Harris Tweed standard definition became essential. Groups of merchants in both Lewis and Harris applied to the Board of Trade for a registered trade mark. When this trade mark, the Orb, was eventually granted, the Board insisted that it should be granted to all the islands of the Outer Hebrides i.e. to Lewis, North and South Uist, Benbecula and Barra, as well as to Harris, the rationale for this decision being that the tweed was made in exactly the same way in all those islands. In 1909, after much negotiation and a degree of acrimony from merchants in Harris who felt that
Donegal News employment for the north of Donegal with many Donegal families also moving across the border, which led to papers such as the "Derry Journal" and the "Derry People", building up a loyal readership in both jurisdictions. Throughout its history, the paper has remained under the control of the Lynch family, who's North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing Company is the largest newspaper group in Ireland still family controlled. The Monday edition was launched in November 2006 and is first paper in the County with all the weekend news and sport. In 2002 the paper was renamed as the "Donegal