THREE WEEKLY papers owned by the same company closed yesterday
The Sligo, Meath and Cavan Posts, owned by Letterkenny-based River Media, were shut in succession to earlier closures of the Leitrim Post, Wicklow News, and Monaghan Post. Another paper in the Finn Valley area of Ballybofey and Stranorlar has been merged with the Letterkenny Post.
Other papers that have survived in the group, which started publishing in 2005, are Donegal Post, Inish Times, Derry News, County Derry Postand Kildare Post.
Staff yesterday were told that the closures were due to a downturn in advertising.