Kevin Rafter
@kevinrafter
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Not here anymore. See Insta & Bluesky | Full Prof of Political Comm @DCU | #Fulbright Scholar @bostoncollege 2024 | Board Chair | New: 'Dillon Rediscovered'
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined December 2009
Hello @MartinaFitzg Imagine five months ❤️ And you in #Dublin and me in #Boston 🙄 Must arrange to meet 😂
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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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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
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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. https://t.co/mbXzB7wPyP
metro.co.uk
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: https://t.co/6PIAmn9mpe
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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
The New Voices: 20 Best New Irish Writers list, in association with the An Post Irish Book Awards, features 20 diverse and exciting Irish fiction authors, ...
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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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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
Opinion: Hero of the Press – Kevin Rafter on the jailing of Joseph Dennigan for refusing to disclose a source https://t.co/Ymm4YzDSlW via @IrishTimesOpEd
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Chris Riddell on #KamalaHarris revealing the choices facing US voters in the #presidentialelection2024 – political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6
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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 https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6
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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
Which politicians have done most for Irish culture? As the general election approaches, it’s a question worth asking https://t.co/lgngL3aeQg via @IrishTimesCultr
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Peter Hanly was one of Ireland’s most recognisable actors. Then he vanished https://t.co/aKcwZfcj1k via @IrishTimesCultr
irishtimes.com
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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