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Jun 26
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30 years on from the murder of Veronica ...

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Today marks three decades since the tragic and brutal killing of Journalist Veronica Guerrin. Paul Williams, Journalist at Mediahuis Ireland covering the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent wrote a powerful piece in today’s Irish Independent, where he described it as Ireland’s “JFK moment”.

He joins Shane to reflect on when he heard the news of Veronica’s murder, and discuss the impact it had.

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