Irish Communications Review aims to provide a forum in Ireland for research, analysis and discussion of all matters related to media communications and to communications studies. Media Communications encompasses broadcasting, film, journalism, public relations, advertising, media education, etc.
Studying the media within their political, cultural, economic and historical contexts, it seeks to encourage the exchange of ideas and experiences, and to present information on new developments relevant to the field. International as well as national issues will be examined.
Current Issue: Volume 19, Issue 1 (2026) ICR Special Issue on Centenary of Irish Radio 2026
Centenary of Radio in Ireland
A special issue of Irish Communications Review, edited by Rosemary Day, Mary Immaculate College, University of LimerickArticle
The Centenary of Radio in Ireland 2026: Introduction to Special Issue of Irish Communications Review
Rosemary Day
Crystal Sets and Listening-in: Radio in Ireland Before 2RN
Stephanie Rains
The Unscripting of Broadcasting in Postwar Ireland
Eileen Morgan-Zayachek
Who You Gonna Call? Talk Radio as Therapy and as a Marker of Social Change in Ireland
Finola Doyle O'Neill
Irish Radio's Digital Transition: Back to the Future
Kenneth Murphy