Colum Kenny

Colum Kenny is Professor of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland. A barrister, journalist, founding board member of the E.U. Media Desk in Ireland, and a council member of the Irish Legal History Society, Kenny writes a weekly column for Ireland's main Sunday broadsheet, the "Sunday Independent." His books include "The Power of Silence, " a study of the central role of silence in communication, and "Fearing Sellafield," an analysis of Britain's controversial nuclear reprocessing...See more

Colum Kenny is Professor of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland. A barrister, journalist, founding board member of the E.U. Media Desk in Ireland, and a council member of the Irish Legal History Society, Kenny writes a weekly column for Ireland's main Sunday broadsheet, the "Sunday Independent." His books include "The Power of Silence, " a study of the central role of silence in communication, and "Fearing Sellafield," an analysis of Britain's controversial nuclear reprocessing plant. Kenny resides in the seaside town of Bray, by the Wicklow Hills just outside Dublin, Ireland, with his wife, Catherine Curran. They have three sons. See less