 He formed a part of UTV's presenting team for the station's coverage of that year's Northern Ireland Assembly election in March 2007.Dougal, who ran his own broadcast company Dougal Media, also presented and produced a UTV documentary entitled "Paisley, from Protest to Power" charting the life of Northern Ireland's First Minister Ian Paisley – the programme aired on the day Paisley took up office in Northern Ireland alongside Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.He continued to work as a broadcaster, writer and media affairs and public affairs consultant until his death on 15 October 2010 at the age of 65 from cancer.