Mark Little (Irish journalist)
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| Born | 1968 Dublin, Ireland |
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| Nationality | Irish  |
| Education | Economics and Politics, Trinity College Dublin |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Employers | RTÉ |
Mark Little was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1968. He studied Economics and Politics in Trinity College, Dublin, and graduated in 1990. During his time in Trinity College he was an active member of the Irish Labour Party (including spells as National Chair of Labour Youth as well as leading the Trinity branch) where his mentor was the former party leader, Ruairi Quinn T.D. He was also president of Trinity Students' Union and active in the Union of Students in Ireland in the middle of their battles with Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) over the right to distribute information about abortion services available outside of Ireland. While in Trinity he worked as intern for the magazine Marxism Today in the summer of 1988 and edited the student newspaper Trinity News.
He joined the Dublin City University Graduate Journalism programme in 1990. He joined Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) as a television reporter in 1991. He worked during the Ben Dunne scandal and later he was appointed RTÉ's first Washington Correspondent in September 1995, covering two presidential elections and the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He also covered President Bill Clinton's involvement in the Irish peace process, and his state visits to Ireland. In January 2001 Mark became RTÉ's Foreign Affairs Correspondent. He reported on the impact of the September 11, 2001 attacks from the United States, Israel, Egypt and Iran, and spent seven weeks in Northern Iraq reporting on the war. In 2001, he was named Television Journalist of the Year for his reporting in Afghanistan.
He is currently a presenter of RTÉ television's current affairs programme Prime Time. He is the author of the non-fiction books Turn Left at Greenland and Zulu Time, published in June 2002 and March 2004 respectively.
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