The Sunday Press was a weekly newspaper published in Ireland from 1949 until 1995. It was launched by Eamon de Valera's Irish Press group following the defeat of his Fianna Fáil party in the Irish general election, 1948. Like its sister newspaper, the daily Irish Press, politically the paper loyally supported Fianna Fáil. The Irish Press was an Irish newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 1931 and 1995. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Ireland, but traditionally translated as Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ... The Irish general election of 1948 was held on February 4, 1948. ...

It soon built up a large readership, and overtook its main competitor the Sunday Independent, which tended to support Fine Gael. At its peak the Sunday Press sold up to 475,000 copies every week, and had a readership of over one million, around one third of the Irish population. The Sunday Independent is a broadsheet Sunday newspaper published in the Republic of Ireland by Independent News and Media plc. ... Fine Gael (IPA , though often mispronounced (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in Ireland. ...

Like the Evening Press, the paper's readership held up better over the years than that of the flagship title in the group, the Irish Press, and it might have survived as a stand alone title had it been sold. However with the collapse of the Irish Press Newspapers group in May 1995, all three titles ceased publication immediately. The launch of Ireland on Sunday in 1997 was initially interpreted by many observers as an attempt to appeal to the former Sunday Press readership, seen as generally rural, fairly conservative Catholic, and with a traditional Irish nationalist political outlook. The Evening Press was the Newspaper originally set up by Eamon De Valeras Irish Press group, and edited by Douglas Gageby. ... Ireland on Sunday is a Sunday newspaper in the Republic of Ireland published by Associated Newspapers Ireland Limited, a subsidary of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc. ...