It launched in April 2008 and switched to online-only distribution in January 2009 after having published a total of ten issues.

The magazine continued online until 2020, when that year's edition of its Faces series prominently mentioned the website having ceased publication.

[6] State was published by Roger Woolman and edited by Hot Press alumni Phil Udell.

The magazine's art director, Simon Roche, was named designer of the year by the Periodical Publishers Association of Ireland in December 2008.

[9] State.ie linked up with AU magazine of Belfast in 2009 to co-host what was described as "a series of cross-border gigs" designed to promote Northern Irish musicians in Ireland.