Denis Murray

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This article is about the British journalist. For the Irish Olympic athlete, see Denis Murray (athlete).

Denis James Murray OBE (born 7 May 1951) is a British television journalist. He is currently Ireland correspondent for the BBC although on 5th June 2007, he announced his official retirement from the corporation after 26 years of service. Murray said he will be taking a break from full-time reporting, but hinted at exploring other projects that would use his experience in covering Irish politics and the Northern Ireland peace process.[1]

Born in England, Murray was educated at St. Malachy's College, Belfast in Northern Ireland and later Trinity College, Dublin.

He began his career in journalism as a trainee with the Belfast Telegraph newspaper from 1975-1977, before working for RTÉ between 1977 and 1982. He joined the BBC that year, working as Dublin correspondent until 1984, when he became Northern Ireland political correspondent, based in Belfast. He became the BBC's Ireland correspondent in 1988 and has remained in the role ever since.

He has four children and a dog named Phoebe.