TheJournal.ie News

Name: TheJournal.ie News
Rating: 4.7 (2542 reviews)
Author: Journal Media

By: Journal Media

Ireland's favourite news app

Features & Capabilities

TheJournal.ie News is Ireland's favorite news app for Chrome, delivering breaking stories, investigations, and thoughtful commentary from The Journal's multi-award-winning team. Access trusted Irish and global reporting with free reading or upgrade to an ad-free experience with a subscription.

Key features include real-time news alerts, explainers, podcasts (The Explainer, The Candidate, and more), user submissions, polls, fact-checking, and reader discussions. It also brings Voices, Money Diaries, Sitdown Sunday, quizzes, newsletters, and easy sharing to your networks, all designed for a fast, engaging reading experience.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App News & Magazines

By:

Journal Media

Rating:

4.70

(2,542)

Version:

3.39.0 Last updated: 2026-05-20

Version code:

886266027

Creation date:

2010-12-17

Compatible devices:

Size:

53.64MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 37,380 ▼ 69

Other rankings

#63 in news keyword 36 ▲ 6

Other platforms

TheJournal.ie News (v6.3.1)

927,364 4.26

(8,604)

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Developed by:

Journal Media

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/thejournal-ie-news/id409359491

Website:

http://www.thejournal.ie

User Reviews

Overall, the reviews show a generally favorable view of TheJournal.ie News: it's easy to use with a clean interface, and it helps expats and those seeking Irish news feel connected to home, offering timely local and world coverage from a European/Irish perspective. However, recurring issues include perceived bias or editorial slant toward certain viewpoints, concerns about too much COVID coverage, and several technical/UI flaws (comment posting bugs, scrolling/top navigation issues, and feature changes like thumbs). Some also criticize sensationalist headlines. In short: strong value for home-focused news, but reliability and balance are common points of critique.

Pros

Easy-to-use, clean, intuitive interface.
Keeps expats connected to home with strong Irish news focus.
Offers an Irish/European perspective and is perceived as more neutral than US outlets.
Timely, up-to-date coverage of local and world news.

Cons

Perceived bias/editorial slant toward certain viewpoints.
COVID coverage dominates the content, crowding out other topics.
UI/UX issues and bugs, including a comment-posting bug and navigation glitches.
Sensationalist headlines and use of lead images.

Recent reviews

So unfairly bias. Country crying out for middle ground

by Mo*****, 2026-03-03

I find your reporting very pro- British. If someone mentions ‘the north of Ireland’ you will change it to Northern Ireland, why? What you are doing is what the Brit’s want - portray the 6 counties as a different country oblivious to the thousands of Irish people who see it as much a part of Ireland as cork or Kerry. If you want to be viewed as an independent and honest news app then quote people in what and how they say things not as you would want them to say it. Actually, I’d love to know the answer to this question - are you instructed/told you MUST revere to the north of Ireland as Northern Ireland and change people’s reference to NI using any other term????