The Indo Daily: Eoghan Murphy
Politics tamfitronics Eoghan Murphy's book, 'Running From Office', details the abuse politicians can receive. Photo: Fergal PhillipsThere was a period when Eoghan Murphy was possibly the most controversial man in Irish politics. For someone so early in their career and with such a high profile, his retirement in 2021 came as a massive shock, but only those close to him knew how much of a toll the previous few years had taken on him.He was young, bright, self-confident, good-looking and a good communicator. All set up to be a great success… or maybe a spectacular failure. And so it played out.Murphy failed to turn around the housing crisis and a series of human tragedies engulfed him in his time as housing minister. An incident at the start of the election campaign, the removal of a...
