Smartphone now the leading device for sourcing news - Reuters report

Latest: A combined 34% of those surveyed used Landmark Media's titles Breakingnews.ie and IrishExaminer.com to access their news over the course of the survey week.

Update 11am: The 2018 Reuters Digital News Report has said 2017 was a period of consolidation in the Irish media sector, observing there were no closures in the newspaper sector during the year, and that the UK-based The Times (Ireland) launched a daily print edition.

During the year, The Irish Times agreed a deal to acquire all the publishing and media interests of Landmark Media Group, the Cork-based company that owns the Irish Examiner, the daily Evening Echo, seven regional titles and a number of online-only titles incuding BreakingNews.ie and RecruitIreland.com.