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Rónán Thomas Mullen (born 13 October 1970) is an independent Irish Senator and former delegate to the Council of Europe. He was elected by the National University of Ireland Seanad constituency in July 2007 and re-elected for a second term in 2011. Mullen is a frequent media commentator on social and political topics. The first National University of Ireland senator appointed to the Council of Europe, he received international coverage for his role in defeating the controversial ''McCafferty Report'' which sought to limit the right to conscientious objection for medical staff in the case of abortions. Mullen was born and educated in County Galway, in the west of Ireland, and studied French and English at NUI Galway, where he was also president of the Students' Union. Then, in 1993, he moved to Dublin and studied for a master's degree in journalism, after which he worked as a teacher and press secretary. In 1999 he began training as a barrister in the King's Inns, during which he won the Irish Times Debate. He was called to the Bar in 2003. Since 2001 he has been a lecturer in the Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown. ==Background== Mullen was born in County Galway, son of Maura Hobbs and Tom Mullen. He grew up in Ahascragh, County Galway. After primary school in Kilglass National School and secondary school in Holy Rosary College in Mountbellew, he obtained a BA degree in English and French from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Mullen was elected president of UCG Students' Union (now NUI Galway Students' Union) in 1991–92.〔Dublin City University in 1993. After working as a teacher for a year in Liberties Vocational School, Mullen was appointed in 1994 to the post of Administration Officer for Academic and Student Affairs in Dundalk Regional Technical College (now Dundalk Institute of Technology) where he worked until March 1996. From 1996 to 2001, Mullen worked in the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of Dublin and appeared as a spokesperson for the Archdiocese and Cardinal Desmond Connell.〔http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Ronan/Mullen〕 Cardinal Connell was later found to have covered up numerous instances of child sex abuse by refusing to hand over information on abusers to authorities 〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ireland/6664519/Irelands-Cardinal-Desmond-Connell-apologises-for-church-sex-abuse.html〕〔http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/no-victory-possible-for-cardinal-1.891363〕 In 1999, he began studies for a Diploma in Legal Studies and a Barrister-at-Law degree from King's Inns. While studying, he and Michael Deasy were the members of the victorious King's Inns team in ''The Irish Times'' debating final in 2000. Mullen is the only former winner of that competition to be elected to the Oireachtas. Mullen was called to the Irish Bar in 2003.(【引用サイトリンク】title=RONAN MULLEN )〕 In October 2001 he began a weekly column with the ''Irish Examiner'' and later moved to the ''Irish Daily Mail''. He also writes occasionally for other publications, including ''The Irish Catholic''. He teaches courses in Law, Communication and Personal Development in Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown in Dublin, where he has been on the staff since 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Staff Directory )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rónán Mullen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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