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''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011;〔(O'Sullivan appointed 'Irish Times' Editor ) ''The Irish Times'', 23 June 2011. 〕 the deputy editor is Denis Staunton.〔(Irish Times appointments ) ''The Irish Times'', 13 August 2011.〕 ''The Irish Times'' is published every day except Sundays. It employs 420 people. Though formed as a Protestant nationalist paper, within two decades and under new owners it had become the voice of Irish unionism. It is no longer considered a unionist paper; it is generally perceived as being politically liberal and progressive, as well as being centre-right on economic issues.〔McCabe,Conor, ''Sins of the Father: Tracing the Decisions That Shaped the Irish Economy'' (Dublin, 2011), p. 179.〕 The paper's most prominent columnists include writer and arts commentator Fintan O'Toole and the satirist Miriam Lord. Former Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald was also a columnist. Senior international figures, including Tony Blair and Bill Clinton, have written for its op-ed page. Its most prominent columns have included ''Drapier'' (an anonymous piece produced weekly by a politician, giving the 'insider' view of politics), ''Rite and Reason'' (a weekly religious column, edited by Patsy McGarry, the 'religious affairs' editor) and the long-running ''An Irishman's Diary''. ''An Irishman's Diary'' was penned by Patrick Campbell in the forties (under the pseudonym 'Quidnunc'), by Seamus Kelly from 1949-1979 (also writing as 'Quidnunc'), and more recently by Kevin Myers. Since Myer's move to the rival ''Irish Independent'', "An Irishman's Diary" is usually the work of Frank McNally. On the sports pages, Philip Reid is the paper's golf correspondent. One of its most famous columns was the biting and humorous ''Cruiskeen Lawn'' satire column written by Myles na gCopaleen, the pen name of Brian O'Nolan (Brian Ó Nualláin) who also wrote books using the name Flann O'Brien. ''Cruiskeen Lawn'' is an Anglicised spelling of the Irish words ''cruiscín lán'', meaning 'the full little jug'. ''Cruiskeen Lawn'' made its debut in October 1940 and appeared with varying regularity until O'Nolan's death in 1966. Circulation has declined in recent years. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had a daily circulation of 100,951 during the first six months of 2011. The average daily circulation, of ''The Irish Times'' was down to 92,565 for the period January to June 2012 according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) (ABC). This represented a fall in circulation of 8% on a year-on-year basis, slightly less than the average newspaper decline of 9%.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Irish Morning Newspaper ABC Circulations, Jan-June 2012 )〕 Circulation then further declined to 88,356 for the period July to December 2012. This represented a fall in circulation of 8% on a year-on-year basis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Morning Newspapers ABC Circulations, July-Dec 2012 )〕 Circulation then further declined to 80,332 copies per day in .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Morning Newspaper Circulation Jan-June 2014 )〕 Circulation then further declined to 76,882 copies per day in .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ABC Morning Newspaper Circulation July-December 2014 )〕 Circulation then declined to 76,194 for the period January to June 2015. 〔http://www.ilevel.ie/media-blog/print/abc-circulation-jan-june-2015〕 ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Irish Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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