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The first edition of The Irish Times appeared on the 29th of March 1859. Lawrence E. Knox, a twenty-two-year-old army officer, launched the publication from offices at 4 Lower Abbey Street in Dublin.
Major Thomas McDowell became president for life of The Irish Times Trust when ownership transferred to the trust in 1974. The Trust is regulated by a legal document called the Memorandum and Articles of Association and has no beneficial shareholders or ability to pay dividends.
During World War II, The Irish Times faced problems with Irish Government censorship while remaining largely pro-Allies. R. M. Smyllie served as editor during the 1930s with strong anti-fascist views that angered the Irish Catholic hierarchy.
The Irish Times launched an online edition of its newspaper in 1994 through IEunet.ie which moved to Irish-times.ie in 1995. Beginning in 2015, the paper reintroduced a paywall for its website starting the 23rd of February with costs up to €50 a month.
Winners included Libra by Don DeLillo in 1989, Possession by A. S. Byatt in 1990, Wartime Lies by Louis Begley in 1991, Mating by Norman Rush in 1992, The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx in 1993, The Master of Petersburg by J. M. Coetzee in 1995, Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane in 1997, Birds of America: Stories by Lorrie Moore in 1999, and Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje in 2001.