The Irish Post newspaper, for over 40 years the leading flag flyer for the Irish in Britain, has gone to press for the last time.
Reports in recent days have stated that the paper, established in 1970 by Clare-born journalist Breandán Mac Lua and accountant Tony Beatty, has gone into liquidation.
In recent years the paper has been owned by Thomas Crosbie Holdings, publisher of the Irish Examiner, one of Ireland's national dailies.
According to an Irish Times report, the Post, which battled for readers with the Irish World, was acquired by TCH in 2003 for £1.7 million sterling from Jefferson Smurfit.
Cork-based TCH reported operating losses of €2.95 million for 2009 last November, and said it expected to be loss-making in fiscal 2010, the report stated.
The Irish Post had a full time staff of 12.
