Lá

Lá (Irish for "Day"; later known as Lá Nua, Irish for "New Day") was an Irish-language daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first daily newspaper in Ireland to be published in Irish. Lá Nua was owned by the Belfast Media Group,^[3] and was a sister paper of the Andersonstown News.

TypeDaily newspaper

FormatTabloid

PublisherBelfast Media Group

EditorDónall Mac Giolla Chóill

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Lá

Lá Nua front page 21 May 2004
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Publisher	Belfast Media Group
Editor	Dónall Mac Giolla Chóill
Founded	1984[1]
Ceased publication	December 2008[2]
Language	Irish
Headquarters	Teach Basil, 2 Hannahstown Hill, Belfast. Northern Ireland

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Established in the 1980s,^[4] it developed from a broadsheet format to a European tabloid size. With a print circulation of a few thousand and an active website, Lá catered for the Irish language community throughout the island and abroad. It had a range of supplements, including Arts, Education, Sport, Business and Entertainment.^{[citation needed]}

It had five editors, including founders Gearóid Ó Cairealláin and Eoghan Ó Néill, Ciarán Ó Pronntaigh, Concubhar Ó Liatháin and finally Dónall Mac Giolla Chóill (Feb-Dec 2008).^{[citation needed]}

In October 2008, it was announced that the newspaper would cease publication at the end of 2008. Foras na Gaeilge decided not to further fund the paper due to its insufficient circulation and availability.^{[citation needed]} The final issue was published on 19 December 2008.^[5]

The literary section was carried in the Andersonstown News for a few months edited by Dónall Mac Giolla Chóill and later by Ciarán Ó Pronntaigh, and all the articles were available on the official site, nuacht.com, until the site was finally taken offline.^{[citation needed]}