THE Irish News has been nominated for regional daily newspaper of the year.
The newspaper is shortlisted in the News Awards 2021 along with nominees including the Evening Standard and the Liverpool Echo.
The Irish News has also been nominated for news website of the year.
Interpress NI, the sister company of The Irish News, is nominated for regional newspaper printer of the year.
The award winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on November 11.
According to the most recent figures, The Irish News is one of only two UK regional daily newspapers to have beaten its sales from the first Covid-19 lockdown in the first half of this year.
The Irish News now sells an average of 28,014 papers a day, which equates to around 168,000 copies each week and 8.7 million a year.
The newspaper was second in the UK's top 10-selling regional daily newspapers between January and June of this year.
