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Full coverage: INM

Digital first, but not digital only: Mediahuis Ireland’s new CEO on subscriptions, AI, and print

Sheena Peirse has built her career in digital media, not newspapers. Now she wants to lead Ireland’s largest publishing group through the next stage of transformation – with subscriptions, local news, and podcasts at the heart of the strategy.

Ian Kehoe
2nd Oct, 2025 - 12 min read

“You have to be a destination”: Mediahuis Ireland CEO on subscription and paywalls

Just five years after acquiring a struggling INM, Mediahuis Ireland has surpassed 100,000 digital subscribers. CEO Peter Vandermeersch explains how the company did it - and what is coming next.

Tom Lyons
13th Jun, 2025 - 7 min read

“No newspaper can be successful while staying the same”

After five years as editor of The Sunday Independent, Alan English reflects on the highs, challenges, and future of journalism — plus why he chose to step away from one of Ireland’s most influential newsrooms.

Tom Lyons
13th Feb, 2025 - 9 min read

From unsolicited calls to Osteria Lucio: How Red Flag sold to Ankura in a major €45m deal

In 2013, Karl Brophy and his wife, Deirdre Grant, used their life savings to found the communications firm Red Flag. It has just been sold in a big-ticket deal to a global consulting group. Brophy explains how the deal came about – and what comes next.

Tom Lyons
6th Feb, 2025 - 11 min read

Details, disclosures, and unravelling the INM report: Rewinding the week that was

The details contained in the INM report paint a picture of boardroom dysfunctionality and raise profound questions about the stewardship of the media group during the period under inspection.

Ian Kehoe
4th Aug, 2024 - 5 min read

INM and Newstalk: Inside the deal that shook Ireland’s largest media publisher to its core

INM’s proposed takeover of Newstalk ruptured an already fractured relationship between the CEO and the chairman of the listed company, part-triggering a protected disclosure. This is the blow-by-blow account of how the deal turned sour.

Ian Kehoe
1st Aug, 2024 - 22 min read

“John when will we know outcome of the exercise?” – Suspicion, “cover-ups” and data interrogation at INM

After a "significantly hampered" six-year investigation, this is what we know about the data interrogation saga at INM.

Francesca Comyn
1st Aug, 2024 - 13 min read

INM report fallout: How the main players have responded

The Corporate Enforcement Authority, Leslie Buckley, Mediahuis and Denis O'Brien made statements on the findings of the report into Independent News and Media. Former INM executives Gavin O'Reilly and Karl Brophy described it as a "weird report".

Alice Chambers
31st Jul, 2024 - 6 min read

INM report: “We were the victims of serious wrongdoing” but never interviewed

For six years, inspectors have investigated media group INM. But they never interviewed its former CEO Gavin O’Reilly or director of corporate affairs Karl Brophy despite multiple attempts by them to give evidence. This is what happened.

Tom Lyons
30th Jul, 2024 - 4 min read

What we can guess about the lengthy INM inspectors’ report

Based on draft findings, ex-INM chairman Leslie Buckley is happy for the High Court to publish an inspectors' report into corporate governance issues at the media group under its previous owners.

Francesca Comyn
23rd Jul, 2024 - 2 min read
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