Ronan Mullen
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Rónán Mullen is an opinion columnist with the Irish Daily Mail where he comments on issues of social, religious and political affairs. From October 2001 to May 2006 he was a columist for "The Irish Examiner" newspaper.
He also lectures in Law, Personal Development and Communications in the Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, Dublin. Rónán Mullen was called to the Irish Bar in 2003, and is currently practising as a barrister in Dublin.
He and Michael Deasy were the members of the victorious King's Inns team in The Irish Times debating final in 2000.
From 1996 to 2001, Rónán Mullen worked in the Communications Office of the Diocese of Dublin, and frequently appeared as a spokesperson for the Dublin diocese during that period.
Before that, he worked in Dundalk Institute of Technology (previously Dundalk Regional Technical College ), having been appointed to the post of Administration Officer for Academic and Student Affairs in 1994.
He holds a degree in Arts (English and French) from University College Galway and a Masters Degree in Journalism from Dublin City University (DCU). He was elected president of UCG Students' Union in 1991.
He is a regular contributor to Irish radio and TV programmes, frequently reviewing newspapers on the independent radio channel Newstalk 106. A fluent Irish speaker, he also appears on Radio na Gaeltachta and TG4, Ireland’s Irish language radio and television channels.
Rónán Mullen is to be a member of the Board of Directors of CEIST Ltd, a new trust body for over 100 secondary schools around Ireland.
He is also a member of the Corporate Board of Management of St Vincent's Trust, an education and community development agency of the Daughters of Charity in Dublin's City Centre.
He is a native of Ahascragh in County Galway in Ireland.
Rónán Mullen will contest the 2007 Senate elections on the NUI graduate panel. His campaign website is www.ronanmullen.ie. His policy concerns include juvenile offending, overseas development, respect for life, the needs of families and children and educational disadvantage.
