David McCullagh PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 is an Irish

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 journalist and author. He is currently Political Correspondent with RTÉ News and Current Affairs.

McCullagh attended Newpark Comprehensive School

Newpark Comprehensive School

Newpark Comprehensive School is a non-fee paying, co-educational comprehensive secondary school under Church of Ireland management, located on Newtown Park Avenue in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland....

 and studied politics in University College Dublin

University College Dublin

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. He holds a PhD in the subject.

He began his journalistic career working for the Evening Press

Evening Press

The Evening Press was an Irish newspaper which was printed from 1954 until 1995. It was set up by Éamon de Valera's Irish Press group, and was originally edited by Douglas Gageby...

. He is currently Political Correspondent with Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

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, along with David Davin-Power

David Davin-Power

David Davin-Power is an Irish journalist from Dublin, Ireland. He is currently political correspondent with RTÉ News and Current Affairs.Davin-Power was one of the first presenters of Morning Ireland, along with David Hanly. He is also a former Northern Ireland Editor for RTÉ News and Current...

. He has been Political Correspondent in RTÉ since 2001. He presents Behind Closed Doors on RTÉ One

RTÉ One

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 which details released State Documents. He has also presented The Week in Politics

The Week in Politics

The Week in Politics is an Irish news and current affairs programme broadcast on RTÉ One It is presented by Sean O'Rourke, occasionally by David McCullagh or Bryan Dobson....

and election and referendum programmes on RTÉ.

In 1999, he won a prize under the category 'TV features and documentaries' in the ESB national media awards. He has also written the book A Makeshift Majority: The first inter-party government, 1948-51, and a biography of John A. Costello

John A. Costello

John Aloysius Costello , a successful barrister, was one of the main legal advisors to the government of the Irish Free State after independence, Attorney General of Ireland from 1926–1932 and Taoiseach from 1948–1951 and 1954–1957....

. The Reluctant Taoiseach: A Biography of John A Costello, was launched in 2010.

McCullagh is married to the journalist Anne-Marie Smyth, with whom he has one child.