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717 journalists in Ireland (September 2026)

717 journalists are on file in Ireland, 0.6% of the 127,602 on file. 254 are reporters and 247 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

717 Journalists on file
254 Reporters
247 Editors
0.97 Editors per reporter

Ireland has 0.97 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Ireland
Reporters 254 35.4%
Editors 247 34.4%
Anchors and presenters 121 16.9%
Correspondents 55 7.7%
Other editorial 17 2.4%
Columnists 15 2.1%
Critics and reviewers 8 1.1%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

188 of the 717 journalists on file in Ireland carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Sports 47 25.0%
Business 21 11.2%
Culture and arts 15 8.0%
Politics 15 8.0%
Crime and courts 14 7.4%
Entertainment 13 6.9%
Health 10 5.3%
Food 6 3.2%
Education 6 3.2%
Technology 4 2.1%
Real estate 4 2.1%
Science 4 2.1%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Ireland

OutletTypeJournalists in IrelandAll journalists on file
RTE Broadcasters 386 405
The Irish Times Newspapers 172 179
TG4 Broadcasters 18 19
BBC Broadcasters 12 3,935
Storyful Wire agencies 9 33
Christmas Fm Broadcasters 6 6
PA Media Wire agencies 5 309
The Currency Newspapers 5 6
The Echo Newspapers 5 21
Videoelephant Broadcasters 5 9
Sky News Broadcasters 4 375
Belfast Telegraph Newspapers 3 13
Bloomberg Online outlets 3 1,785
Joe.Ie Online outlets 3 3
Pi Comms Broadcasters 3 4
The Knot Worldwide Online outlets 3 31
The Times Newspapers 3 504
dpa Wire agencies 3 136
ITV Broadcasters 2 586
The Guardian Newspapers 2 718

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Ireland, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 717 journalists in Ireland, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/ireland/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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