Jonathan Mullin

Jonathan Mullin, born in 1978, is an Irish journalist, former footballer and coach from Frenchbrook, Kilmaine, County Mayo. He studied corporate law at NUI Galway, then trained in journalism and worked for the Evening Echo, The Mayo News, The Athlone Voice and the Irish Daily Mail before joining the RTÉ News Sports Unit in October 2006, where he was the first Gaelic Games Correspondent for RTÉ Television News. In March 2010 he became editor of the Irish edition of the Racing Post, with horse racing and Gaelic games as his specific interests. As a player he won a medal in the 1996 Connacht Minor Football Championship with Mayo, and he has also played association football for Mayo. He coached and jointly managed the Mayo ladies' football team from 1998 to 2001, a spell that brought two All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles and a National Football League title.