Una Mullally is an

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journalist and broadcaster from Dublin. She is a columnist with ''

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''.

Background

Mullally grew-up in Deansgrange in South County Dublin and attended

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where she was head girl in her final year before going on to study at Dublin City University.

Career

Mullally was previously a staff reporter and columnist with the ''

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'' and a columnist with ''

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''. and presented the alternative music show ''Ceol ar an Imeall'' ("Music on the Edge") for

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. She was one of the judges for the 2007

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. She began blogging at "Pop Life" for ''The Irish Times'' in 2012. She wrote the history book ''In the Name of Love'' documenting the movement for same-sex marriage in Ireland. The BAI subsequently upheld complaints against RTÉ and Newstalk for comments on marriage equality by Mr Mooney and Mr Donoghue - in respect of on-air interviews that Mullaly did to promote the book - ruling that their comments breached guidelines on balanced broadcasting. Mullaly complained that these findings effectively denied her on-air publicity. In an article published in ''The Irish Times'' on 27 April 2015, Mullally discussed the difficulties of acknowledging being gay in the context of a diagnosis she had recently received—that of

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. When the nurse was taking details of her next-of-kin, Mullally admitted to hesitating before mentioning her partner, Sarah. Mullally's article was well-received; in an interview with

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, she confirmed the cancer had spread to her

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s. In March 2015, Mullally won Journalist of the Year at the GALA LGBT Awards. She lives in

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. Originally from the

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, she lives on the

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of the city.

References

External links

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