TCH completes Echo Group purchase

IRISH EXAMINER owner Thomas Crosbie Holdings (TCH) has bought The Echo Group of newspapers in Wexford.

The acquisition of The Echo Group, which was founded in 1902, gives TCH coast-to-coast ownership of newspapers and brings the number of titles owned by the company in Ireland and Britain to 18.

TCH group managing director Anthony Dinan said the addition of the Enniscorthy Echo, New Ross Echo, Gorey Echo and Wexford Echo titles to the group is the latest milestone in its acquisitive strategy.