Communications

Biographical Details:

Professor Colum Kenny, B.C.L., Barrister-at-Law, Ph.D, School of Communications. Areas of special interest include broadcasting, journalism, media, culture and society. He is the author of, among other titles, The Power of Silence: Silent Communication in Daily Life (Karnac, 2011) and Moments that Changed Us (Gill & Macmillan, 2005). Currently a member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. A former employee of RTE, he was also a member of the IRTC / Broadcasting Commission of Ireland from 1998 to 2003. A founding board member of the E.U. Media Desk in Ireland and a council member of the Irish Legal History Society. Member of the Media Mergers Advisory Group that reported to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in 2009. The author of many academic articles on cultural and media matters (listed separately at 'Publications' here), he is also a frequent contributor to the Sunday Independent, Ireland's most widely read broadsheet Sunday newspaper. Awarded the DCU President's Award for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2004/5.

Research Interests:

Audiovisual policy, Broadcasting, Cultural studies, History, Journalism, Law, Media, Poetry, Radio, Religion, Storytelling, Television.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Colum Kenny. 2011. Not so quaint: early Irish reflections on advertising. Irish Marketing Review, 21, 1 & 2, pp12-22.
• Colum Kenny. 2011. Old silence, new story.. The Merton Journal, 18, 2, pp21-28.
• Colum Kenny. 2010. Finding a voice or fitting in? Migrants and media in the new Ireland. Media Culture & Society, 32, , pp311-322.
• Colum Kenny. 2009. A double-edged sword: Irish media merger policy in transition. Journal Of Media Business Studies, 6, 3, pp93-108.
• Colum Kenny. 2009. Significant television: journalism, sex abuse and the Catholic Church in Ireland. Irish Communications Review, 11, 1, pp61-76.
• Colum Kenny. 2006. Súil eile: another way of seeing minority language broadcasting. Language And Intercultural Communication, 5, 3 & 4, pp264-273.
• Colum Kenny. 2005. Nolumus mutari: time for change at King's Inns?. Irish Jurist, 40, 1, pp321-346.
• Colum Kenny. 1997. Maple and Shamrock: seeking a strategy for survival in the audiovisual jungle. Irish Communications Review, 7,
• Colum Kenny. 1994. King's Inns and Henrietta Street chambers. Dublin Historical Record, 47, no.2, , pp155-168.
• Colum Kenny. 1994. Section 31 and the censorship of programmes. Irish Law Times, new series xii, no.3,
• Colum Kenny. 1993. A decade of broadcasting research. Teaglaim, 1,, pp46-48.
• Colum Kenny. 1993. Commerce and culture: Irish broadcasting at the cross-roads should take the middle path. Teaglaim, 1,, pp44-45.
• Colum Kenny. 1992. Paradox or Pragmatist? 'Honest Tristram Kennedy' (1805-85): lawyer, educationalist, land-agent and member of parliament. Proceedings Of The Royal Irish Academy, Section C, 92, no.1,, pp1-35.
• Colum Kenny. 1992. Frequent articles on broadcasting for Ireland's sole professional audiovisual publication. Playback,
• Colum Kenny. 1990. Frequent articles on broadcasting for Ireland's sole professional audiovisual publication. Playback,
• Colum Kenny. 1989. Frequent articles on broadcasting for Ireland's sole professional audiovisual publication. Playback,
• Colum Kenny. 1987. The exclusion of catholics from the legal profession in Ireland, 1537-1829'. Irish Historical Studies, 25, , pp337-357.
• Colum Kenny. 1986. Counsellor Duhigg - antiquarian and activist. Irish Jurist, 21, part 2,, pp300-326.
• Colum Kenny. 1986. The Four Courts in Dublin before 1796. Irish Jurist, 21, part 1,, pp107-125.

Selected Books

• Colum Kenny. Irish Patriot, Publisher and Advertising Agent: Kevin J. Kenny (1881-1954), Ox Pictures, with the support of Dublin City University Library, 2011.
• Colum Kenny. The Power of Silence: Silent Communication in Daily Life, Karnac Books, 2011.
• Multiple (including Colum Kenny). Dictionary of Irish Biography: invited contributions, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
• Sreenan, P., Kenny, C. et al. Media Mergers: report to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Government of Ireland, 2008.
• Colum Kenny. Moments that changed us, Gill & Macmillan, 2005.
• Multiple (including Colum Kenny). New DNB (Dictionary of National Biography): invited contributions, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Colum Kenny. Fearing Sellafield, Gill & Macmillan, 2003.
• Colum Kenny. Battle of the books, 1972: cultural controversy at a Dublin library, Four Courts Press, 2002.
• Colum Kenny. Molaise, abbot of Leighlin and hermit of holy island: the life and legacy of St Laisren in Ireland and Scotland, Morrigan Books, 1998.
• Colum Kenny (ed.). The role of believing communities in building peace in Ireland, Glencree Centre for Reconciliation., 1998.
• Colum Kenny. Tristram Kennedy and the revival of Irish legal training, 1835-1885, Irish Academic Press., 1996.
• Colum Kenny. Kilmainham: the history of a settlement older than Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1995.
• Colum Kenny. Standing on Bray Head: hoping it might be so, Kestral Books, 1995.
• Colum Kenny. King's Inns and the Kingdom of Ireland: the Irish 'inn of court' 1541-1800, Irish Academic Press, 1992.

Selected Chapters

• Colum Kenny. 2012. Tom Grehan: advertising pioneer and newspaperman. In Independent Newspapers: A History. , pp52-66.
• Colum Kenny. 2010. Human rights and journalism education. Human Rights Education: Reflections on Theory and Practice., pp67-85.
• Colum Kenny. 2010. Sacred heart, sacred mind: the challenge of conviction in the Catholic Church. In The Dublin/Murphy Report: A Watershed for Irish Catholicism?. , pp37-47.
• Colum Kenny. 2009. Educating journalists in Ireland. European Journalism Education., pp35-46.
• Colum Kenny. 2008. New Leighlin: a forgotten Anglo-Norman Settlement. Carlow: history and society, (Irish county history and society series)., pp213-234.
• Colum Kenny. 2008. By no means relished by the gentlemen of the bar: King¿s Inns moves to Constitution Hill. Bare bones of a fanlight: Georgian Dublin., pp78-96.
• Colum Kenny. 2008. Reporting religion. . Contemporary Catholicism in Ireland., pp111-143.
• Colum Kenny. 2008. No losers: talking beats television. Wasting time with people?
• Colum Kenny. 2007. A door to lost treasure. Remembering to forgive: a tribute to Una O'Higgins O'Malley., pp114-120.
• Colum Kenny. 2006. Foreword. The forgotten heritage of Kildare. By Ger McCarthy.
• Colum Kenny. 2006. God Help Us!: The Media and Irish Catholicism. Irish and Catholic? Towards an Understanding of Identity., pp90-102.
• Colum Kenny. 2005. The Irish genesis of the UK Select Committee on Legal Education, 1846. Adventures of the law (Papers delivered at the British and Irish Legal History Conference, 2003)., pp289-300.
• Colum Kenny. 2005. Censorship not "self-censorship". Political censorship and the democratic state: the Irish broadcasting ban. Ed. M. Corcoran and M. O'Brien (Four Courts Press), pp73-85.
• Colum Kenny. 2004. Introduction. A place for peace: Glencree Centre of Reconciliation 1974-2004., pp1-85.
• Colum Kenny. 2004. Foreword. Irish libel law and newspaper journalism. By Simon Bourke., pp7-*.
• Colum Kenny. 2003. Irish entry co-author. The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio.
• Colum Kenny. 2001. It's just the media!. Redefining roles and relationships: our society in the new millennium. Ed. H. Bohan and G. Kennedy, pp193-209.
• Colum Kenny. 1998. Whistling in the dark or A job for journalists in the Tower of Babel. The splintered heart: conversations with a church in crisis. Ed. Eamonn Conway., pp9-23.
• Colum Kenny. 1997. TV3 and the regulation of competition in broadcasting. Media: the views of journalists and lawyers. Ed. Marie McGonagle.., pp39-53.
• Colum Kenny. 1996. On holy ground: the benchers and the site of the present Four Courts before 1796. The Four Courts: two hundred years. Ed. C. Costello, pp1-23.
• Colum Kenny. 1995. Irish ambition and English preference in chancery appointments, 1827-1841: the case of William Conyngham Plunket. Explorations in law and history.Ed. W.N. Osborough., pp133-177.
• Colum Kenny. 1995. The Four Courts at Christ Church, 1608-1796. Explorations in law and history. Ed. W. Osborough., pp107-132.
• Colum Kenny et al. 1992. The film industry in Europe, 1991-1992. Conflict or cooperation in European television: The proceedings of the European Film and Television Forum, Nice, 1991., pp49-73.
• Colum Kenny. 1990. The records of Kings Inns, Dublin. Brehons, Serjeants and Attorneys. Ed. D. Hogan & W.N. Osborough, pp231-247.

Reviews

• Colum Kenny. 2012. Review of Eoin Carolan & Ailbhe O'Neill, Media Law in Ireland, Bloomsbury Professional, Haywards Heath & Dublin, 2010. 597 pages. Irish Jurist, 47, pp241-242.
• Colum Kenny. 2003. The Law Society of Ireland, 1852-2002: portrait of a profession (Ed. E.G. Hall and Daire Hogan, Four Courts Press, 2002). in Irish Times.
• Colum Kenny. 2000. The minute book of the Faculty of Advocates. Ed. Angus Stewart . Irish Jurist, xxi, pp392-394.

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Colum Kenny. 2012. Since 1993, many specialist articles on media, culture and society in Ireland's most widely read Sunday broadsheet across all social classes. Sunday Independent, Ireland. (This and other journalism is peer reviewed by editors.), e.g. Recession-hit media must not be taken for granted (29 Apr. 2012),
• Colum Kenny. 2012. Fairness on the airwaves vital to electorate (Irish Times).
• Colum Kenny. 2012. Coalition invited trouble with biased assumptions (Irish Independent). pp10-.
• Colum Kenny. 2012. Action on media mergers legislation required now. Irish Times, 23 April,
• Colum Kenny. 2012. Cardinal George should reconsider, meet Irish Prime Minister (Chicago Sun-Times).
• Colum Kenny. 2011. Guest editor and contributor of articles. Bray Cualann Historical Society Journal, 6, pp1-165.
• Colum Kenny. 2010. eConsultations re media matters, since 2006. Oireachtas, BAI etc.,
• Colum Kenny. 2005. A challenge for researchers. Doctrine & life., 55, pp38-49.
• Colum Kenny. 2002. Forum on Broadcasting. In Production., 5, pp17-20.
• Colum Kenny. 2001. Is the Irish media anti-Catholic?. Reality.,
• Colum Kenny. 1995. Many and various 1993-5. Video Home Entertainment:Ireland.,
• Colum Kenny. 1993. Many and various, 1992-3. Video Business Ireland.,
• Colum Kenny. 1992. Many (as Ireland correspondent for c. five years). Broadcast. (Principal journal for audiovisual professionals in the UK). 1980s-90s, Various,

• Colum Kenny, The move to Belfield and social activism, UCD Lawyers and Public Life: 100 Years of Activism and Influence, 12-NOV-11 - 12-NOV-11, Dublin
• Colum Kenny, ¿Eloquent silences: the interdependence of sound and silence in verbal communications¿., WFAE 2011 International Conference for Acoustic Ecology. Invited to present paper but unable to travel because no DCU funding., 03-OCT-11 - 07-OCT-11, Corfu, Greece.
• Colum Kenny, Selling a nation: the transnational adoption of professional practices for national purposes, ECREA Communication History Workshop: 'The History of Mass Media in Europe: Towards Post-National Perspectives and [Hi-]Stories',, 08-SEP-11 - 09-SEP-11, Dublin
• Colum Kenny, The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and Community Radio, Communicating Diversity: 2nd AMARC European Conference, 24-FEB-11 - 26-FEB-11, Dublin
• Colum Kenny, "Journalist, lawyer and friend of China, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, fifth president of Ireland" , Voices from China, 03-FEB-11 - 09-FEB-11, Dublin
• Colum Kenny, Teaching Belief and Communication at the school of communications, Dublin City University., Media, Religion and Culture, 09-AUG-10 - 13-AUG-10, Toronto, Canada
• Colum Kenny, The Media and Non-Christian Culture in Ireland: Case-studies with James Joyce, Buck Mulligan, Samuel Beckett, Moses and other Jews., Media, Religion & Culture, 09-AUG-10 - 13-AUG-10, Toronto, Canada.
• Colum Kenny, , Changing Boundaries: Spirituality and Education., 22-JUN-10 - 23-JUN-10, Dublin.
• Colum Kenny, Silence and Ethics, Ethics Seminar, 20-FEB-09 - , University of Louisville, KY
• Colum Kenny., `Finding a voice or fitting in? Migrants and media in the new Ireland¿., Communications Policy and Culture in Europe (European Communications Research and Education Association 2nd Conference)., 25-NOV-08 - 28-NOV-08, Barcelona.
• Colum Kenny, 'The need for research into ethics and journalism'., Ethics and Journalism in Ireland., 26-SEP-08 - 26-SEP-08, Dublin.
• Colum Kenny., 'Human Rights and journalism education¿., Human Rights Education for a Sustainable Future., 19-SEP-08 - 20-SEP-08, Dublin.
• Colum Kenny., `Contrasting or complementary: a critical analysis of Cardinal Avery Dulles¿ reflections on the nature of news media.¿, International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)., 20-JUL-08 - 25-JUL-08, University of Stockholm.
• Colum Kenny., Irish media mergers policy in transition., European media merger policy., 09-MAR-08 - 10-MAR-08, University of Exeter.
• Colum Kenny, Significant Journalism: Television, Sex Abuse and the Catholic Church in Ireland, Political Studies Association, Media & Politics Group Annual Conference, 08-NOV-07 - 09-NOV-07, Stoke-On-Trent
• Colum Kenny, Introduction., The second annual C.S. Lewis Lecture., 24-SEP-07 - 24-SEP-07, Dublin
• Colum Kenny, Future social and cultural trends and issues, Fine Gael Party Symposium (independent guest speaker)., 11-SEP-07 - 12-SEP-07, Galway
• Colum Kenny, ¿Privacy and privilege¿, Privacy: Developments in the European Court of Human Rights., 13-DEC-06 - 13-DEC-06, Royal Irish Academy
• Colum Kenny, Defamation, privacy and media regulation, Defamation and Privacy, 30-SEP-06 - 30-SEP-06, Trinity College Dublin
• Colum Kenny, Branding, Identity and Young People: a Case Study., Fifth International Conference on Media, Religion, and Culture: ¿Mediating religion in the context of multicultural tension¿., 09-JUL-06 - 12-JUL-06, Sigtuna, Sweden.
• Colum Kenny, Introduction, Symposium on Press Regulation (organiser)., 30-MAY-06 - 30-MAY-06, Dublin City University
• Colum Kenny, What exactly does `local history¿ mean?, Federation of Local History Groups: Kildare. Annual conference., 06-MAY-06 - 06-MAY-06, Kilcullen. Co. Kildare.
• Colum Kenny., By no means relished by the gentlemen of the bar: King¿s Inns at Constitution Hill., Bare Bones of a Fanlight: Georgian Dublin., 05-MAY-06 - 06-MAY-06, University College Dublin.
• Colum Kenny., Nolumus mutari: change and the legal profession., ¿Brian Merriman in the European Context¿, Eighteenth Century Ireland Society with Cumann Merriman., 10-JUN-05 - 11-JUN-05, University of Limerick
• Colum Kenny, Visible targets and invisible people: radio in Dublin., Media and Belief in an Interdependent World. The American University, Paris., 04-MAR-05 - 03-JUN-05, Paris
• Colum Kenny, Súil Eile: another way of seeing minority language broadcasting., International Association for Language and Intercultural Communication, 12-NOV-04 - 14-NOV-04, Dublin
• Colum Kenny, Sacred space and the media: a response., Fourth international Conference on Media, Religion and Culture, Kentucky, USA, 30-AUG-04 - 04-SEP-04, Louisville, Kentucky.
• Colum Kenny, A Crucial Role: Television, Sex Abuse and the Catholic Church in Ireland, International Conference on Media, Religion and Culture., 30-AUG-04 - 04-SEP-04, Louisville
• Colum Kenny, Reporting Sellafield: the challenge for journalism, Conference of the Green Party of England and Wales, 11-SEP-03 - 13-SEP-03, Lancaster
• Colum Kenny, Community radio and public service broadcasting, Community Radio Forum conference, University College Cork, 03-SEP-03 - 04-SEP-03, UCC
• Colum Kenny, Chairman of session, British and Irish Legal History Conference, 03-JUL-03 - 06-JUL-03, UCD
• Colum Kenny, Adventures in training: the Irish genesis of the United Kingdom Select Committee on Legal Education, 1846, British and Irish Legal History Conference, 03-JUL-03 - 06-JUL-03, UCD
• Colum Kenny, Chairman, Finding compassion in our changing world, 06-OCT-01 - 07-OCT-01, Dublin Castle
• Colum Kenny, Chairman, Media and religion, 04-APR-01 - 04-APR-01, Dublin
• Colum Kenny, Speaker, Society in the new millennium, 09-NOV-00 - 10-NOV-00, Ennis
• Colum Kenny, Chairman, Production funding for European audiovisual works, 01-MAR-00 - 01-MAR-00, Dublin