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Kevin Rafter

@kevinrafter

Not here anymore. See Insta & Bluesky | Full Prof of Political Comm @DCU | #Fulbright Scholar @bostoncollege 2024 | Board Chair | New: 'Dillon Rediscovered'

 Dublin City, Ireland
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Joined December 2009
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Hello @MartinaFitzg Imagine five months ❤️ And you in #Dublin and me in #Boston 🙄 Must arrange to meet 😂
Martina Fitzgerald (@MartinaFitzg) profile pictureMartina Fitzgerald@MartinaFitzg30 Dec 2023
Some wonderful news… we got married!
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Congratulations to 2023-24 #Fulbright Scholar Dr Kevin Rafter on the launch of ‘Dillon Rediscovered’, his biography of E.J. Dillon, a special correspondent with The Daily Telegraph. #dillonrediscovered
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The president of @DCU, @DaireKeogh and our friend @kevinrafter speak at the launch of Kevin’s new book on the journalist EJ Dillon before a large crowd at Hodges Figgis.
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🧵Our panel event to mark #WorldPressFreedomDay is underway. We’re about to hear from our panelists @kevinrafter, @jude_webber and @RuadhanIT on the challenges and importance of free and objective media.
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Professor ⁦@kevinrafter⁩ gets a whole page in the ⁦@ST__Ireland⁩ for his soon to be launched book on EJ Dillon ⁦@DCU⁩
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Cover reveal! Delighted to show-off the cover image for ‘Dillon Rediscovered’, my biography of E.J. Dillon, a special correspondent with The Daily Telegraph, coming next spring. Brilliantly designed by Oonagh Young; published by Martello Books. #dillonrediscovered @Telegraph
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My ‘Irishman’s Diary’ @IrishTimes recalling the first Irish television campaign in 1965. “The fire has gone out of your elections,” Werner Krug of the Munich Mercur observed. Always a treat to write one of these diary columns @IrishTimesOpEd #ge2024 #GE24
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Daire Keogh@DaireKeogh29 Aug 2024
We're getting ready to welcoming over 4,000 new students @DCU in the coming weeks.
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A simple box with a hole in it,a piece of glass and a roll of celluloid film has the power to capture a moment in music history… Bob Marley with full dreadlocks flying at his last outdoor live gig… Dublin 1980 from my old negatives #35mmfilm #kodak #Reggae #Documentary #photograghy #BobMarley #Dublin #Ireland
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"What you’re looking at is the terrible ripping out of context and complexity and nuance of Orwell’s work." Our Director, Professor Jean Seaton, commenting on recent uses of Orwell earlier this week. metro.co.uk/2024/08/17/elon-…
Elon Musk is completely wrong about George Orwell, says Orwell Foundation head

Elon Musk is completely wrong about George Orwell, says Orwell Foundation head

Musk likes to talk about Orwell on social media. But he doesn't understand the writer, according to Professor Jean Seaton.

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#CAO2024: Dublin City University will welcome over 4,000 new students this September. Over 600 of these students will come through non-Leaving Cert pathways. Read more here: launch.dcu.ie/4771YWk
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Seriously impressive list of new talented novelists to explore. Fantastic idea from ⁦@AnPostIBAS⁩ Can highly recommend Aingeala Flannery, Megan Nolan, Michael Magee, Fiona Scarlett, Louise Kennedy, Una Mannion & Naoise Dolan. Will get to the others. independent.ie/entertainment…
Fresh ink: Meet the ‘New voices’ chosen by An Post's Irish Book Awards to represent the best of...

Fresh ink: Meet the ‘New voices’ chosen by An Post's Irish Book Awards to represent the best of...

The 20 authors have been selected by a team of judges

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I can’t imagine a minister writing to a journalist in the manner that Frank Aiken wrote to Joe Dennigan as explained in my piece @IrishTimes @IrishTimesOpEd There’s more in a related research article in @MediaHistoryTF @DCU
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Opinion: Hero of the Press – Kevin Rafter on the jailing of Joseph Dennigan for refusing to disclose a source irishtimes.com/opinion/an-ir… via @IrishTimesOpEd
Hero of the Press – Kevin Rafter on the jailing of Joseph Dennigan for refusing to disclose a source

Hero of the Press – Kevin Rafter on the jailing of Joseph Dennigan for refusing to disclose a source

First Irish journalist to be imprisoned for refusing to reveal his sources

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The editorial pages always look more impressive in the physical edition… long may they be printed! @IrishTimesOpEd @IrishTimes
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Brilliant.
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Chris Riddell on #KamalaHarris revealing the choices facing US voters in the #presidentialelection2024 – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.c…
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This is your casual reminder that Amazon is not always the cheapest option. Buying your books (and other things) from local and independent sellers has so many benefits.
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Dave Brown's #RoguesGallery cartoon, after #EdwardHopper #Trump #Vance #Weird #DemocraticConvention #DNC2024 #KamalaHarris #USPresidentialElection– political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.c…
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Happy Independence Day to the indomitable people of Ukraine. You will prevail. 🇺🇦🇺🇦
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That’s for the name-check @hlinehan 🙄Good read! @IrishTimesCultr
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Which politicians have done most for Irish culture? As the general election approaches, it’s a question worth asking irishtimes.com/culture/2024/… via @IrishTimesCultr
Which politicians have done most for Irish culture? As the general election approaches, it’s a...

Which politicians have done most for Irish culture? As the general election approaches, it’s a...

The main parties’ approaches to Ireland’s cultural life was encapsulated by the opposing outlooks of Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald

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Peter Hanly was one of Ireland’s most recognisable actors. Then he vanished irishtimes.com/culture/stage… via @IrishTimesCultr
Peter Hanly was one of Ireland’s most recognisable actors. Then he vanished

Peter Hanly was one of Ireland’s most recognisable actors. Then he vanished

More than a decade after his last appearance, the actor has found a way to talk about what happened - and from a startling place

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