The Minister for Publicity was a position in the Ministry of Dáil ÃÂireann, the government of the Irish Republic, a self-declared state which was established in 1919 by Dáil ÃÂireann, the parliamentary assembly made up of the majority of Irish MPs elected in the 1918 general election.
In April 1918, a Sinn Féin Department of Propaganda was established at No. 6 Harcourt Street in charge of Robert Brennan. The portfolio was created to promote the new government of Ireland throughout the country. After the First Dáil came into being a similar department was set up under the new Dáil, concentrating more on overseas publicity. Both Departments co-operated in issuing publicity material. The first Director of Publicity under Dáil ÃÂireann was Laurence Ginnell.
In the First Dáil, the post was called Director of Propaganda.