| Michael Murphy | |
| Birth Place: | Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Occupation: | Newsreader, psychoanalyst, author |
| Employer: | RTÉ |
| Partner: | Terry O'Sullivan (civil union, 2011) |
| Website: | http://www.michaelmurphyauthor.com |
Michael Murphy (born 1947) is an Irish journalist, newsreader, psychoanalyst and author.[1] He works for RTÉ and is considered "one of the most popular voices on radio".[2]
Murphy is from Castlebar, County Mayo, and has lectured at St. Vincent's University Hospital and University College Dublin (UCD).[2] He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007. He published his autobiography, At Five in the Afternoon: My Battle with Male Cancer, in 2009.[2] He presented a television series called The Big Story 2 6 week part series from 2009-2010, which was shortlisted for the 2010 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards.[3] In June 2011, Murphy registered a civil partnership with his partner of 26 years, Terry O'Sullivan, a psychotherapist, at a ceremony in Dublin.[4]