A campaign aimed at saving the Irish Post - which went into liquidation last month - is getting up a head of steam.
A public meeting is being held this evening at the Commons (committee room 7, at 7.30pm) to discuss alternatives to the closure of the London-based weekly.
Some of the Post's 10 staff, who have lost their jobs, are expected to speak. The event is being hosted by the all-party parliamentary group on the Irish in Britain, chaired by Labour MP Chris Ruane.
Ruane has also sponsored an early day motion along with supported by Mark Durkan, Paul Flynn, Greg Mulholland, Paul Murphy and Robert Walter.
Among the first signatories are Frank Dobson, Peter Bottomley, Stephen Pound, Mike Hancock and Jack Dromey.
The motion begins by expressing its "concern at the sudden decision of the Cork-based Thomas Crosbie Holdings to close the longest running, largest circulation community weekly newspaper for the Irish in the UK."
It goes on to describe the Post as a central pillar of the Irish community" and offers support to that community "in its battle to save this vital resource."
To understand more about the significance of the Irish Post, read two Press Gazette pieces, one by Joe Horgan here and anther by the Post's excellent former columnist, Paul Donovan, here.
The Irish Post campaign can be contacted directly by emailing savetheirishpost@hotmail.co.uk
Source: NUJ
