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Dr Michael Mulqueen

michael-mulqueen Dr Michael Mulqueen
Lecturer in Journalism
Telephone: +353 61 234679
Office: C1091
Email: michael.mulqueen@ul.ie
Website: http://re-evaluatingirishnationalsecurity.blogspot.com

Main Responsibilities

Education

Ph.D. in International Relations, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, 2002-2007
H.Dip. in Applied Communications, University College Galway, 1993-1994
B.A. (Sociology and Politics, History), University College Galway, 1989-1992

Teaching

(Semester 1) JM4001, JM5051
(Semester 2) JM4002, JM4004

Research activities

Member of the Centre for Criminal Justice, UL, with particular interests in security and policing.
Member of the UL Media Research Network

Monographs

(2009) Re-Evaluating Irish National Security Policy: Affordable threats? Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Journal Articles

(2009) [with Conway, V.] ‘The 2009 Anti-Gangland Package: Ireland’s New Security Blanket?’ Irish Criminal Law Journal, Vol. 19(3).

(2009) ‘Securing the state with soldier spies: Evaluating the risks of using military personnel to gather surveillance evidence in Ireland’, Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 20.

(2007) ‘A weak link? Irish National Security Policy on International Terrorism’, Contemporary Security Policy, Vol. 28 (2) 330-356.

Selected Conference Papers

(2009) ‘”Nail the crime gang bosses”: State security and its risks to police accountability in Ireland’, paper presented to the Conference on Police Governance and Accountability: Developments, Challenges and Outlooks, Limerick, Ireland, 04 December 2009.

(2009) ‘Re-evaluating Irish national security policy in the shadow of the peace process’, paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association of Ireland, Liverpool, UK, 10 October 2009.

(2009) ‘Military force and police accountability: the risks of using military personnel to gather surveillance evidence’, paper presented to the 5th Irish Criminology Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 15 June 2009.

(2005) ‘United We Stand? Counter-terrorism initiatives meet a small member state’s national security community’, paper presented to the 46th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Hawaii, USA, 05 Mar 2005.

(2003) ‘Unwitting Accomplice? International relations theory and the September 11 attack: The lessons for small state security policy’, paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association, Birmingham, UK, 20 Dec 2003.

(2003) ‘International relations theory and threats to small states in the post September 11 risk environment’, paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association of Ireland, Dublin, 18 Oct 2003.

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

Consultant and contributor to Jane’s Information Group: Jane’s Insurgency and Terrorism, Jane’s World Armies and Jane’s Sentinel Security Assessments (Western Europe).

Research Grants

2002-2005: IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholarship. Application awarded an Alpha star rating as ‘outstanding’.
2009: Enterprise Ireland FP7 Travel Support Scheme grant awarded by Enterprise Ireland’s Industrial Research and Commercialisation Committee (IRCC).

External contributions

Theses supervised

2008 – 2009: Fame and Warfare: Conflict and media coverage
M.A. in Military History and Strategic Studies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
2007 – 2008: Putin and the Oligarchs: Using Historical Institutionalism to Explain Tensions between the State and Oligarchs in Putin’s Russia
M.B.S. in Government, Department of Government, University College Cork

Previous appointments:

2008 – Department of Government, University College Cork:
Temporary Lecturer, Security Studies
2007, 2008 – Department of English, National University of Ireland Galway
Temporary Lecturer, Journalism
2005-2008: The Clare People, Ennis, Co. Clare
Sub-editor (News)
2001-2002: Irish Independent/Evening Herald, Dublin
Freelance journalist specialising in security, organised crime and politics
2001-2002: RTÉ News, Dublin
Freelance journalist, television
1999-2001: Evening Herald, Dublin
Security correspondent
1998-1999: RTÉ News, Dublin & Cork
Staff journalist, television and radio
1997-1998: Radio Ireland/Today FM, Dublin
Staff journalist, crime and legal affairs
1995-1997: Irish Examiner, Cork
Freelance journalist
1994-1997: Clare FM, Ennis, Co. Clare
Staff journalist

Professional Awards

1998: Ireland’s Radio Journalist of the Year, ESB National Media Awards for the radio documentary, ‘The Moher Murder’, Clare FM

Professional memberships

Present: International Studies Association, British International Studies Association,
Former: University Association of Contemporary European Studies; FORNET (Inter-university EU Foreign and Security Policy analysis network); National Union of Journalists; Institute of International and European Affairs (EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Committee, Justice and Home Affairs Committee).

Sample media commentary:

(2007) ‘Ship to shore: The route that feeds our deadliest obsession’, Irish Independent, Dec 01, available at http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ship-to-shore—the-route–that-feeds–our-deadliest-obsession-1234232.html.
(2006) ‘Under-siege officers just resort to circling the wagons again’, Irish Independent, 21 July, available at http://www.independent.ie/national-news/undersiege-officers-just-resort-to-circling-the-wagons-again-89043.html.
(2006) ‘Our air defence against terror in 2006…’, 12 Aug, Irish Independent, available at http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/our-air-defence-against-terror-in-2006-82674.html.
(2006) Man shot by gardaí in Gort, Co. Galway’, RTÉ 1 Prime Time, 12 Oct, available at http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1012/primetime.html.
(2006) ‘Dublin airport under terrorist threat: reports’, RTÉ Radio 1 Drivetime, 15 Nov, available at http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1115/drivetime.html.

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