SOME INTEREST IN CONTRACT FOR IRISH LANGUAGE PAPER

Date Published: 29-Jun-2009

A new contract for an Irish language national newspaper will be drawn up in the coming weeks.The move follows the closure of Connemara based Foinse, which is owned by businessman Padraig O'Ceidigh.Monéir Teo, the Carraroe based company which published Foinse, turned down the funding on offer from Irish language body Foras na GaeilgeThey said it wasn't enough to keep the paper viable as it has suffered a 75 per cent downturn in advertisingHowever, it's understood a number of parties have already expressed an interest in taking over the contract, which is still on the table with funding of 355 thousand euro.