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Veronica Guerin

1958 - 1996

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Veronica Guerin Turley (5 July 1959 – 26 June 1996) was an Irish investigative journalist focusing on organised crime in Ireland, who was murdered in a contract killing believed to have been ordered by a South Dublin-based drug cartel. Born in Dublin, she was an athlete in school and later played on the Irish national teams for both Association football and basketball. After studying accountancy she ran a public-relations firm for seven years, before working for Fianna Fáil and as an election agent for Seán Haughey. She became a reporter in 1990, writing for the Sunday Business Post and Sunday Tribune. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Veronica Guerin is the 80th most popular journalist (down from 62nd in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 164th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Veronica Guerin ranks 80 out of 196Before her are Ernst Haas, Marie Colvin, Francesco Alberoni, Bill Brandt, Sandister Tei, and Edward R. Murrow. After her are Jon Ola Sand, Norbert Haug, Malcolm Browne, Maurizio Costanzo, Pierre Brossolette, and Vladimir Solovyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Veronica Guerin ranks 238Before her are Monica Guerritore, Marcos Paquetá, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Nikos Anastopoulos, Scott Patterson, and David Sylvian. After her are Luz Casal, Paula-Mae Weekes, Miki Biasion, Ron Mueck, Guillermo Arriaga, and Paul Weller. Among people deceased in 1996, Veronica Guerin ranks 216Before her are Camilla Horn, Zainab Biisheva, Gizella Farkas, Lola Beltrán, Rob Hall, and Duane Hanson. After her are Abdullah Çatlı, Edvin Wide, Pasqualino De Santis, Roger Lapébie, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, and Wálter Guevara.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Veronica Guerin ranks 215 out of 549Before her are Brendan Behan (1923), Mary Proctor (1862), Shelley McNamara (1952), Jason O'Mara (1972), Martin Sheridan (1881), and Sinéad Cusack (1948). After her are George Moore (1852), Liam Cosgrave (1920), Tim Ahearne (1885), Becky Lynch (1987), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865).

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Among journalists born in Ireland, Veronica Guerin ranks 1