Celtic Media Group

Celtic Media Group provides publishing, printing and pre-press (graphic design) services to the Irish newspaper sector.  It also has a digital consultancy service.[1]

Celtic Media Group
Country of originIreland
Headquarters locationNavan, County Meath
Publication typesNewspapers
Official websitewww.celticmediagroup.ie

It is owned by its Irish management team, following a management buy-out led by CEO Frank Mulrennan in 2012.  The group was previously owned by Scottish media firm, Dunfermline Press Group. [2]

Celtic Media has expanded since with the acquisition of the Connaught Telegraph in 2014 [3] and its co-ownership of Dublin People Group, publisher of Northside People & Southside People, acquired in 2018.[4]

It employs a total workforce of 110 staff and has invested significantly in its integrated newspaper publishing system, purchased from the Newscycle company.[5]

The group's publishing titles – among them Meath Chronicle; Anglo Celt; Westmeath Examiner – were the subject of an acquisition bid by INM in late 2016 which was approved by the Competition & Consumer Protection Commission and the Department of Communications. [6]

However, both parties opted not to proceed with the acquisition due to the level of undertakings around employment levels required by the regulatory process.[7]

The print company, operated by Celtic in Navan, has been restructured with the loss of 16 jobs and the cessation of its long-standing Trinity Mirror contract. [8]

Two new print contracts have been secured – the Northern Standard newspaper and the Racing Post Weekender title – with the Navan plant now operating on a lower cost base.[9]

In March 2020, Celtic Media announced that they are laying off workers on a temporary basis. [10][11]

In May 2020, it was announced that Southside People and Northside People, which Celtic Media owned a 49% stake in, closed its business and are seeking to appoint a liquidator. [12]

Current Newspaper Titles

Former Newspaper Assets

See also
  • List of Irish newspapers

References
  1. https://www.linkedin.com/company/celtic-media-group/about/
  2. "Frank Mulrennan has big plans for his raft of local newspapers despite the tough market". The Sunday Times. 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  3. Barry, Aoife. "11 jobs saved as Connaught Telegraph sold to Celtic Media Group". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  4. Carey, Brian (2018-01-07). "Celtic Media seeks people power". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  5. "Irish media group chooses Newscycle Solutions". Mega-Conference. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  6. Bardon, Sarah. "INM takeover of Celtic Media Group to be examined". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  7. Daly, Gavin (2017-06-11). "INM's Celtic bid failed on jobs pledge". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  8. Hutton, Brian. "More than half of staff at Meath printing press to be laid off". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  9. "Meath Chronicle - Meath Chronicle stories highlighting the scourge of illegal dumping wins Local Ireland Media Award". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  10. https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0320/1124467-celtic-media-layoffs/
  11. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sliver-of-a-silver-lining-for-newspapers-in-outbreak-wxzlkl76t
  12. https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2020/0509/1137431-north-dublin-publications/
  13. "Celtic Media not to proceed with newspaper sale to INM". 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  14. Hutton, Brian (2019-08-03). "More than half of staff at Meath printing press to be laid off". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  15. O'Donoghue, Paul (2017-06-05). "INM has scrapped a deal to buy a slew of Irish papers. Here's what you need to know". Fora. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  16. Daly, Gavin (2017-08-06). "Stacking the odds". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  17. https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0320/1124467-celtic-media-layoffs/
  18. Carey, Brian (2018-01-07). "Celtic Media seeks people power". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  19. https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2020/0509/1137431-north-dublin-publications/
  20. https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2020/0509/1137431-north-dublin-publications/
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