forth
EditorJason Walsh
CategoriesNews and current affairs
FrequencyDaily
Total circulation40,000 per month
First issue2009
Final issue2018
Companyforth communications
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
Websiteforth.ie

forth was an English language Irish Internet magazine focusing on Irish politics, culture and society. It was founded in October 2009 and had almost 40,000 readers as of 31 October 2009.[1] The website's last post was in 2018.

Editors and contributors

forth was edited by Irish journalist Jason Walsh. Walsh has contributed to the Irish Times, the Irish Examiner, the Sunday Business Post, the Guardian, the Sunday Times, The Independent, the Christian Science Monitor, Magill, Village, Business and Finance, Wired, Mute, Rising East and the Dubliner.[2][3]

Contributors included journalists Lenny Antonelli and Brendan O'Neill, free software activist Richard Stallman,[4] economist Stephen Kinsella, former Sinn Féin councilor Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh and Gerard Casey.

Content

forth took a partisan left-libertarian stance[5] on current affairs that was described as "sometimes offbeat, often original" by Irish journalist Gerard Cunnigham.[6] The magazine criticized the 'lynching' of Jan Moir, a stance noted by The Guardian and criticized by The Independent newspapers.[7][8] The magazine has also criticized Ireland's trade unions as timid and in decline,[9] and argued that Trinity College Dublin should be demolished,[10] prompting a response from Senator David Norris.[11]

Alongside its traditional material, forth published a series of correspondences on various subjects called 'Back and Forth'.

References

  1. ↑ Forward Thinking On The Web. PRLog (31 October 2009). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  2. ↑ forth: forward thinking from ireland. Forth.ie (8 October 2009). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Jason Walsh. journalisted.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Another Green World: October 2009. Another-green-world.blogspot.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  5. ↑ forth: forward thinking from ireland. Forth.ie (1 June 2009). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Cunningham, Gerard. (28 October 2009) Reading Matters » 200 Words. Faduda.ie. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  7. ↑ The power of tweets | From. The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Freedom of speech is fine until the invective is against you – Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Commentators. The Independent (19 October 2009). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  9. ↑ forth: forward thinking from ireland. Forth.ie. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  10. ↑ forth: forward thinking from ireland. Forth.ie (27 October 2009). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  11. ↑ forth: forward thinking from ireland. Forth.ie (29 October 2009). Retrieved 20 October 2011.
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