Irish Times may print second daily

The Irish Times is expected to seek a contract to print another daily newspaper in addition to the Irish Times when a €12.5 million investment in its CityWest printing plant is completed later this year.

The Irish Times is expected to seek a contract to print another daily newspaper in addition to the Irish Times when a €12.5 million investment in its CityWest printing plant is completed later this year.

The investment will provide sufficient capacity to print two daily titles at one time and will also allow the paper to seek another Sunday paper to print alongside the Mail on Sunday.

The profits from contract printing are ...