Ireland's current affairs magazine, Village, has ceased publication after four years with losses estimated at more than €700,000 (£564,000). Its founder and editor, Vincent Browne, blamed "a significant downturn in advertising and the cancellation of special contract publications we were undertaking for third parties".
Originally a weekly, the magazine became a monthly in January last year. Browne, one of Ireland's most controversial journalists, is an Irish Times columnist and the presenter of a nightly news show on TV3. All the material from Village's 170 back issues will soon appear on its website. (Source: Irish Times)
