Celtic Media Group


Celtic Media Group provides publishing, printing and pre-press services to the Irish newspaper sector.  It also has a digital consultancy service.
It is owned by its Irish management team, following a management buy-out led by CEO Frank Mulrennan in 2012.  The group was previously owned by Scottish media firm, Dunfermline Press Group.
Celtic Media has expanded since with the acquisition of the Connaught Telegraph in 2014 and its co-ownership of Dublin People Group, publisher of Northside People & Southside People, acquired in 2018.
It employs a total workforce of 110 staff and has invested significantly in its integrated newspaper publishing system, purchased from the Newscycle company.
The group's publishing titles – among them Meath Chronicle; Anglo Celt; Westmeath Examiner – were the subject of an acquisition bid by INM in late 2016 which was approved by the Competition & Consumer Protection Commission and the Department of Communications.
However, both parties opted not to proceed with the acquisition due to the level of undertakings around employment levels required by the regulatory process.
The print company, operated by Celtic in Navan, has been restructured with the loss of 16 jobs and the cessation of its long-standing Trinity Mirror contract.
Two new print contracts have been secured – the Northern Standard newspaper and the Racing Post Weekender title – with the Navan plant now operating on a lower cost base.
In March 2020, Celtic Media announced that they are laying off workers on a temporary basis.
In May 2020, it was announced that Southside People and Northside People, which Celtic Media owned a 49% stake in, closed its business and are seeking to appoint a liquidator.

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