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THE IRISH NEWS 113-117 Donegal St Belfast BT1 Tel: 01232 322 226 Fax: 01232 337 539 Website: http://www.irishnews.com e-mail: [email protected] One of the city's oldest-serving newspapers dates back to the Belfast Morning News, Ireland's first penny newsheet, which was founded in 1855. The Nationalist agenda was polarised in 1890 by the Parnell / O' Shea scandal. Out of this, The Irish News emerged, with an anti-Parnell stance. The first issue appeared on August 15, 1991. Today, the ethos is described as constitutional Nationalism, and the paper stresses that it has featured articles from writers as diverse as Hugh Annesley, Seamus Mallon, Jimmy Carter, Sammy Wilson, Gerry Adams and Martin Smyth. In recent times, The Irish News has presented anti-violence editorials in alliance with the Unionist News Letter, earning international plaudits for the two publications.
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