by PeterMurtagh-user | Jul 16, 2019 | PREVIOUS WORK
For months, Denis O’Brien has battled Dublin public affairs firm Red Flag in the High Court, claiming that an illegal conspiracy exists to damage him. But how did it come to this? Peter Murtagh explains a tortuous trail . . . For many years, Mark...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Aug 11, 2018 | PREVIOUS WORK
Declan O’Callaghan and his wife were seen as pillars of community before finances came under scrutiny There is a joke doing the rounds in Ballaghaderreen. “What does it cost to post a letter in Ballagh?” goes the opening line. “Ohhh, around €1,800,” goes the...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Mar 18, 2017 | PREVIOUS WORK
Poignant salute delivered at pilot’s funeral after fatal helicopter crash As Capt Dara Fitzpatrick’s tricolour-draped coffin was eased into the hearse after her funeral mass, a huge Sikorsky helicopter emerged from the western sky, flying low through the mist and...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Jul 23, 2016 | PREVIOUS WORK
Why did O’Brien give the memory stick to Martin Coyne? And who is ‘Employee 18883’? One question stands out among the many that arise in the Denis O’Brien versus Red Flag Consulting legal action. Why did O’Brien give the USB memory stick, the sole piece of evidence...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Dec 6, 2014 | PREVIOUS WORK
At 4.40am on January 1st two men died in the first fatal road crash of 2014, near Ballina, Co Mayo. This series of articles – now published in full on irishtimes.com – investigates the collision and asks why it occurred The first Irish road deaths of 2014...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Dec 16, 2013 | PREVIOUS WORK
In the village of Qunu, a small group gathers to watch Nelson Mandela’s funeral on television The cock crowed soon after 4am and before long, there were sounds coming from the kitchen. Fifty-litre paint buckets were being filled with water for the bathroom and toilet....
