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The Irish Independent published its first issue on the 2nd of January 1905. It was founded by William Martin Murphy as the direct successor to The Irish Daily Independent and Daily Nation, an 1890s pro-Parnellite newspaper.
The Irish Independent is owned by Mediahuis Ireland, a subsidiary of the Belgian media group Mediahuis. The Irish High Court approved Mediahuis's takeover of the parent company INM in July 2019.
The Irish Independent described the 1916 Easter Rising as "insane and criminal" and called for the shooting of its leaders. The line became one of the most widely cited in Irish newspaper history.
New Irish Writing is a creative writing feature published in the Irish Independent since 2011, along with its associated Hennessy Award. It was originally established by David Marcus in 1969 in the Irish Press and is described as the longest-running feature of its kind in any Irish or British newspaper.
Average print circulation of the Irish Independent was approximately 165,000 copies per issue in 1999 and had dropped to approximately 100,000 by 2016. Independent News and Media exited the ABC auditing process in 2019.
The Irish Independent introduced an additional compact size in 2004 alongside its traditional broadsheet format. In December 2012, following Denis O'Brien's takeover, it was announced the paper would become compact only.