2022

O'Brien, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-5024-2222 (2022) Cultivating ‘the heavies or opinion-forming press’: nation branding, Irish economic development and the British press, 1958–1966. Irish Political Studies, 38 (2). pp. 256-277. ISSN 0790-7184

O'Brien, Mark (2022) “propaganda against the country”: British newspapers in 1950s Ireland. Cultural and Social History, 19 (3). pp. 283-299. ISSN 1478-0038

O'Brien, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-5024-2222 (2022) ‘Indecent and suggestive pictorial matter’: banning Picture Post in Ireland. Media History, 29 (1). pp. 80-94. ISSN 1368-8804

2021

O'Brien, Mark (2021) ‘An American newspaperman’: transatlantic influences at the Irish Press in the 1930s. In: Reddin van Tuyll, Debra ORCID: 0000-0002-3794-908X, O'Brien, Mark and Broermsa, Marcel ORCID: 0000-0002-7342-3472, (eds.) Politics, Culture, and the Irish American Press, 1784-1963. Irish Studies . Syracuse University Press, New York, pp. 257-274. ISBN 978-0-8156-3692-2

O'Brien, Mark (2021) In the public interest? Political sex scandals and the media in Ireland. Irish Political Studies, 37 (1). pp. 22-42. ISSN 0790-7184

O'Brien, Mark (2021) Policing the press: censorship, family planning, and the press in Ireland, 1929–67. Irish Studies Review, 29 (1). pp. 15-30. ISSN 0967-0882

O'Brien, Mark (2021) Opposite assumptions: the relationship between the Roman Catholic church and news journalism in Ireland. Journal of Church and State, 64 (1). pp. 110-131. ISSN 0021-969X

O'Brien, Mark (2021) Writing a sexual revolution: contraception, bodily autonomy and the women’s pages in Irish national newspapers 1935–1979. Journal of the History of Sexuality, 30 (1). pp. 92-111. ISSN 1043-4070

2020

O'Brien, Mark (2020) The metropolitan press: connections and competition between Britain and Ireland. In: Conboy, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-1543-5958 and Bingham, Adrian ORCID: 0000-0002-2256-9260, (eds.) Competition and Disruption 1900-2017. The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, 3 . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 626-642. ISBN 9781474424929

2018

Brennan, Pat and Trench, Brian (2018) The Tribune’s turbulent times. In: Breen, Joe and O'Brien, Mark, (eds.) The Sunday Papers: a history of Ireland's weekly press. Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 161-182. ISBN 9781846827273

Breen, Joe and O'Brien, Mark (2018) The Irish Sunday newspaper: its role, character and history. In: Breen, Joe and O'Brien, Mark, (eds.) The Sunday Papers: A History of Ireland's Weekly Press. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 17-40. ISBN 978-1-84682-727-3

O'Brien, Mark (2018) ‘A weekly newspaper unequalled in the annals of Irish journalism’: the Sunday Independent, 1905–84. In: Breen, Joe and O'Brien, Mark, (eds.) The Sunday Papers: A History of Ireland's Weekly Press. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 57-78. ISBN 978-1-84682-727-3

O'Brien, Mark (2018) All the news of interest: The Kerryman, 1904-1948. In: Kenneally, Ian and O'Donnell, James, (eds.) The Irish Regional Press 1892-2018: Revival, Revolution and Republic. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 41-52. ISBN 978-1-84682-655-9

O'Brien, Mark (2018) Fighting and writing: journalists and the 1916 Easter Rising. Media History, 24 (3&4). pp. 350-363. ISSN 1368-8804

2017

O'Brien, Mark (2017) ‘In war-torn Spain’ – the politics of Irish press coverage of the Spanish civil war. Media, War and Conflict, 10 (3). pp. 345-358. ISSN 1750-6352

2016

O'Brien, Mark (2016) ‘With the Irish in France’: the national press and recruitment in Ireland 1914-1916. Media History, 22 (2). pp. 159-173. ISSN 1368-8804

2015

Keating, Anthony (2015) Criminal libel, censorship and contempt of court: D.C. Boyd’s editorship of the Waterford Standard. In: Rafter, Kevin and O'Brien, Mark, (eds.) The State in Transition: Essays in Honour of John Horgan. New island, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 213-234. ISBN 978-1848404878

O'Brien, Mark (2015) ‘Facile ignorance’ and ‘wild wild women’: religion, journalism and social change in Ireland 1961–1979. In: Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223 and O'Brien, Mark, (eds.) The State in Transition: Essays in Honour of John Horgan. New island, Dublin, pp. 3-27. ISBN 9781848404878

O'Brien, Mark (2015) Whose war was it anyway? Irish journalism and the Great War after 1918. Journalism Studies, 17 (4). pp. 448-460. ISSN 1461-670X

O'Brien, Mark and Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223 (2015) Commerce and the Church: the factors that shaped New Journalism in the Irish Independent. Media History, 21 (3). pp. 252-264. ISSN 1368-8804

O'Brien, Mark (2015) Journalism and emerging professionalism in Ireland: the Association of Irish Journalists 1887-1890. Journalism Practice, 10 (1). pp. 109-122. ISSN 1751-2786

Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223 (2015) Never justify. Never explain’: some thoughts on Irish political memoirs. In: Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223 and O'Brien, Mark, (eds.) The State in Transition: Essays in Honour of John Horgan. New Island, Dublin, pp. 284-310. ISBN 978-1848404878

2014

Trench, Brian (2014) Hibernia: voices of dissent, 1968-80. In: O'Brien, Mark and Larkin, Felix M., (eds.) Periodicals and Journalism in Twentieth Century Ireland. Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 187-202. ISBN 978-1-84682-524-8

O'Brien, Mark (2014) Other voices: the Bell and documentary journalism. In: O'Brien, Mark and Larkin, Felix M., (eds.) Periodicals and Journalism in Twentieth Century Ireland. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 158-172. ISBN 978-1-84682-524-8

Horgan, John (2014) The Furrow: navigating the rapids, 1950–77. In: O'Brien, Mark and Larkin, Felix M., (eds.) Periodicals and journalism in twentieth-century Ireland. Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 167-181. ISBN 978-1-84682-524-8

Kenny, Colum ORCID: 0000-0002-1473-9514 (2014) ‘An extraordinary clever journalist’: Arthur Griffith’s editorships, 1899-1919. In: O'Brien, Mark and Larkin, Felix M., (eds.) Periodicals and Journalism in Twentieth Century Ireland. Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 16-30. ISBN 978-1-84682-524-8

O'Brien, Mark (2014) The Irish press, politicians and the Celtic Tiger economy. In: Schifferes, Steve and Roberts, Richard, (eds.) The Media and the Financial Crisis: Comparative and Historical Perspectives. Taylor & Francis (Routledge), London, pp. 75-86. ISBN 9781138022799

Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223 (2014) ‘There now follows...' The role of the party political broadcast and the 2007 peace broadcast. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha, (eds.) Political Communications in Ireland: Politics, Media and the Public. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK. ISBN 9781781385999

Fahy, Declan (2014) A limited focus? Journalism, politics, and the celtic tiger. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha ORCID: 0000-0003-3039-6934, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 129-146. ISBN 978-1-78138-027-7

Kavanagh, Sarah (2014) A pragmatic partnership: politicians and local media. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha ORCID: 0000-0003-3039-6934, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 45-61. ISBN 978-1-78138-027-7

Murphy, Gary (2014) A private affair? Lobbying and transparency in modern Ireland. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha ORCID: 0000-0003-3039-6934, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 149-165. ISBN 978-1-78138-027-7

Ó Beacháin, Donnacha ORCID: 0000-0003-3039-6934 (2014) Elections and political communication. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 25-44. ISBN 978-1-78138-027-7

Kenny, Colum ORCID: 0000-0002-1473-9514 (2014) Equal time for Judas Iscariot? Broadcast treatment of political contests in the Republic of Ireland. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 167-184. ISBN 978-1-78138-027-7

Byrne, Mark (2014) In sickness and in health: politics, spin, and the media. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha ORCID: 0000-0003-3039-6934, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 97-127. ISBN 978-1-78138-027-7

Clonan, Thomas (2014) Media advisors and programme managers. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha ORCID: 0000-0003-3039-6934, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 115-127. ISBN 978-1-78138-027-7

Corcoran, Farrel (2014) Political communication: an overview. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha ORCID: 0000-0003-3039-6934, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 7-24. ISBN 978-1-78138-027-7

Molony, Martin (2014) Social media and political communication. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha ORCID: 0000-0003-3039-6934, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, pp. 201-216. ISBN 978-1-78138-027-7

O'Brien, Mark (2014) Sources say: political journalism since 1921. In: O'Brien, Mark and Ó Beacháin, Donnacha ORCID: 0000-0003-3039-6934, (eds.) Political Communication in the Republic of Ireland. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, pp. 79-96. ISBN 978-1-781-38148-9

Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223 (2014) The passion of particularity’: Magill magazine, 1977-1990. In: O'Brien, Mark and Larkin, Felix M., (eds.) Periodicals and journalism in twentieth century Ireland. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 219-234. ISBN 978-1-84682-524-8

2012

Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223 (2012) A tale of “womanly intuition” - Hector Legge at the Sunday Independent, 1940-70. In: O'Brien, Mark ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223 and Rafter, Kevin, (eds.) Independent Newspapers: A History. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 119-132. ISBN 978-1-84682-360-2

O'Brien, Mark (2012) Independent Newspapers and Irish society, 1973-98. In: O'Brien, Mark and Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223, (eds.) Independent Newspapers: A History. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 170-181. ISBN 978-1-84682-360-2

Horgan, John (2012) The changing of the guard at Middle Abbey Street, 1961-73. In: O'Brien, Mark and Rafter, Kevin, (eds.) Independent Newspapers: A History. Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 133-146. ISBN 978-1-84682-360-2

O'Brien, Mark (2012) ‘The best interests of the nation’: Frank Geary, the Irish Independent and the Spanish civil war. In: O'Brien, Mark and Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223, (eds.) Independent Newspapers: A History. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 81-93. ISBN 978-1-84682-360-2

2011

O'Brien, Mark (2011) Journalism in Ireland: the evolution of a discipline. In: Rafter, Kevin ORCID: 0000-0001-9914-5223, (ed.) Irish Journalism Before Independence: More a Disease than a Profession. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 9-21. ISBN 9780719084522

2010

O'Brien, Mark (2010) The court of public opinion. In: Share, Perry and Corcoran, Mary, (eds.) Ireland of the Illusions: A Sociological Chronicle 2007-2008. Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, pp. 195-205. ISBN 978-1904541882

Fahy, Declan, O'Brien, Mark and Poti, Valario ORCID: 0000-0003-1156-5616 (2010) From boom to bust: a post-Celtic Tiger analysis of the norms, values and roles of Irish financial journalists. Irish Communications Review, 12 . pp. 5-20. ISSN 0791-0010

2007

O'Brien, Mark (2007) Selling fear? The changing face of crime reporting in Ireland. In: Horgan, John, O'Connor, Barbara and Sheehan, Helena, (eds.) Mapping Irish Media: Critical Explorations. UCD Press, Dublin. ISBN 9781904558835

2005

Kenny, Colum ORCID: 0000-0002-1473-9514 (2005) Censorship, not 'self censorship'. In: Corcoran, Mary P. ORCID: 0000-0002-0811-5326 and O'Brien, Mark, (eds.) Political Censorship and the Democratic State: The Irish Broadcasting Ban. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 73-85. ISBN 9781851828463

Corcoran, Farrel (2005) Government, Public Broadcasting and the Urge to Censor. In: Corcoran, Mary P. ORCID: 0000-0002-0811-5326 and O'Brien, Mark, (eds.) Political Censorship and the Democratic State: The Irish Broadcasting Ban. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 86-98. ISBN 9781851828463

2004

O'Brien, Mark (2004) Disavowing democracy: the silencing project in the South. In: Corcoran, Mary P. ORCID: 0000-0002-0811-5326 and O'Brien, Mark, (eds.) Political Censorship and the Democratic State: The Irish Broadcasting Ban. Four Courts Press, Dublin, pp. 48-58. ISBN 9781851828463

O'Brien, Mark (2004) Selling soccer. In: Peillon, Michel and Corcoran, Mary P., (eds.) Place and Non-Place - The Reconfiguration of Ireland. Institute of Public Administration, pp. 54-64. ISBN 1-904541-06-2