Profile Eoghan Murphy : His master’s voice

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Age:35

Appearance: Bearded Varadkar loyalist

Newsworthiness: After helping to secure the new Taoiseach’s election, Murphy has been tasked with one of the hardest jobs in government, housing

The day after the 2007 general election, Eoghan Murphy tried to join the Progressive Democrats. The 25-year-old political novice had read a book about the party and was troubled by its demise, including in his own Dublin South-East constituency, where leader Michael McDowell had just ...