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 20, Issue 1 (2026) That’s Class! Exploring the Class Dynamics in Ireland’s Creative Industries
Articles
That’s Class! Exploring the class dynamics in Ireland’s Creative Industries - introduction from editors
Caroline Ann O'Sullivan Dr and Ciara L. Murphy Dr
The Middle-Class Rip-Off'? Subsiding Culture in Contemporary Ireland
Connell Vaughan Dr
Class and the Screen Industries in Ireland – the Unspoken Barriers in the Sector
Caroline Ann O'Sullivan Dr and Mary Ann Bolger Dr
Gendered Discourses and Classed Access Routes for Feminist DJs in Irish Subcultural Scenes
Andrea Cleary
From Lino to Luxury: Class, Taste and Identity in the Mid-Twentieth Century Irish Provincial ‘Good Room’
Angela Mehegan
‘It’s the Best Person for the Job’: Gendering Logic and the Hiring Practices of Music Organisations in Ireland
Yvonne Kiely Dr
‘They’re Squeezing Us Like An Accordion’:Assessing the Information Environment of Working-Class Residents of Dublin’s North Inner City
Stephanie Costello
“This play has become something that isn’t for us”: Working class Identity, Canonical Inheritance, and the Girlo on Stage in That’s Sooo Povo!
Ciara L. Murphy Dr
That’s Sooo Povo!
Sophie O'Toole and Trudy Nolan
Editors
- Dr Caroline Ann O'Sullivan
- Editor
- Dr Ciara L Murphy
- Editor