Mark Coughlan

Ireland

Journalist and Assistant Editor at RTÉ

Everything is getting cutting room scrapped, unless the silver screen throws gummy bears back. Journalist, RTÉ Current Affairs (usually seen on @RTE_PrimeTime).

Featured in: Favicon

rte.ie

medium.com Favicon

thetimes.co.uk Favicon

independent.ie Favicon

science.org Favicon

yourlocalguardian.co.uk Favicon

thisislocallondon.co.uk Favicon

surreycomet.co.uk Favicon

richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk Favicon

wimbledonguardian.co.uk + 6 more

Articles

UN rapporteur calls for more Irish govt action against Israel

Mar 20, 2025 | rte.ie | Mark Coughlan

United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has urged the Irish government to take stronger action against Israel, including cutting trade ties. She also specifically called for Ireland to pass the Occupied Territories Bill.
UN documents on killing of Private Rooney sent to Dublin coroner

Mar 20, 2025 | rte.ie | Jack McCarron |Mark Coughlan

Additional documentation related to the 2022 killing of Irish peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney has been provided by the United Nations to Irish authorities in recent weeks, a UN diplomatic source has confirmed. The documents were given to the Irish UN permanent mission in New York on a USB storage drive, as part of a response to a request from the Dublin City Coroner's Court.
McGregor's 'dangerous Dublin' claim traces to gambling site list

Mar 19, 2025 | rte.ie | Mark Coughlan

Conor McGregor appears to have based one of the key views he expressed during his St Patrick's Day White House visit on a ranking of European cities published by an online gambling company.
1,500 in 15 days: What Musk's Trump-era tweets reveal about him

Feb 9, 2025 | rte.ie | Mark Coughlan

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, was long considered a political 'moderate'. Pre-pandemic, he donated to Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama. In 2016 he told CNBC that Donald Trump doesn't have the "sort of character that reflects well on the United States."Now, he is at the heart of Trump's presidency, with an office in The White House. So what are his current views?
What happened and what does it say about our AI future?

Feb 2, 2025 | rte.ie | Mark Coughlan |Bryan O'Donovan

The release of DeepSeek's latest AI model rocked stock markets, shocked global politicians, and forced major companies across the world to reassess their strategies this week. It has been described as a 'pivot point’ for artificial intelligence (AI), an industry that many believe could upend or supercharge whole swathes of society. Some analysts are now reassessing whether - and when – so-called 'superintelligence' may emerge.
Satellite imagery shows scale of fire damage around Los Angeles

Jan 9, 2025 | rte.ie | Mark Coughlan

High resolution satellite imagery taken over the last 24 hours shows the scale of destruction wrath on neighbourhoods north of Los Angeles by several fires. Firefighters are battling several blazes, the largest of which began on Tuesday, and forecasters say the weather locally is likely to be conducive to further fire issues into tomorrow night. High winds abated somewhat yesterday, allowing aircraft to conduct water drops on the Sunset fire near Hollywood, which has now been contained.
The Exit Poll: Three key charts to understand the initial details

Nov 29, 2024 | rte.ie | Mark Coughlan

The initial tranche of data from the Ipsos B&A Exit Poll, released just as ballot boxes were locked across the country on Friday night, provides an indication of where respondents said they cast their first preference vote and their initial transfers. No poll is perfect, but exit polls are broadly considered more reliable than other types of polling, as they are conducted immediately after the person has cast their vote.
Reflections on the riots: One year on from destruction in Dublin

Nov 22, 2024 | rte.ie | Mark Coughlan

The worst rioting in decades began in Dublin on the evening of Thursday, 23 November 2023. A year later, the impact of what happened is still being felt across the city, as Mark Coughlan and Kate McDonald report. As dawn broke on Friday 24 November 2023, repair crews were out on Dublin’s O’Connell Street trying to piece the Luas line back together.
Russian spy ship confirmed to be operating off Dublin near cables

Nov 15, 2024 | rte.ie | Mark Coughlan |Joe Galvin

A Russian spy ship has been operating near subsea cables in the Irish Sea just north of Dublin in recent days, according to vessel tracking data and military sources. The Irish Naval Service is understood to be monitoring the activity of the Yantar, which has a crew of 60 and is ostensibly a Russian navy oceanographic research vessel. On Thursday, it momentarily appeared on commercial marine tracking systems positioned 60km off the east coast.
Russian warships observed by Defence Forces south of Ireland

Nov 13, 2024 | rte.ie | Mark Coughlan |Joe Galvin

The Irish Defence Forces dispatched a specialist observation plane twice in recent days to an area of the Atlantic south of Cork where Russian naval vessels, including one equipped with new hypersonic missiles, are understood to have been traversing. Irish Naval Service assets are also understood to be involved in the monitoring operation. Flight tracking systems show a C295 Irish Air Corps plane flew over an area south of Ireland on both Monday and Tuesday.