Early Life
Coughlan was born in Donegal Town in the south of County Donegal in 1965. Her father was Cathal Coughlan, a former Fianna Fáil TD, who died in June 1986. She was educated at the Ursuline Convent in Sligo – where she was a boarder from 1978 to 1983 – and at University College Dublin, graduating with a Social Science degree. She worked as a social worker for a brief period before becoming involved in politics.
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