Coughlan went on to lead the harder-edged The Fatima Mansions, who found critical success with their aggressive live shows and five consistent albums, but broke up in 1995.

[9] Coughlan formed the Fatima Mansions in 1988,[2] naming the band after the large public housing complex in the working class area of Rialto in Dublin's inner city.

"[17] He recorded with comedian Sean Hughes, High Llamas drummer Rob Allum (under the name of his alter-ego "Cod"), and Paul Jarvis of SLAB!

as "Bubonique", releasing a number of CDs parodying current musical trends, including the albums 20 Golden Showers and Trance Arse Volume 3.

He collaborated in 2011 with the British The Auteurs and Black Box Recorder vocalist Luke Haines on the song/speech show The North Sea Scrolls which premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2011.

[18] Coughlan's last album Song of Co-Aklan was completed at the end of 2019 in collaboration with Nick Allum, Aindrias O'Gruama, Jon Fell, Luke Haines, Audrey Riley, James Woodrow and Rhodri Marsden.