ABSTRACT
The establishment of the Irish Free State in January 1922 may have marked the beginning of the dissolution of the British Empire, but this was as yet far from apparent, and, in Dublin, such global considerations were far from people’s minds. In every sphere of public and private life, the business of adjustment began apace. The media were not exempt; indeed, they were as unprepared as any sector in society for the sea-change that was in progress, and in some cases had rapidly to adopt, chameleon-like, a range of new editorial positions as they grappled with emerging political and social realities.
