She is presently a reporter for the News at One on RTÉ Radio 1 and teaches Journalism at the University of Galway.
[1]The interview, for which questions were approved by the White House press office, led to complaints by President Bush and his press officers for the "disrespectful" manner of Coleman, who interrupted the President several times, and the cancellation of a Laura Bush interview with RTÉ.
RTÉ, however, stated it "totally stands over the conduct of the interview and Carole's journalism.
"[2] Coleman stated that she resorted to interrupting the President because she was afraid his stock answers would eat up all time she had for interview: "It was a filibuster of sorts.
I felt that I had simply done my job and shuddered at the thought of the backlash I would surely have faced in Ireland had I not challenged the president on matters that had changed the way America was viewed around the world.
The book begins with an account of her interview with President GW Bush and its aftermath.
It goes on to describe Coleman's travels through regions of the U.S. that voted for Bush in 2004 and the people she met along the way.
[4] In January 2009, Coleman published The Battle for the White House ... and the Soul of America (The Liffey Press), an account of the 2008 US presidential election.