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Veronica Guerin - Dying for the Story
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jun 26, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
In June 1996, the campaigning Irish journalist Veronica Guerin was murdered by a hit squad as she waited in her car at a set of traffic lights. Guerin had become famous in Ireland for exposing the activities of the country's drug barons. Her life was later turned into a Hollywood film. Simon Watts talks to Guerin's friend and fellow journalist, Lise Hand.
(Photo: Veronica Guerin. Credit: Getty Images).
(Photo: Veronica Guerin. Credit: Getty Images).
Released:
Jun 26, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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