Limerick Leader sold for €23m

THE Leinster Leader newspaper group will double in size after completing the purchase of the Limerick Leader for close to €23 million.

Limerick Leader sold for €23m

Yesterday’s deal ends the stewardship of the Limerick Leader by descendants of Jeremiah Buckley who founded the newspaper in 1889.

The Leinster Leader Limited, the expanding Naas-based provincial newspaper group, which also publishes the Leinster Express, the Offaly Express and the Dundalk Democrat, reached final agreement to acquire the Limerick Leader group of newspapers late on Tuesday night.

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