Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy (born 1948/1949) is an Irish journalist, newsreader, psychoanalyst and author. He works for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and is considered "one of the most popular voices on radio".Murphy is from Castlebar, County Mayo. He is the brother of Fintan, Tom, John and Kieran. Kieran was killed by cancer aged 42. Murphy has lectured at both St. Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin (UCD). He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007. He published his autobiography At Five in the Afternoon: My Battle with Male Cancer in 2009. It was shortlisted for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2010. In June 2011, Murphy registered a civil partnership with his male partner of 26 years, Terry O'Sullivan, a psychotherapist, at a ceremony in Dublin.