlands Gold

This news magazine or journal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template