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David McCullagh (RTE) Wiki, Age, Daughter, Wife, Weight Loss, Net Worth, Salary, Books

David McCullagh Biography – David McCullagh Wiki

David McCullagh is a journalist, author, and presenter from Dublin, Ireland. He currently works at Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) where he presents the Six One News alongside Sharon Tobin. Prior to presenting the Six One News, McCullagh presented the current affairs television program Prime Time from 2013 to 2020 and served as a Political Correspondent with RTÉ News and Current Affairs.

He started his journalism career with the Evening Press. In 2001, McCullagh took up the role of Political Correspondent for RTE and was later appointed co-host of Prime Time in 2013 alongside Miriam O’Callaghan. On July 3, 2020, it was announced by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE) that McCullagh would present RTE’s Six One news bulletin alongside his co-host Caitriona Perry from September 2020. Speaking about his new role, McCullagh said, “I’ve done various different gigs in RTE, this is one of the really big ones, so when they offered it to me I thought it would be rude to say no.”

The RTE veteran has won several awards for his work in media, in 1999 he was presented a prize under the category ‘TV features and documentaries’ at the ESB national media awards. He attended Newpark Comprehensive School, a mixed secondary school in Blackrock. He went on to study politics at University College Dublin (UCD). McCullagh also holds a Ph.D. in politics. McCullagh has also written two books – A mAkeshift Majority: The First inter-party government, 1948-51 and The Reluctant Taoiseach: A Biography of John A Costello.

David McCullagh Age

He was born on December 1, 1967, in Dublin, Ireland. He is 56 years old as of 2024.

David McCullagh Wife

RTE news anchor David McCullagh is married to his wife Anne-Marie Smyth, who works in the RTÉ news department as an editor for the children’s news programme News2Day. The couple met at the family law courts in Smithfield when they were both budding newspaper reporters.

The Dublin native told the RTE Guide: “We were covering a case – she was working for the Tribune at the time and I was with the Irish Press. She came to work in the Press and then we both ended up in RTÉ.”

He added: “We had just got married and had a mortgage to support and the Press was looking a bit shaky, so jobs came up in RTÉ and we both applied for them and both got them, thankfully.”

David McCullagh Daughter

David McCullagh and his wife, Anne-Marie Smyth, have one daughter, Rosie McCullagh, who is in college and following in her parent’s footsteps, studying history and English. She started college the September before the pandemic began and had to switch to virtual learning. Rosie then moved to the States to do a semester in North Carolina.

David McCullagh Net Worth

Broadcaster David McCullagh’s net worth is estimated to be $8 million.