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2023
- The Tyrone Herald and Dungannon Herald merged into one single edition in February.
- 10th Annual Fermanagh Herald Business Awards launched
- Kaizen undergoes a rebrand to unify Print, Digital & Brand
- NWNG acquire 4SM a Hillsborough based publishing company
2022
- Kaizen Digital Evolution is established.
- MyIrelandJobs.com launches
- Company launches its first ever Christmas Toy Appeal in partnership with St Vincent de Paul.
2021
- 10th annual Gaelic Life Ulster Club All-Stars take place online due to Covid-19 restrictions.
- Fermanagh Herald Sports Awards & Ulster Herald Sports Awards are also celebrated online.
- WeAreTyrone launches
2020
- North-West News Group acquires Belfast based creative agency - Kaizen and Kaizen Print.
- Gaelic Life becomes the first digital-only newsbrand within the group as it switches from print to online.
2017
Company launches its eighth newspaper publication - Dungannon Herald.
2016
- Fermanagh GAA Annual publication is launched
- The Ulster Herald is the last edition to be printed in house by North-West News Group presses in Omagh. All future printing is outsourced to Interpress in Belfast.
2015
Tvrone GAA Annual publication is launched
2012
- Inaugural Fermanagh Herald Sports Awards launched.
- North-West News Group becomes the trading name of North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing.
- North-West Brides magazine is launched. Fermanagh Herald Business Awards event is launched.
2008
Donegal News changes format from broadsheet to tabloid.
2007
Ulster's only dedicated GAA newspaper is launched - Gaelic Life. The paper goes on to receive an industry award for 'Niche Publication of the Year'.
2006
- Ulster Herald changes format from broadsheet to tabloid.
- Derry People - Donegal News Monday edition is launched.
- Opening of the £10m HQ building of North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing at 10 John Street, Omagh.
2005
Tyrone Herald wins first of two awards for Newspaper of the Year
2004
The Tyrone Herald newspaper is launched. Out on a Monday, the paper serves all areas in Tyrone and is first for the weekend News and Sport.
2003
Group receives Employer of Choice award.
Ulster Herald becomes an award winning title by receiving two Newspaper of the year accolades.
2001
Group celebrates 100th year anniversary. Colour introduced into newspaper titles.
2000
Creation of NWIPP Designs - an in-house diverse group of marketing, creative and technology professionals.
1999
Company develops its first ever website for the Fermanagh Herald.
1998
The Omagh Bomb atrocity and its aftermath is extensively covered in the Ulster Herald.
1997
Inaugural Fermanagh Herald Sports Awards launched.
1987
Fermanagh Herald provides coverage of the Enniskillen bombing atrocity.
1976
Computerised technology is utilised for the first time in the printing of the company's titles.
1969
The outbreak of the Troubles in the north brings with it new challenges for the Ulster Herald and Fermanagh Herald.
1968
For the first time, news is published on the front page of the Ulster Herald replacing the traditional front page populated entirely by advertisements.
1949
New printing presses are installed at the company's headquarters.
1940
News of the outbreak of World War Two is extensively covered in each of the titles.
1933
For the first time, major news events are also covered with the use of photographs.
1908
The Strabane Chronicle newspaper is bought by the group for £25.
1904
Newspaper the 'Frontier Sentinel' is first published by the newspaper group.
1902
Fermanagh Herald and Derry People - Donegal News is first published and becomes the third and fourth titles to be added to the newspaper group.
1901
North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing is established and the Ulster Herald newspaper is first published in August of the same year.
Production, NWNG

Mickey Mullin

Creative Designs Manager, NWNG

Eugene Duffy

Digital Journalist, WeAreTyrone

Thomas Maher

Journalist, Fermanagh Herald

Mark McGoldrick

Business Services Representative, Fermanagh Herald

Karen Camley

Page Design, NWNG

Siobhan Kelly

Business Development Executive, Fermanagh Herald

Roberta O’Neill

Journalist, Ulster Herald

Jarlath Cowan

Journalist, Strabane Chronicle

Paul McElwee

Production, NWNG

Raymond Bell

Senior Journalist, Ulster Herald

Alan Rodgers

Senior Business Services Representative, Fermanagh Herald

Sonia Rooney

Business Development Representative, NWNG

Shane Whitaker

Managing Editor, NWNG

Nigel McDonagh

Business Services Representative, Strabane Chronicle

Christine Gillespie

Pre-Press Manager, NWNG

Austin Lynch

Sports Editor, Fermanagh Herald

Katrina Brennan

News Editor, Ulster Herald & Tyrone Herald

Jonathan Rainey

Journalist, Ulster Herald

Emmet McElhatton

Journalist, Fermanagh Herald

John Carney

News Editor, Strabane Chronicle

Michael Devlin

Production, NWNG

Mickey Mullin

Creative Designs Manager, NWNG

Eugene Duffy

Digital Journalist, WeAreTyrone

Thomas Maher

Journalist, Fermanagh Herald

Mark McGoldrick

Business Services Representative, Fermanagh Herald

Karen Camley

Page Design, NWNG

Siobhan Kelly

Business Development Executive, Fermanagh Herald

Roberta O’Neill

Journalist, Ulster Herald

Jarlath Cowan

Journalist, Strabane Chronicle

Paul McElwee

Production, NWNG

Raymond Bell

Senior Journalist, Ulster Herald

Alan Rodgers

Senior Business Services Representative, Fermanagh Herald

Sonia Rooney

Business Development Representative, NWNG

Shane Whitaker

Managing Editor, NWNG

Nigel McDonagh

Business Services Representative, Strabane Chronicle

Christine Gillespie

Pre-Press Manager, NWNG

Austin Lynch

Sports Editor, Fermanagh Herald

Katrina Brennan

News Editor, Ulster Herald & Tyrone Herald

Jonathan Rainey

Journalist, Ulster Herald

Emmet McElhatton

Journalist, Fermanagh Herald

John Carney

News Editor, Strabane Chronicle

Michael Devlin