Veronica Guerin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Veronica Guerin
Occupation	Accountant
Date Of Birth	Jul 5, 1958(1958-07-05)
Age	66
Date Of Death	1996-06-26
Birthplace	Marseille
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Cancer

Veronica Guerin Biography

Veronica Guerin is one of the most popular and richest Accountant who was born on July 5, 1958 in Marseille, Ireland. Veronica Guerin (5 July 1958 – 26 June 1996) was an Irish crime reporter who was killed in the hands of drug dealers. Born in Dublin and a keen athlete at school and later was a member of the Irish national teams for basketball and football. After completing her accounting studies, she managed a public relations firm for seven years before becoming a part of Fianna Fail and as an election agent for Sean Haughey. She was a reporter in 1990, and began writing on behalf of The Sunday Business Post, the Sunday Business Post and Sunday Tribune. In 1994, she began writing about criminals in Sunday Independent. Sunday Independent. In 1996, she died after being shot at a traffic signal. The incident sparked national anger in Ireland. An investigation into her death resulted in several convictions and arrests.

Guerin completed her studies in accounting in Trinity College, Dublin. She was married Graham Turley in 1985, and they had one son, Cathal (born in 1990). She was a fan of Manchester United football team; her most prized item was a photograph of Eric Cantona and her at the stadium Old Trafford.

From 1994 onwards, she began to write about criminals for the Sunday Independent. Using her accountancy knowledge to trace the proceeds of illegal activity, she used street names or pseudonyms for underworld figures to avoid Irish libel laws.

Guerin received the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists in December 1995.

After graduation her father hired her in his firm. However, following his death three months after her death, she switched professions and founded a PR firm in 1983. It was a business she managed over seven years.

Veronica Guerin Net Worth

Veronica Guerin is one of the richest Accountant from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Veronica Guerin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Guerin was the girl of the an accountant Christopher as well as his spouse Bernadette Guerin was referred to as “Ronnie.” Guerin along with the four other siblings of her were raised to Artane, Dublin, and attended a Catholic school, where she was a star in athletics. In addition to basketball and camogie at the age of 15, she participated for the All-Ireland football finals, despite having discs that had slipped. She was a member of each of the Ireland women’s national basketball team and the Republic of Ireland women’s national football team, and was a part of this latter team in a game with England on Dalymount Park in May 1981.

In 1983-84, she was as secretary for members of the Fianna Fail group at the New Ireland Forum. She also served as his personal assistant to Charles Haughey and also became a friend of the family and spent holidays along with him and his kids. In 1987, she worked as an secretary of the election and treasurer for the party at the Irish North Party in Dublin North for Sean Haughey.

In 1990, she changed careers again, switching to journalism as a reporter with the Sunday Business Post and Sunday Tribune, working under editor Damien Kiberd. Craving first-hand information, she pursued a story directly to the source with little regard for her personal safety, to engage those she deemed central to a story. This allowed her to build close relationships with both the legitimate authorities, such as the Garda Síochána (police), and the criminals, with both sides respecting her diligence by providing highly detailed information. She also reported on Irish Republican Army activities in the Republic of Ireland.

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Who is Veronica Guerin Dating?

According to our records, Veronica Guerin married to Graham Turley. As of December 1, 2023, Veronica Guerin’s is not dating anyone.

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On 2 May 1997, at a ceremony in Arlington, Virginia, her name and those of 38 other international journalists who died in the line of duty in 1996 were added to the Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial. Her husband addressed the audience: “Veronica stood for freedom to write. She stood as light, and wrote of life in Ireland today, and told the truth. Veronica was not a judge, nor was she a juror, but she paid the ultimate price with the sacrifice of her life.”

Facts & Trivia

Veronica Ranked on the list of most popular Accountant. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Veronica Guerin celebrates birthday on July 5 of every year.

In November 1998, after evidence from Bowden and others, Paul “Hippo” Ward was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison as an accomplice, because he had disposed of the murder weapon and the motorbike. This conviction was later overturned on appeal.

Was Veronica Guerin on the phone when she was shot?

THE last words of murdered journalist Veronica Guerin were played to the Special Criminal Court yesterday. The court heard a recording of a call, made by the Sunday Independent crime reporter to a garda’s mobile phone message playback, seconds before she was shot dead by a gunman on a motorbike.

Is Veronica Guerin a true story?

Based on the true story of Irish journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), a reporter for The Sunday Independent who exposed some of Dublin’s most powerful crime barons and drug lords in 1996; later that year she was gunned down by assassins hired by the same criminal drug lords she exposed.

What did Veronica Guerin do?

Irish investigative reporter Veronica Guerin (1959-1996) believed in revealing the truth about drugs and crime in Ireland, continuing to write her revealing articles even in the face of numerous threats. She was assassinated while sitting in her car on a Dublin street in 1996.

Is Veronica Guerin still alive?

June 26, 1996

Was Veronica Guerin married?

Graham Turley