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For most of its history, the Irish Independent (also called simply the Independent or, more colloquially, the Indo) was seen as a right-wing, nationalist, catholic newspaper, which gave its political allegiance to Cumann na nGaedhael and later its successor party, Fine Gael. It urged Irish support, along with the Irish Christian Front , for General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
In the 1970s, it was taken over by former Heinz chairman, Tony O'Reilly (now known as Sir Anthony O'Reilly). Under his leadership, it became a more populist mid-market newspaper. It also became less politically aligned with Fine Gael. In the 1997 general election, it controversially endorsed Fianna Fáil under a front page editorial, entitled 'Its Payback Time'.
Its main columnists include Bruce Arnold and Sam Smyth .
Its sister paper is the Sunday Independent. Other newspapers in the Independent News & Media group include the Evening Herald, the Daily Star (Irish edition), the Sunday World (all tabloids), many local Irish newspapers and The Independent, a London-based newspaper, as well as newspapers in Australia and South Africa. It has a major share in the Sunday Tribune, an up-market Sunday broadsheetBroadsheet is a size and format for newspapers, and a descriptive term applied to papers which use that format rather than the smaller tabloid format. Broadsheets measure roughly 29½ by 23½ inches (74. 7 cm) per spread, twice the size of a standard tabloi. Its enemies accuse the Independent Group of holding an 'unhealthy dominance' of the Irish newspaper market, all the more so since the closure of the Irish Press GroupThe Irish Press was an Irish newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 1931 and 1995. The newspaper was controlled by Eamon de Valera and his family, and as a consequence, supported Fianna Fail consistantly throughout its life. Later, the Irish Press in the early 1990s; with the closure of the Evening Press, the Independent's Evening Herald is now the only Irish national evening newspaper. It is an allegation the Independent disputes. What is not in dispute is that it offers a product that is widely read by Irish newspaper readers.
In 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co the paper launched a tabloidA tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. This is the smaller of two standard newspaper sizes; the larger newspapers, associated with higher-quality journalis version of itself, aiming to capture the Dublin commuter market, the paper's broadsheet layout because of its size being difficult for bus and rail commuters to read. The launch was a success, with some media analysts questioning whether the paper might not abandon the broadsheet layout altogether and simply produce a tabloid version. However no such a decision to date has been made, and that last Irish broadsheet to go entirely tabloid, the Irish PressThe Irish Press was an Irish newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 1931 and 1995. The newspaper was controlled by Eamon de Valera and his family, and as a consequence, supported Fianna Fail consistantly throughout its life. Later, the Irish Press, lost much of its readership, as did the Evening Herald when it changed from broadsheet to tabloid.
Its main national broadsheet rival is The Irish TimesThe Irish Times is Ireland's " newspaper of record", launched in the late 1850s. The current editor is Geraldine Kennedy, who succeeded Conor Brady in 2002. Its main daily rival is the Irish Independent newspaper, Ireland's best-selling broadsheet newspap.