Family
His wife, Yvonne Murphy, from County Donegal, is a judge of the Circuit Court and was appointed on 28 March 2006 to Chair the Commission of Investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy from, or attached to, the Archdiocese of Dublin between 1 January 1975 and 1 May 2004. They have three sons, one of whom, Eoin, is a barrister (and a member of the Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee); another, Hugh, was a personal assistant to Michael McDowell, when he was Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and Daniel (Medical Student).
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