Short history
In 1994 The Irish Times was the first newspaper in Britain and Ireland, and among the first 30 in the world, to publish on the world wide web. It appeared as a series of simple text pages until graphics and pictures were introduced in 1996.
Over the following years, the range of services and content accessible through the site continued to grow, and in March 1999 the site was relaunched as ireland.com. The URL and brand houses The Irish Times print edition and ancillary sites focusing on the traditional franchise areas of the newspaper.
It continues to provide a range of internet-based products aimed at those interested in Ireland and all things Irish and through its Digital Archive, it provides 150 years worth of Irish Times back issues and allows over 16 million articles and advertisements published within the Irish Times since 1859 to be searched and viewed online from anywhere in the world.
The site has won many awards, including Golden Spiders and a Net visionary in Ireland, IP TOP awards in Zurich and Eppy awards in the United States. It continues to innovate and has increasingly employed multimedia to enhance its coverage.
Company information- Registered in Ireland as: Itronics Limited
- Registration Number: 97432
- Registered Office: The Irish Times Building, 24-28 Tara St, Dublin 2
