Veronica Guerin - Softcover

O'Reilly, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099761513 ISBN 13: 9780099761518

Publisher: Vintage, 1998

Synopsis

Thirty-six year old crime replorter with the SUNDAY INDEPENDANT, Veronica Guerin was the first journalist to be murdered in Ireland as a direct consequence of her work; investigating the shadowy figures of Dublin's underworld. Shot by a motor cycle pillion passenger while stopped at traffic lights on the outskirts of Dublin at 1pm on 26 June 1996, this was the third time she had been attacked. Her death was one of the biggest news stories in Ireland in years and profoundly shocked the country.

About this title

Book Description:

The extraordinary story of a bold but reckless young journalist, and a forceful exploration of the dubious ethics of modern journalism.

Synopsis:

At 1pm on 26 June 1996, the "Sunday Independent's" crime reporter Veronica Guerin was shot dead by a motorcycle pillion passenger as she waited at traffic lights on the outskirts of Dublin - the victim of her own crusading exposes of leading criminals. Her death profoundly shocked the country. Both the President and the Taoiseach attended her funeral; tributes were paid to her in parliament, and hundreds of bouquets of flowers were placed in her memory by members of the public. Within a month new anti-crime measures had been introduced and two of the leading murder suspects had fled the country. While Guerin was hailed as a heroine, the finest journalist of her generation, the "Sunday Independent" was busy denying any culpability in her death, and its officials vigorously refuted accusations that the paper's cult of personality and cynical controversialism put its writers in danger. Emily O'Reilly's book exposes the frightening moral bankruptcy of the media and the devastating consequences of this - for the individual and for society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0099761513
• ISBN 13: 9780099761518
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208