[1] During his tenure, writers such as Francis MacManus, Patrick Kavanagh, Benedict Kiely and Gabriel Fallon contributed to the paper.
The editor from 1971 to 1973 was Donal Mooney, who left for London to join the Irish Post.
Board member Father Peter Lemass appealed to the then archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Ryan.
He in turn sought help from a number of people, including Paddy McGrath, of the Irish Sweepstake, Eamonn Andrews the TV entertainer and Denis Coakley, the head of Erin Foods, who became board members.
[4] However internal wrangling and staff dismissals hastened the death of the newspaper, which folded in 1978.