Nenaghlive

Nenaghlive is a news website serving Nenagh, a town of approximately 10,000 people in west County Tipperary. Nenaghlive is populated by content from The Nationalist and its sister paper, The Tipperary Star. The Nationalist is a weekly local paper that was founded in Clonmel, a town in south County Tipperary, in 1890. For most of the paper’s history, it was known as the Nationalist and Munster Advertiser; however, in 2011, it reverted to The Nationalist, its original title. The Tipperary Star is a weekly local newspaper published in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. It was founded in 1908 by long-time newspaper editor Edward Long. The Nationalist and the Star are the main media outlets serving County Tipperary in the Midlands region of Ireland.
Nenaghlive was launched in 2021 and primarily runs stories appearing in the Nationalist and Star’s print editions. Toggling between the Nenghlive.ie and Tipperarylive.ie (the other news website populated by the Nationalist and Star) reveals little difference in news content. Information about page visits for the Nenaghlive itself is not publicly available, though the ‘advertising’ section of the website claims 10,000 ‘local potential customers’ across print and digital.
The decision to launch Nenaghlive was made by its owner, Iconic Newspapers. All Iconic news websites now include ‘live’ at the end of their URLs. Iconic’s push for centralised local news sites aligns with broader ‘digital first’ trends in the Irish news industry. Newspaper owners in Ireland are increasingly reducing staff numbers through voluntary redundancies and layoffs. Some owners (such as Mediahuis) are planning to phase out print publications altogether due to declining print circulation and increasing costs. It is important to note, however, that unlike most other Iconic ‘live’ websites, Nenaghlive did not emerge from a print publication and was instead created as a digital-only entity (though it is populated by other Tipperary newspapers).
The collection of local news sites under a single banner also represents another layer of de-localisation in the Irish news industry. Irish newspaper ownership has become increasingly concentrated in the 21st century, and Iconic (Media Concierge) is now Ireland’s largest holder of local and regional papers, with 18 titles. The impact of the combined concentration in ownership and web presence is that traditionally hyper-local titles such as the Tipperary Star now also share regional and national content on their websites.
Further, there is a degree of opacity around the curation of content on centralised news sites compared to local titles. For example, information regarding management of Nenaghlive and its content is not provided on the website. The only contact information provided is a general email address for advertising and news. Indeed, there does not appear to be a dedicated editorial staff for the website. This lack of editorial transparency is problematic and raises the question of whether Ireland’s online news sites will adhere to the same level of editorial transparency as in print publications.
The newspapers that populate Nenaghlive— Star and the Nationalist—were purchased from Johnstown Press by Iconic Newspapers in a 2014 acquisition. Iconic Newspapers is owned by Media Concierge Holdings Group Limited, which is in turn owned by The Denmark Family, with UK businessman Callum Denmark as the controlling shareholder.

(Last updated in May 2026)