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THE ONLY CHILD of murdered journalist Veronica Guerin says that what she did in her work was all for the benefit of the Irish people.
Cathal Turley was just six years old when his mother was gunned down on the Naas Road almost 20 years ago.
Speaking in an interview with the Sunday Independent, Turley says that his mother “didn’t want people to live in fear”
My mother never wanted to be a victim. Everything she did was for the benefit, it sounds cheesy, but was for the benefit of the Irish people and the people of Dublin. She wanted better things for those people, she didn’t want people to live in fear or to be enslaved by their addiction and I don’t think she went out to purposely go after specific people. I think if she was covering dodgy politicians I think she’d go after them just as hard as she went after gangland criminals, you know.
“I think her goal was to sort of help the Irish people or the people of Dublin and whether that be criminals that were working in the banks or criminals selling drugs in the streets. I think she would have been just after that.”
Speaking to Brendan O’Connor, Turley says that he wouldn’t be true to her memory if he spent his time being angry about what happened.
“It’s 20 years on, if I was to live with that hatred, I wouldn’t really be living life at all and I think my mother wouldn’t be at all pleased with that. If she thought my life solely revolved around her death… she never wanted to be a victim.”
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Wow what a incredible statement from her son I am sure Veronica Guerin is one proud mammy right now.
Veronica was an amazing role model…her journalism was required reading..courageous as hell though she knew the risks.
Cathal You have good reason to be very proud of your late mother. May she Rest In Peace. She was a very courageous and brave person. I send you my good wishes,
What a huge loss she is to Cathal and her husband. I was always perplexed as to why she put herself in danger but i guess Cathal has given me that answer in that she wanted Ireland to be a safer place. I genuinely believe that. But she has left a huge legacy and she wont be forgotten.
Cathal she is not a victim but a brave woman who absolutely was a hero. She went up against the gangsters and low lives of this country and was much braver than any journalist today. Unfortunately you and her paid the highest price but she will be remembered as a true patriot and they won’t be remembered at all. No doubt she would be proud of you.
The biggest mistake them lads made was killing that woman it opened up some can of worms
I think everyone knows where they where on that day when the news came in . Never forgotten R.I.P.
A very healthy statement against an appalling crime. Commendable.
She was a great woman, who done great work.
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