Cathal Mac Coille

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Cathal Mac Coille
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Cathal Mac Coille in 2009
Born1952 (age 7273)
Nationality Irish
Alma mater University College Dublin
Occupation(s)Journalist, broadcaster
Notable credit Morning Ireland
Children4

Cathal Mac Coille (born 1952) is a retired Irish broadcaster, researcher and journalist. He was a co-presenter of Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1 for most of the period from 1986 until his retirement in 2017. [1] He currently writes opinion pieces for Tuairisc.ie, a role he took up in 2014. [2] He was used by RTÉ in numerous political broadcasts and interviewed several prominent politicians.

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Mac Coille also presented other shows on radio and television, including This Week and One to One . His journalism work has included stints with Comhar and the Sunday Tribune and he also spent time as a reporter with TG4.

Career

Mac Coille started his career as editor of the Irish language magazine, Comhar. He then went on to get a Bachelor of Arts in History from University College Dublin. He first joined RTÉ as a radio researcher in 1974, initially working at the Nuacht desk for five years. He was a member of the RTÉ Northern Staff from 1978 to 1984 and from 1984 to 1986 presented This Week and other news programmes. [3] He worked as political correspondent with Irish language television channel, TG4. He also worked as a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper for five years from 1990. [4]

Mac Coille is best known for presenting Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, which is Ireland's most listened to radio programme and has been on air since 1984. [5] He joined the Morning Ireland team in 1986, left the show in 1990 but returned again from 2001 until his retirement in 2017. [1] In 1990, Mac Coille won a Jacob's Award for his work as presenter of Morning Ireland. Mac Coille regularly interviewed politicians such as Gerry Adams [6] and Eoin Ryan Jnr, [7] and breakfasted politically with CNN broadcaster Larry King on Super Tuesday in February 2008. [8]

Mac Coille has also worked on One to One , a television interview series broadcast on RTÉ One. [9] In radio he worked on the Good Friday Agreement and the 2008 United States presidential election. [3] [10] Mac Coille was part of a crew of RTÉ employees who travelled to the United States to cover the Super Tuesday election event, a move which was later criticised when the true cost emerged. [10]

In September 2010 on Morning Ireland Mac Coille received a controversial nine-minute live interview from Taoiseach Brian Cowen at a Fianna Fáil think-in in Galway; the interview received international attention and led to increased pressure on Cowen to resign in the days that followed. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Personal life

Mac Coille grew up in Clondalkin and attended school at Coláiste Mhuire in the city centre, [3] before moving to Phibsborough in Dublin. He is married with four children.

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