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Kevin Rafter

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Kevin Rafter is Full Professor of Political Communication and a specialist in the politics and media of contemporary Ireland. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Boston College in 2024.

His books include Dillon Rediscovered (2025), Taoisigh and the Arts (2022), Resilient Reporting: Media & Elections in Ireland since 1969 (2019; co-authored) and The Irish Presidency: Power, Ceremony & Politics (2014; co-editor). He has also written several political biographies and histories of Sinn Féin, Fine Gael, Clann na Poblachta and Democratic Left.

He has chaired the two national bodies responsible for the arts in Ireland, the Arts Council and Culture Ireland, and has served as a board member of commercial and not- for-profit organisations including Chair of Compliance Committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (now Media Commission). His contribution to Irish public life has also included chairing an independent expert taskforce on civil service reform as well as facilitating government formation negotiations as an independent rapporteur.

Since joining DCU in 2010, he has been Head of the School of Communications, Associate Dean for Research and Chair of the MA Political Communication programme. He is also the Irish contact for the international Worlds of Journalism project and oversees DCU’s annual journalism scholarship programme at the Washington Bureau of Arizona State University. He is a member of the editorial boards of Administration and Journalism Practice, and has edited special editions of both journals as well as The Irish Review.

Previously, he was Head of the Department of Film and Media at the National Film School, IADT and prior to 2008 worked as a leading political journalist. He reported on the Irish general elections in 1997, 2002 and 2007 as well as the peace process in Northern Ireland. Best known as a presenter of the This Week radio programme for RTÉ News & Current Affairs, he held senior editorial positions with the Irish Times (political reporter), the Sunday Times (political correspondent), Sunday Tribune (political editor/assistant editor) and Magill magazine (editor). As well as politics in Ireland, his journalism included elections in the United Kingdom and Germany and foreign news events in Malawi, Tanzania, the Beslan School massacre and the death of Pope John Paul II. His media work was acknowledged with a European Journalism Award and at the Celtic Media Festival.

Kevin has qualifications in economics [BA(Mod; MLitt], politics [MA; PhD] and in corporate law and governance from the Law Society of Ireland. He is a qualified Chartered Director at the Institute of Directors.

Book

	Year	Publication
	2023	Rafter, K (2023) Taoisigh and the Arts. Dublin: Martello.
	2019	Michael Breen, Michael Courtney, Eoin O’Malley, Iain McMenamin and Kevin Rafter (2019) Resilient Reporting: Media Coverage of Elections in Ireland since 1969. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
	2017	Christina Holtz-Bacha, Edoardo Novelli and Kevin Rafter (eds.) (2017) Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [Link]
	2017	Kevin Rafter (ed.) (2017) Entrepreneurial Journalism. London: Routledge. [Link]
	2016	Kevin Rafter; Charlie Bird (2016) A Day in May. Dublin: Irish Academic Press.
	2015	Kevin Rafter and Mark O'Brien (eds.) (2015) The State In Transition. : New Island.
	2014	John Coakley and Kevin Rafter (eds.) (2014) The Irish Presidency: Power, Ceremony and Politics. Dublin: Irish Academic Press.
	2012	Mark O'Brien and Kevin Rafter (eds.) (2012) Independent Newspapers: A History. Dublin: Four Courts Press.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) Democratic Left: The Life and Death of an Irish Political Party. Dublin:: Irish Academic Press.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (ed.) (2011) Irish Journalism Before Independence: More a Disease than a Profession. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) The Road to Power: How Fine Gael Made History. Dublin: New Island.
	2009	Kevin Rafter (2009) Fine Gael: Party at the Crossroads. : New Island.
	2006	Charlie Bird and Kevin Rafter (2006) This is Charlie Bird. : Gill & Macmillan.
	2005	Kevin Rafter (2005) Sinn Fein 1905-2005: In the shadow of gunmen. : Gill & Macmillan.
	2002	Kevin Rafter (2002) Martin Mansergh: A Biography. : New Island.
	1996	Kevin Rafter (1996) The Clann: A History of Clann na Poblachta. : Mercier Press.
	1993	Kevin Rafter (1993) Neil Blaney: Soldier of Destiny. : Blackwater Press.

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2022	Rafter, K. (2022) 'Taoisigh and addressing the nation'. Administration, 70 . [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Courtney, M.; Breen, M.; McGing, C.; McMenamin, I.; O'Malley, E.; Rafter, K. (2020) 'Underrepresenting Reality? Media Coverage of Women in Politics and Sport'. Social Science Quarterly, 101 . [Link] [DOI]
	2017	Rafter, K. (2017) ''Insufficient critique' - The Oireachtas Banking Inquiry and the media'. Administration, 65 . [Link] [DOI]
	2017	Rafter, K. (2017) 'Fianna Fáil and the professionalisation of political communication in Ireland'. Irish Political Studies, 32 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Dekavalla, M.; Rafter, K. (2016) 'The construction of a 'historical moment': Queen Elizabeth's 2011 visit to Ireland in British and Irish newspapers'. Journalism, 17 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Rafter, Kevin (2016) 'The Labour Party leadership election, 2014'. Irish Political Studies, 31 (3). [DOI]
	2016	Rafter, K. (2016) 'The Labour Party leadership election, 2014'. Irish Political Studies, 31 . [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Kevin Rafter (2016) 'Entrepreneurial Journalism Special Issue: (Guest Editor)'. JOURNALISM PRACTICE, 10 (2):140-142. [Link] http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2015.1126014
	2016	Rafter, K. (2016) 'Introduction: Understanding where entrepreneurial journalism fits in'. JOURNALISM PRACTICE, 10 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Rafter, Kevin (2015) 'Regulating the Airwaves: How Political Balance is Achieved in Practice in Election News Coverage'. Irish Political Studies, 30 (4). [DOI]
	2015	Rafter, K.; Hayes, C. (2015) 'Explaining what happens when ‘celebrity journalists’ run for elected office'. Celebrity Studies, 6 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Rafter, K; Hayes, C (2015) 'Explaining what happens when 'celebrity journalists' run for elected office'. Celebrity Studies, 6 :219-230. [DOI]
	2015	Rafter, K. (2015) 'Holding to account: Some reflections on civil service reform'. Administration, 63 . [Link] [DOI]
	2015	O'Brien, M.; Rafter, K. (2015) 'Commerce and the Church: The factors that shaped New Journalism in the Irish Independent'. Media History, 21 . [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Rafter, K. (2014) 'Voices in the crisis: The role of media elites in interpreting Ireland’s banking collapse'. European Journal of Communication, 29 . [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Mellado, C.; Rafter, K. (2014) 'Understanding the influence of journalists and politicians on content: A cross-longitudinal analysis of Chilean political news coverage'. International Communication Gazette, 76 . [Link] [DOI]
	2014	O'Malley, E.; Brandenburg, H.; Flynn, R.; McMenamin, I.; Rafter, K. (2014) 'The impact of the economic crisis on media framing: Evidence from three elections in Ireland'. European Political Science Review, 6 . [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Rafter, K.; Flynn, R.; McMenamin, I.; O’Malley, E. (2014) 'Does commercial orientation matter for policy-game framing? A content analysis of television and radio news programmes on public and private stations'. European Journal of Communication, 29 . [Link] [DOI]
	2013	McMenamin, I.; Flynn, R.; O'Malley, E.; Rafter, K. (2013) 'Commercialism and Election Framing: A Content Analysis of Twelve Newspapers in the 2011 Irish General Election'. International Journal of Press/Politics, . [Link] [DOI]
	2013	Rafter, K.; Knowlton, S. (2013) 'VERY SHOCKING NEWS: Journalism and reporting on a politician's illness'. Journalism Studies, 14 . [Link] [DOI]
	2012	Coakley, John; Rafter, Kevin (2012) 'The President of Ireland: A Constitutional and Political Figurehead?'. Irish Political Studies, 27 (4). [DOI]
	2011	Rafter, K. (2011) 'Hear no evil-see no evil: Political advertising in Ireland'. Journal of Public Affairs, 11 . [Link] [DOI]
	2009	Kevin Rafter (2009) 'Run out of the Gallery: The changing nature of Irish political journalism '. Irish Communications Review, 11 :93-103.
	2008	Kevin Rafter (2008) 'George Mitchell and the role of the peace talks chairman'. Spring :13-21.
	2003	Kevin Rafter (2003) 'Leadership Changes in Fine Gael & the Labour Party'. IRISH POLITICAL STUDIES (PRINT), 18 :108-119.
	2003	Kevin Rafter (2003) 'Priests and Peace: The role of Redemptorist Order in the Northern Ireland Peace Process '. Etudes Irlandaises, Spring/Autumn 28 :159-176.
	2000	Kevin Rafter (2000) 'Making it up as they went along - residential property tax and policy change '. IRISH POLITICAL STUDIES (PRINT), 15 :63-82.
	1997	Kevin Rafter (1997) 'Allocating the Structural Funds'. 45 :48-66.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2022	Kevin Rafter; Cristian Vaccari; Dominic Wring; Nathan Ritchie (2022) '‘A Gulf Across the Irish Sea? The European Election Campaigns in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland’' In: The 2019 European Electoral Campaign In the Time of Populism and Social Media. London : Palgrave Macmillan. [Link]
	2021	Kevin Rafter (2021) 'Dr. Dillon in North America' In: Politics, Culture, and the Irish American Press: 1784-1963. Syracuse : Syracuse University Press.
	2019	Folker Hanusch, Edson C. Tandoc, Jr., Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou, Nurhaya Muchtar, Kevin Rafter, Mireya Márquez Ramírez, Verica Rupar, and Vittoria Sacco (2019) 'Transformations: Journalists’ Reflections on Changes in News Work' In: Worlds of Journalism Journalistic Cultures Around the Globe. Columbua : Columbia University Press. [Link]
	2019	Beate Josephi, Folker Hanusch, Martin Oller Alonso, Ivor Shapiro, Kenneth Andresen, Arnold de Beer, Abit Hoxha, Sonia Virgínia Moreira, Kevin Rafter, Terje Skjerdal, Sergio Splendore, and Edson C. Tandoc, Jr. (2019) 'Profiles of Journalists: Demographic and Employment Patterns' In: Worlds of Journalism Journalistic Cultures Around the Globe. Columbia : Columbia University Press. [Link]
	2019	Kevin Rafter (2019) 'Entrepreneurial Journalism' In: The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. London : Wiley. [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Eoin O'Malley and Kevin Rafter (2018) 'Men’s political autobiography in Independent Ireland' In: A History of Irish Autobiography. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
	2018	Kevin Rafter (2018) 'The Media and Politics' In: The Government and Politics of Ireland. London : Routledge.
	2017	E. Novelli, K. Rafter et. al (2017) 'The economic crisis and austerity' In: Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections. London : Palgrave Macmillan.
	2017	Kevin Rafter (2017) 'Fianna Fáil and the evolution of political communication' In: Patriotism, Pragmatism and Power: Fianna Fáil’s dominance of Irish politics 1926-2016. London : Routledge.
	2017	Rafter, K. (2017) 'Background to the 2014 elections' In: Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections. [Link] [DOI]
	2017	Rafter, K. (2017) 'The media and politics' In: Politics in the Republic of Ireland, Sixth edition. [Link] [DOI]
	2017	Kevin Rafter (2017) 'Understanding where entrepreneurial journalism fits in' In: Entrepreneurial Journalism. London : Routledge. [Link]
	2017	C. Holtz-Bacha, E. Novelli and K. Rafter (2017) 'Introduction' In: Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections. London : Palgrave Macmillan.
	2016	Mark O'Brien & Kevin Rafter (2016) 'Commerce and the Church: The Factors that Shaped New Journalism in the Irish Independent' In: Redefining Journalism in the Era of the Mass Press, 1880-1920. London : Routledge.
	2016	Kevin Rafter (2016) ''Knock on consequences' - Irish media coverage of the Scottish referendum'' In: Neil Blain, Gerry Hassan and David Hutchinson(Eds.). Scotland's Referendum and the Media: National and International Perspectives. : Edinburgh University Press.
	2016	Rafter K, Novelli E & C Holtz-Bacha (2016) 'More European but more negative - Political advertising in the 2014 European Parliament elections' In: Europawahlkampf 2014. Berlin : Springer.
	2016	Rafter, K. (2016) ''Knock-on consequences': Irish media coverage of the Scottish referendum' In: SCOTLAND'S REFERENDUM AND THE MEDIA: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES. [Link]
	2015	Kevin Rafter (2015) '‘Never Justify. Never Explain.’ Some Thoughts on Irish Political Memoirs' In: The State in Transition. Dublin : New Island.
	2015	K. Rafter (2015) 'The Irish edition - from 'filthy scandal sheet' to 'old friend' of the Prime Minister' In: Laurel Brake, Chandrika Kaul, Mark W. Turner(Eds.). 'Journalism for the Rich, Journalism for the Poor': The News of the World and the British Press, 1843-2011. London : Palgrave.
	2014	Kevin Rafter [and John Coakley] (2014) 'The President of Ireland: Past, Present and Future' In: John Coakley and Kevin Rafter(Eds.). The Irish Presidency: Power, Ceremony and Politics. London : Irish Academic Press.
	2014	K. Rafter (2014) '‘The passion of particularity’: Magill magazine, 1977-1990' In: Periodicals and journalism in twentieth century Ireland. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2014	Kevin Rafter (2014) 'The Politics of a 'Non-Political' Office, 1973-1990' In: John Coakley and Kevin Rafter(Eds.). The Irish Presidency: Power, Ceremony and Politics. London : Irish Academic Press.
	2014	K. Rafter (2014) '‘There now follows...' The role of the party political broadcast and the 2007 'peace broadcast'' In: Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press.
	2014	Kevin Rafter [and John Coakley] (2014) 'New Perspectives on the President of Ireland' In: John Coakley and Kevin Rafter(Eds.). The Irish Presidency: Power, Ceremony and Politics. London : Irish Academic Press.
	2014	K Rafter (2014) '‘A great deal of it cannot be printed' - W. T. Stead and E. J. Dillon' In: Michael de Nie and Karen Steele(Eds.). Ireland and the New Journalism. London : Palgrave Macmillan.
	2014	E. O'Malley, R. Flynn, I. McMenamin and K. Rafter (2014) 'Mediating elections in Ireland: evidence from the 2011 general election' In: Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press.
	2013	Rafter, K. (2013) 'Political journalism' In: Specialist Journalism. [Link] [DOI]
	2013	Kevin Rafter (2013) 'Public Interest and Individual Taste in Disclosing an Irish Minister's Illness' In: Julian Petley(Eds.). Media and Public Shaming: Drawing the Boundaries of Disclosure. London : I.B. Tauris & Reuters Institute, University of Oxford.
	2012	Kevin Rafter (2012) 'To the left of Labour: the Workers' Party and Democratic Left, 1982-97' In: Liam Weeks and Alistair Clark(Eds.). Radical or Redundant: Minor Parties in Irish Politics. Dublin : History Press.
	2012	Kevin Rafter (2012) 'Profits, politics and personal position: the role of the proprietor' In: Mark O'Brien and Kevin Rafter(Eds.). Independent Newspapers: A History. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2012	Kevin Rafter (2012) 'A tale of ‘womanly intuition' - Hector Legge at the Sunday Independent, 1940-70' In: Mark O'Brien and Kevin Rafter(Eds.). Independent Newspapers: A History. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2012	Kevin Rafter (2012) ''An appointment to view' - the role of RTE's Independent Production Unit in documentary making ' In: Diog O’Connell and Carol McKeogh (Eds.). Documentary in a Changing State: Ireland since the 1990s. Cork : Cork University Press.
	2012	Kevin Rafter (2012) 'Labour and the media: the promise of socialism, negative campaigning and The Irish Times' In: Rouse, P., Daly, P. and R. O'Brien(Eds.). Making the Difference? The Irish Labour Party, 1912-2012. Cork : Collins Press.
	2012	Kevin Rafter (2012) 'When the ‘wild west' came to the local newspaper market' In: John Mair, Neil Fowler and Ian Reeves(Eds.). What We Mean by Local. Suffolk : Arima.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) 'E.J. Dillon: from our special correspondent' In: Irish journalism before independence: More a disease than a profession. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) 'Introduction' In: Irish journalism before independence: More a disease than a profession. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) 'Televised Leader Debates in Ireland: Wider Lessons from the 2011 General Election' In: De Blasio, E., Hibberd, M. and Sorice, M(Eds.). Leadership and new trends in political communication. Rome : Centre for Media and Communications Studies.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) 'The Power to Censor: The Catholic Church, the Media and Child Sexual Abuse' In: Carole Holohan(Eds.). In Plain Sight: Responding to the Ferns, Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports. Dublin : Amnesty International.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) ''Get there and stay for two or three weeks, or until the money runs out': the Irish media's engagement with foreign news reporting ' In: Agnieszka Stepinska (ed.)(Eds.). News in Europe, Europe on News. Berlin : Logos Verlag.
	2010	Kevin Rafter (2010) 'Reporting the Oireachtas: Irish Political and Parliamentary Journalism since 1922' In: Maurice Manning and Muiris MacCarthaigh (Eds.). The Houses of the Oireachtas: Parliament in Ireland. Dublin : Institute of Public Administration.

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2016	Kevin Rafter and Stephen Dunne (2016) The Irish Journalist Today. DCU, . [Link]
	2014	Expert Panel (Chaired by Kevin Rafter) (2014) Report of the Expert Panel on Strengthening Accountability and Performance in the Civil Service. Irish Government, .
	2009	Rafter, Kevin (2009) Political Advertising: The Regulatory Position and the Public View. Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, .

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2016	Kevin Rafter (2016) 'The Political Communication of the Decade of Commemoration' Winter (105) . [Link]
	2015	Rafter K (2015) '‘Held to Account: Reflections on Civil Service Reform’' 63 (1) :27-37.
	2011	Farrell, S., Meehan, C., Murphy, G. and Rafter, K. (2011) 'Assessing the Irish General Election of 2011: A Roundtable' 15 :36-53.
	2006	Rafter, Kevin (2006) '‘This Morning Refused Breakfast...'' Brandon Books .
	2004	Rafter, Kevin (2004) 'Purity and Peace' :132-135.
	2003	Rafter, Kevin (2003) 'The Irish government and the peace process, 1992-94: An observer's perspective' Working papers in British-Irish studies; 30 .

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2014	Rafter K [with C Holtz-Bacha and E Novelli] (2014) Political Communication for the 2014 European The good, the bad and the ugly? - representations of the economic crisis in German, Italian and Irish political advertising. Center for Comparative Studies in Political and Public Communication, Paris, 26/06/2014-27/06/2014.
	2014	Rafter K (2014) AEJMC Annual Conference E. J. Dillon & transnational journalism Montreal, 05/08/2014-09/08/2014.
	2014	Rafter K (2014) International conference on the history of Irish childhood from the medieval to modern ages 'Think of your holy vocation' - childhood in mid-nineteenth century as captured in the unpublished memoir of E. J. Dillon St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin, 07/06/2014-07/06/2014.
	2014	Rafter K (2014) Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference Dr. Dillon in North America: an early example of human-interest reportage Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University, 08/03/2014-08/03/2014.
	2013	Kevin Rafter [and Mark O'Brien] (2013) Redefining Journalism in the Era of the Mass Press From Politics to Commerce: New Journalism, the Irish Independent and a Lasting Legacy’ Sheffield University, 04/07/2013-05/07/2013.
	2013	Kevin Rafter [with I. McMenamin, E. O'Malley and R. Flynn] (2013) IAMCR 2013 How important was commercialization in media coverage of the 2011 Irish general election? Dublin City University, 25/06/2013-29/06/2013.
	2013	Kevin Rafter (2013) IAMCR 2013 Voices in the financial crisis: who got to shape the news agenda and who was shut out of the coverage Dublin City University, 25/06/2013-29/06/2013.
	2012	Kevin Rafter (2012) Media and the Boundaries of Disclosure: Media, Morals, Public Shaming and Privacy Public interest and individual taste in reporting political illness University of Oxford, Reuters Institute, 23/02/2012-24/02/2012.
	2012	Kevin Rafter (2012) Newspaper and Periodical History Forum Evil Literature: How the News of the World was banned in Ireland Kingston University, London, 15/11/2012-16/11/2012.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) Crisis in Ireland's regional newspaper industry: Consequences for the public and the journalistic profession Local newspapers and the aftermath of the 'wild west' acquisition boom University of Limerick, 01/12/2011-01/12/2011.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) Political Studies Association of Ireland The television debates in 2011: What happened to leadership? University College Dublin, 21/10/2011-23/10/2011.
	2011	Kevin Rafter (2011) Leadership and new trends in political communication Televised Leader Debates in Ireland LUISS University Rome, 20/05/2011-21/05/2011.
	2010	Kevin Rafter (2010) Journalism and History: Dialogues E.J. Dillon and the Irish born foreign correspondents University of Sheffield, 15/09/2010-15/09/2010.
	2010	Kevin Rafter (2010) Bi-annual RIPE (Re-Visionary Interpretations of the Public Enterprise) conference The impact of the Sound & Vision Fund on the meaning of Public Service Broadcasting in Ireland University of Westminster, 09/09/2010-11/09/2010.
	2010	Kevin Rafter (2010) Political Studies Association of Ireland Money Matters: The role finances played in the demise of Democratic Left Dublin Institute of Technology, 08/10/2010-10/10/2010.
	2009	Kevin Rafter (2009) News in Europe. News on Europe Foreign News: The case of Ireland Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, 28/08/2009-30/08/2009.
	2009	Kevin Rafter (2009) Political Studies Association of Ireland annual conference Hear no evil. See no evil. Political Advertising in Ireland Liverpool Hope University, 09/10/2009-10/10/2009.
	2009	Kevin Rafter (2009) Journalism in Crisis Beyond the Lobby: How political journalism has been redefined in Ireland University of Westminster, 19/05/2009-20/05/2009.
	2009	Kevin Rafter (2009) Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland Bombers and Mavericks: Magill magazine's coverage of Northern Ireland, 1977-90 Dublin Institute of Technology, 20/11/2009-21/11/2009.

Editorial

	Year	Publication
	2022	Rafter, Kevin (2022) The complexity of the challenge: Communicating government. ED [DOI]
	2022	Rafter, Kevin; Canavan, Elizabeth; Mac Conghail, Fiach; McDowell, Derek (2022) Assessing government communication - A roundtable. ED [DOI]
	2011	Rafter, Kevin (2011) Irish journalism before independence More a disease than a profession* Introduction*. ED

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2017	Holtz-Bacha, C.; Novelli, E.; Rafter, K. (2017) Introduction. [Link] [DOI]
	2016	Rafter, K. (2016) Introduction. [Link] [DOI]
	2013	Rafter, K. (2013) Evil literature. [Link] [DOI]
	2012	Rafter, K. (2012) Redefining the Irish presidency: The politics of a non-political office, 1973-1990. [Link] [DOI]
	2011	Rafter, K. (2011) Bombers and mavericks: Magill magazine's coverage of Northern Ireland, 1977-1990. [Link] [DOI]
	2011	Rafter, Kevin (2011) The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party.

Research Interests

Irish politics; political communication; journalism studies

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2020		CM537
2022		CM5035
2023		CM3008
2023		CM162
2022	The Political Campaign	CM5990
2020	Media and Politics in Ireland	CM569
2021	MAP Dissertation	CM572
2022	Introduction to Politics & Public Affairs	CM162
2022	MAP Dissertation	CM572
2021	The Political Campaign	CM5990
2022	Perspectives on Political and Financial Journalism	CM3008
2022	Political Communication: Concepts & Issues	CM548