MAGILL AND THE 1980s: Kevin Rafter

The Mick Clifford Podcast by Irish Examiner

Sep 24, 202645:05News & Politics

Vincent Browne was the founding editor of Magill magazine and oversaw it, officially and unofficially, for the 1980s. It was a time of great change and the emergence of outstanding journalists to document it. DCU academi...

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