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Michael Murphy (journalist)

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Nationality
  
Irish

Employer
  
Raidio Teilifis Eireann

Role
  
Journalist

Name
  
Michael Murphy


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Occupation
  
Newsreader, psychoanalyst, author

Partner(s)
  
Terry O'Sullivan (civil union, 2011)


Michael murphy on the realities of radical treatment for prostate cancer the late late show


Michael Murphy (born 1948 or 1949) is an Irish journalist, newsreader, psychoanalyst and author. He works for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and is considered "one of the most popular voices on radio".

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Murphy is from Castlebar, County Mayo. He is the brother of Fintan, Tom, John and Kieran. Kieran died from cancer aged 42. Murphy has lectured at both St. Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin (UCD). He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007. He published his autobiography At Five in the Afternoon: My Battle with Male Cancer in 2009. It was shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2010. In June 2011, Murphy registered a civil partnership with his male partner of 26 years, Terry O'Sullivan, a psychotherapist, at a ceremony in Dublin.

Medal of honor presentation to michael murphy


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Michael Murphy (journalist) Wikipedia