Career
Employed by RTÉ from 1978 until his death in 2013 after a three-year battle with motor neurone disease, Murray was the first sportscaster on the newly-launched hour-long rolling news bulletin, the 6-1 News. Murray was educated at the Convent of Mercy National School, Blessed Oliver Plunkett Boys" National School and the Carmelite College. He subsequently attended University College Galway where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in English, French, and History.
He later qualified as a secondary school teacher for Maynooth University and spent six years teaching in Athlone, Tullamore, and Ballymun.
In 1978, Murray responded to a newspaper advertisement seeking a continuity announcer for state broadcaster RTÉ. His application was successful and he began his presenting career on Hospital Requests on RTÉ Radio.
After six years as a continuity announcer and radio presenter, Murray joined RTÉ News as a full-time newscaster, working alongside figures such as Maurice O"Doherty, Charles Mitchel, Anne Doyle and Don Cockburn. In 1989, he moved into the area of sports coverage where he became a sportscaster, sports reporter and sports presenter, sometimes out in the field but usually in the studio.
He was the first sportscaster on the newly-launched hour-long rolling news bulletin, the 6-1 News.
