FUTURE OF GALWAY BASED NEWSPAPER HANGS IN BALANCE

Date Published: 16-Jun-2009

A Connemara based newspaper has been guaranteed two more weeks of funding as attempts are made to iron out it's future.Management at 'Foinse', in Carraroe, have been guaranteed funding for two more weekly editions, but are in the dark as to the papers future after that period.As an Irish language initiative Foinse receives funding from Forás na Gaeilge, but a recent grant sanctioned by the organisation was not deemed sufficient to ensure the paper's survival.It's understood that the newspaper is losing money every week due to a 75% reduction in advertising revenue.