A Cork-based newspaper established 132 years ago has appointed its first female editor.
The Southern Star announced the appointment of Siobhán Cronin on International Women's Day.
She previously served as the paper's news editor.
The title is one of Ireland's oldest provincial titles and remains in family ownership.
Ms Cronin, who was born in Ennis, Co Clare, but raised in Blackrock in Cork city, is a former senior journalist with The Irish Independent.
She said she is "very proud to have been given the opportunity to lead a newspaper with such an excellent reputation in newsgathering and telling the stories of the wonderful people of west Cork and beyond.
"I look forward to overseeing it progress and develop at a time when trusted journalism is more important than ever."
Southern Star managing director Sean Mahon said Ms Cronin has "done a fantastic job over the last seven years as our news editor and has played a key role in our transition and evolution to becoming a successful multimedia local news and information publisher for west Cork."
