The Irish Daily Star (formerly known simply as The Star) is a tabloid newspaper published in Ireland by Reach plc, which owns the British Daily Star. The Irish Daily Star became known for its comprehensive in-depth coverage of and thorough focus on crime, often featuring sensational coverage. It also focuses heavily on celebrity matters, and has a large sports section. Between 2003 and 2011, a Sunday edition was published, as Irish Daily Star Sunday. Like its British tabloid counterpart, the Irish Daily Star has a red-top mast head. History First published on 29 February 1988, nominally the paper was the Irish version of the UK tabloid Daily Star. It did, however, contain more Irish content than any similar Irish editions of the UK national newspapers. The tabloid had strong nationalist leanings, claiming on its slogan to be "Better... because we're Irish". The newspaper's offices were located in Terenure, Dublin 6W, until November 2010. They then relocated to Building 4 of the Dundrum Town Centre complex. The Star employs 70 staff directly. The controlling editor of the paper for many years was Gerard Colleran, who often appears on television programmes such as Tonight with Vincent Browne. Michael O'Kane took over from Colleran as editor of the Irish Daily Star on 25 November 2011. Colleran then became Managing Director of the tabloid. In September 2018, Reach plc, publisher of the Mirror, acquired the 50% stake formally owned by Northern & Shell. In April 2020, the editor Eoin Brannigan left the Irish Daily Star. In July 2020, it was announced that Independent News & Media had reached an agreement to sell their 50% stake in Independent Star to Reach plc. The agreement is subject to competition authority approval and is expected to close in late 2020. In November 2020, the acquisition of the 50% stake owned by Independent News & Media was approved by the regulator and the minister. Content While the Daily Star focuses almost exclusively on celebrity content, the Irish Star includes mostly coverage of Irish issues and sport. In Northern Ireland, The Irish Star features a green masthead, in order to distinguish it from the UK version which is also sold there. It also differs from the Irish Daily Star in that it features more news about Northern Ireland. Circulation According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Ireland, the average daily circulation of the Irish Daily Star: Business The 2011