14 Facts About Mark Dooley

Mark Dooley grew up in Dublin, where he attended the Synge Street CBS.

Mark Dooley studied history and philosophy at University College Dublin, graduating with a BA in 1991 and obtaining his MA in philosophy in 1993.

Mark Dooley earned his doctorate in philosophy in 1997, from UCD, with a thesis on Kierkegaard; the thesis was published by Fordham University Press as The Politics of Exodus: Kierkegaard's Ethics of Responsibility.

Mark Dooley taught philosophy and theology at University College Dublin from 1993, where he was a John Henry Newman Scholar in theology.

Mark Dooley was a visiting lecturer in philosophy at Maynooth University in 1998 and 1999, and returned as lecturer between 2006 and 2011.

Mark Dooley is a regular broadcaster on Ireland's national radio.

Since 2002, Mark Dooley has contributed to The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Examiner, Prospect Magazine and The Dublin Magazine.

Mark Dooley reported on the headquartering in Ireland of several radical Islamic organisations.

Since 2006 Mark Dooley has worked as a cultural and political columnist for the Irish Daily Mail.

Mark Dooley is the author of the paper's 'Moral Matters' Wednesday column and writes occasional 'Saturday Essays'.

Mark Dooley argues that the connections between the two run much deeper than previously suggested.

In particular, it includes an interview of Derrida by Mark Dooley which contains Derrida's definitive statement on religion: 'The Becoming Possible of the Impossible.

In 2007, Mark Dooley co-authored The Philosophy of Derrida which presents the core philosophical ideas of Jacques Derrida and an appraisal of their impact.

The Roger Scruton Reader, its companion volume, is a collection of texts by Scruton which Mark Dooley selected, edited and introduced.