Ireland on Sunday
[2] On 21 September 1997, the publication was relaunched as Ireland on Sunday, a three-section, full-colour broadsheet newspaper incorporating The Title as its tabloid-format sports section.The venture was backed by a consortium of Irish and Irish-American investors, headed by the property developer Paschal Taggart.[1] In July 2000, Ireland on Sunday was sold to Scottish Radio Holdings for approximately €10.16 million, with Hayes remaining in place as editor.[3] The paper's columnists included nationalist historian Tim Pat Coogan and publisher of the New York-based Irish Voice Niall O'Dowd.[7] It attracted controversy on several occasions, clashing with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern over invasion of privacy and supporting swimmer Michelle Smith long after other newspapers had turned against her over allegations of doping.