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Daniel Carey
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Postdoctoral Researcher. Former journalist. Media history. Oral history. Currently researching the (Catholic) Standard newspaper (1928-1978). Funded through the Research Ireland Government of Ireland scheme. Based at Dublin City University
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Someone probably needs to tell the RTE News channel that Ireland have beaten Hungary #HUNIRL #COYBIG
A screenshot from the RTE News channel which has this text at the bottom of the screen: 'Confidence is high, belief is building game by game, but can Ireland put in another heroic performance just 3 days after an energy-sapping, high octane victory over Portugal?'
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Someone probably needs to tell the RTE News channel that Ireland have beaten Hungary #HUNIRL #COYBIG
A screenshot from the RTE News channel which includes text at the bottom of the screen: 'Confidence is high, belief is building game by game, but can Ireland put in another heroic performance just 3 days after an energy-sapping, high octane victory over Portugal?'
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Headline in the Catholic Standard, 1968: 'Descendants of head hunters becoming nuns'
Catholic Standard story headlined 'Descendants of head hunters becoming nuns'
October 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Spotted in Ballymun. Am very tempted to claim one of these and take it home while they're still dotted over Dublin #aras25
A Jim Gavin for President poster attached to a street light in Ballymun, County Dublin
October 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Thanks to all who attended my Dublin Festival of History lecture @nlireland.bsky.social detailing my research on the Catholic Standard newspaper. Great to have an interested audience and a lively Q&A. My research is being undertaken @dublincityuni.bsky.social and funded by @researchireland.ie.
The author, standing behind a desk at the National Library of Ireland. The desk contains a laptop and a screen
October 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Delighted to see my upcoming talk on the Catholic Standard newspaper in 'What's on at the National Library of Ireland'. Part of the Dublin Festival of History, it takes place on 1 Oct @nlireland.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
Register here:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
A screenshot from 'What's on at the National Library of Ireland', including the author's upcoming talk
September 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Crying laughing emoji
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Really enjoyed speaking at the Taste of @dublincityuni.bsky.social event about my @researchireland.ie -funded study of the Catholic Standard newspaper, looking at the 'social evil' of dance halls. Great Q&A session with a super audience which included people who met their partner at a dance hall!
Banner advertising an age-friendly initiative at DCU
September 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Top quality subtitles on RTE for the reaction to Sylvester Stallone's penalty save on Escape To Victory
Unsuccessful German penalty-taker in left foreground with his head in his hands. Sylvester Stallone holding the ball after saving the penalty. And subtitles which read 'THE CROWD GOES MAD'
August 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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The phrase "growing packs of sex wolves" appears in a 1964 letter to the Catholic Standard about "the vicious white-slave traffic" in Dublin after dark.

Google's AI overview informed me: 'The phrase "growing packs of sex wolves" is a sensationalized and inaccurate way to describe wolf behaviour'
AI overview: The phrase "growing packs of sex wolves" is a sensationalized and inaccurate way to describe wolf behaviour. Wolves live in family units called packs, and while the dominant pair typically breeds, it's not a matter of "sex wolves" or a chaotic, sexually aggressive pack dynamic. Wolf packs are more accurately described as cooperative family groups with a structured social hierarchy.
July 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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This is my favourite ever 'Prefer not to say'

www.independent.ie/irish-news/m...
Responses to the question "Do you own a 'dodgy box'" in an Irish newspaper: Yes: 14 % No: 76 % Prefer not to say: 10 %
July 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Spotted abandoned in Glasnevin, County Dublin. Surely there's a six-word short story waiting to be written about this
A lone black and silver flip-flop in rough ground with patchy grass
July 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Holy Father's Health: Reports "Completely False"

Headline from the Irish Catholic newspaper The Standard, 5 September, 1941
Headline from the Standard, 5 September 1941: Holy Father's Health: Reports "Completely False"
April 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Before the talk about #tariffs on the penguins of Heard and McDonald islands, the Irish newspaper The #Standard (2 June 1928) had a story about an 'Isle of Dogs' west of Madagascar
A story from the Irish newspaper The Standard headlined 'Dogs in Possession' with the subheading 'Only Population on South Sea Island'
April 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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'Stop the drift towards economic chaos - Situation must be reviewed – Tariff war being waged in most unlucky time for all parties involved in it'.
The #Irish Catholic newspaper The Standard may have been right when they addressed #tariffs in November 1932.
Front page story from The Standard (An Irish Organ of Catholic Opinion), 12 November 1932. Headline: Stop the drift towards economic chaos. Sub-headings: Situation must be reviewed – Tariff war being waged in most unlucky time for all parties involved in it – British minister’s tactlessness. Text of story: There is urgent necessity that the economic drift in the Saorstat should be examined and stayed. Every material interest of the country is being depreciated by the present tendency of things, and you cannot depress the worker and the unemployed at the present time without imperilling moral interest as well. His Holiness the Pope warned us a year ago that the enemies of religion would seek to profit by the hardships of the poor to undermine their faith. And whatever ideals we may have of a simpler life and a more ascetic national economy, the change towards it may not rightly be so rapid as to increase the distress of the workers.
April 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Luckily, Dutch teletekst is keeping me updated ...
Scores and scorers from tonight's Nations League football matches in Dutch
March 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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'Five arrested after containment operation on N3'

It looks like the new Enid Blyton book has gone in an unexpected direction
Story on RTE.ie headlined 'Five arrested after containment operation on N3' with a stock photo of a Garda (police) van
March 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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It could have been worse ...
Tweet from Dan Douglas: what’s the worst mistake you’ve ever made at work? after a long & stressful day speedwriting summaries i mixed up the names of (BBC director general) Tony Hall & (disgraced paedophile) Stuart Hall in a report i sent to... BBC DG Tony Hall, all the BBC top brass, the BBC trustees
February 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Spring 🌼 has (kinda) sprung in Albert College Park, #Dublin next door to #DCU - possibly in honour of the birthday of Dead Calm and Titanic actor Billy Zane, or maybe because it's, you know, late February #photography #daffodils
Daffodils photographed in a Dublin park
February 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Ah, the glory of algorithms! Ryanair are suggesting I buy a card for my non-existent wife to 'save Valentine's Day', while LinkedIn are hinting I should learn Turkish on the four days I'm not working as a hair stylist
List of LinkedIn jobs selected for me, including sales assistant, store assistant and stylist. (I am very happy in my job, which is academia and bears no resemblance to these suggestions)
February 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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I think the burglar on the bus shelter advert for Phonewatch has stolen my cap and my jacket
Advert for Phonewatch alarm company featuring a would-be burglar dressed in a black cap and black jacket, a house, and the slogan 'Get the alarm burglars fear'
February 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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It looks like Dublin 11 has seceded while I was at dinner in Finglas. Huge if true. Hoping I'll have left the Irish Confederacy by the time I'm back in Glasnevin. No border checks yet that I can see
A warning from Dublin Bus saying: "This page is not available in your country/region". White text in black box with a yellow background
January 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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RTE @ 9am: Dail Eireann will resume at 10.30 and you can follow what happens on the RTE News Channel

RTE News Channel at 10.30: Mass from Tipperary

(The resumption of Dail Eireann has been delayed)
Screenshot of a priest saying Mass from the Holy Family Mission, Glencomeragh House, County Tipperary
January 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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I'm very tempted to click 'Add to profile' here, Academia!

But I prefer to be known as 'Dean' or 'Mr Swift'
May 9, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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My first book chapter! 'Making A Splash: A Brief History of Headlines' is contained in the volume Exciting News: Event, Narration and Impact from Past to Present. Many thanks to the editors for including my contribution
The first page of the authors book chapter A snippet from the book's table of contents The cover of the book
April 11, 2024 at 4:49 PM