Key reader gains for Irish Examiner

THE Irish Examiner was the only national daily broadsheet last year to gain readers in the key ABC1 category, according to the Joint National Readership Survey (JNRS) published today.

The figures for the high earning professional ABC1 readership sector jumped 10% from 78,000 to 86,000, while the Irish Times and Irish Independent lost 16% or 48,000 and 5% or 15,000 respectively.

The Irish Examiner also comes out on top in the solus readership figures people who only read one national daily newspaper. With 78% of this group the Irish Examiner has the highest percentage readership followed by the Irish Independent and Irish Times.