🇮🇪 Irish Times

About Irish Times

The Irish Times is owned by The Irish Times Trust, a non-charitable trust established in 1974. This trust has no beneficial shareholders and any profits are reinvested to strengthen the newspaper. The Trust is governed by up to 11 Governors who are intended to be broadly representative of the community throughout Ireland.

The Irish Times is generally assessed as having a left-center bias, with Media Bias/Fact Check and Ad Fontes Media rating it as Lean Left or Left-Center. Its editorials often reflect social liberal positions on issues such as immigration and LGBTQ+ rights. Media Bias/Fact Check rates its factual reporting as high due to proper sourcing and a reasonable fact-check record. While Ireland has a free and independent press, Reporters Without Borders has previously highlighted concerns about highly concentrated media ownership and defamation laws, which can contribute to self-censorship.