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James Dougal (19 March 1945 – 15 October 2010) was a
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and broadcaster who had worked, from 1969 until shortly before his death for RTÉ, UTV and the
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. He was said to have maintained a long friendship with Ian Paisley. He created a production company, Dougal Media, for which he made profiles of Paisley and Margaret Thatcher. His greatest passion, though, was his family. He is survived by his wife, Deirdre, daughters Tara, Emma and Tina, a stepdaughter, Nicola, and a son, James.


Journalism

An alumnus of St Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast and a former civil servant, Dougal's career as a journalist began at BBC Northern Ireland as a general reporter. He also worked at Ulster Television before taking up the post as Northern editor at RTÉ from 1974 to 1991. Dougal returned to BBC Northern Ireland in 1991 as the station's
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, replacing Denis Murray upon his promotion to Ireland Correspondent for the corporation's network news bulletins. Dougal's reports were featured on ''Inside Ulster'' and '' Newsline''. In February 1996, Dougal was appointed as the new co-presenter of BBC Northern Ireland's relaunched evening news programm
''Newsline 6.30''
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European Commission

Dougal left the BBC in 1997 to take up a job for the
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, initially based in
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. He later became the head of the
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for the
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until 2004.


Return to journalism

In 2006 Dougal returned to broadcasting by presenting and producing ''The Eternal Optimist'', a documentary about the former
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. He formed a part of UTV's presenting team for the station's coverage of that year's Northern Ireland Assembly election in March 2007. Dougal, who ran his own broadcast company Dougal Media, also presented and produced a UTV documentary entitled ''Paisley, from Protest to Power'' charting the life of Northern Ireland's
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Ian Paisley – the programme aired on the day Paisley took up office in Northern Ireland alongside Deputy First Minister
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. He continued to work as a broadcaster, writer and media affairs and public affairs consultant until his death on 15 October 2010 at the age of 65 from cancer.


Honours

Dougal was awarded an honorary doctorate from
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for services to the community in Northern Ireland.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dougal, Jim 1945 births 2010 deaths BBC newsreaders and journalists Deaths from cancer in Northern Ireland Irish journalists Irish writers Journalists from Northern Ireland Writers from Belfast RTÉ newsreaders and journalists Television presenters from Northern Ireland UTV (TV channel) People educated at St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast Male non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland