domingo, 11 de agosto de 2013

IRISH NEWSPAPERS. There are daily, evening and sunday newspapers. Some newspapers like The Irish Times have gor Irish-language columns.

Quality newspapers: Irish Independent, The Irish Times and Irish Examiner.
Tabloids: Irish Daily Star, The Irish Sun, Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Mail.
 
Oxford dictionary:

Definition of tabloid in English


Pronunciation: /ˈtablɔɪd/
  • a newspaper having pages half the size of those of the average broadsheet, typically popular in style and dominated by sensational stories: [as modifier]:the tabloid press

Origin:

late 19th century: from tablet + -oid. Originally the proprietary name of a medicine sold in tablets, the term came to denote any small medicinal tablet; the current sense reflects the notion of ‘concentrated, easily assimilable’

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