John Murray is an Irish journalist and broadcaster. Currently heard on Weekend Sport, he presented ''The John Murray Show'' on

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, "focus ngon lifestyle and entertainment items", filling the slot from 09:00 to 10:00 previously occupied by

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, who moved to

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. Murray was one of the presenters of ''

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'', Ireland's most popular radio show, before going on to host his own weekly programme, ''The Business''.

Career

Murray trained at the School of Journalism in

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in Dublin. In 1983, his first job was as a junior reporter with the ''

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''. After six months, he moved to ''The Cork Examiner'' and worked there for six years. He was Head of News in a new independent radio station,

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, from 1990 until 1992. Later that year, he became a general reporter for

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. Murray worked in RTÉ for three years. In his time there, he worked on ''

''. In 1995, he was asked by

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, then leader of the

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, to be her media adviser. After two years he became Deputy Government Press Secretary and Head of the Government Information Services. He worked as deputy press secretary until 2000. Murray worked in China for two years when his wife, ''

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'' journalist Miriam Donohoe, was based in the country. In 2003, he moved back to RTÉ. He was appointed as a business reporter on ''Morning Ireland''. Murray co-presented ''Morning Ireland'' until 2010. From 2004, he also hosted his own hour-long radio business programme, ''The Business'', which was broadcast each Saturday morning on

. In 2008, he published his book ''Now That's What I Call Jargon''. From September 2010, he began presenting ''The John Murray Show'' on RTÉ Radio 1, replacing ''

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''. One of his first guests on the programme was

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. ''The Business'' is currently presented by George Lee. In 2007, he won the award for Business Broadcast in the first ever UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards. A 2011 satirical sketch on ''The John Murray Show'', in which the

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manager

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was the main subject, resulted in significant controversy and an ongoing (as of August 2018) boycott of RTE GAA media events by Harte and members of the Tyrone GAA senior team, owing to the sketch's insensitive nature which appeared to allude to Harte's recently murdered daughter. It was announced on 26 June 2015 that RTÉ would axe ''The John Murray Show'' with the last episode due to broadcast on 3 July. He was replaced by

. As of August 2015, Murray can be heard on Weekend Sport.

Personal life

John Murray was born to parents

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, a prominent Irish businessman, and his wife, Nancy (née Clear). He has two adult children, Stephen and Catherine. Murray has suffered from depression, which resulted in him taking a six-month break from his radio show in 2013.

References

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