The Newshound was set up in 1996 by John Fay as an independent news sifting" service for people interested in the Northern Ireland situation. The Newshound is not tied to any political party, organisation, government or news media company. The service is free to all users and also provides links to articles dealing with relevant book reviews and Irish history. The Newshound is a catalogue of articles from the Web editions of Newspapers. Each link is directly to the article of interest. The most recent stories are at the top of each list. This site is updated at least once daily. The Newshound is only a catalogue of links. The actual content is maintained on the site of the publisher as indicated in the link. [...] The Northern Ireland news is updated at least once a day. The pages dedicated to Irish history or Irish books are updated when relevant articles appear." [self-description]