[4] On March 15, 1913, the Northern Printing and Publishing Company purchased the Irish Standard and John H. Sherlock became the editor.
Sherlock retained the format, and the paper’s continued to focus on Irish-British relations during World War I.
The Irish Standard offered a more nuanced vision alternative reporting to the propagandistic war news at the time.
[1][5][6] Notable were the numerous criticisms of president Woodrow Wilson for his toleration of international law violation by the British but not by the Germans.
[6] The wide historical and political knowledge of the editors gave Irish Standard far more detailed coverage of international affairs than most other contemporary newspapers.