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Irish crime reporter (1958–1996)

For the film, see Veronica Guerin (film).

Not to be confused with Orla Guerin, another Irish journalist.

Veronica Guerin Turley (5 July 1959 – 26 June 1996) was an Irish investigative journalist focusing on organised crime in Ireland, who was murdered in a contract killing believed to have been ordered by a South Dublin-based drug cartel.

Born in Dublin, she was an athlete in school and later played on the Irish national teams for both Association football and basketball.

Biography on veronica guerin

After studying accountancy she ran a public-relations firm for seven years, before working for Fianna Fáil and as an election agent for Seán Haughey. She became a reporter in 1990, writing for the Sunday Business Post and Sunday Tribune.

In 1994 she began writing articles about the Irish criminal underworld for the Sunday Independent. In 1996, after pressing charges for assault against major organised crime figure John Gilligan, Guerin was ambushed and