Journalist Paul Murphy tells his story in print

Life-long journalist Paul Murphy has published his story as a journalist.

Get There First: A Reporter's Life is about his 57 years working as a journalist.

Paul began as a cub reporter with the Drogheda Independent. He later worked with the Irish Independent and Evening Herald and then returning to the Drogheda Independent as editor.

Paul had a great nose for the scoop and covered the Miami Showband murders, the Dublin planning scandals an on one occasion found a baby in a phone box.

Paul is a gentleman and during his years as a journalist, whether working in the newsroom or editor, he always offered a guiding hand to young, and indeed, not so young people setting out as journalists.