Overall, newspaper sales in Ireland remained constant during the first half of the year, according to the latest report from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

For daily titles, the Irish Times was stable, with sales at 118,150. The Irish Independent fell slightly, to 160,818.

For Sunday titles, The Sunday Times dropped an average of 2,500 sales, to 105,614, while the Sunday Tribune dropped 2.8 percent, to 70,192 copies, of which only 64,216 were bought at the full price. The Sunday Independent held steady at 287,942. Of those, 268,803 were bought at the full rate.

The Sunday Business Post saw a 1.2 percent rise, to 56,522.