Education
Born in England, Murray was educated at Saint Malachy"s College, Belfast in Northern Ireland and later Trinity College, Dublin.
Born in England, Murray was educated at Saint 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. Murray joined the British Broadcasting Corporation that year, working as Dublin correspondent until 1984, when he became Northern Ireland political correspondent, based in Belfast. He was subsequently appointed as the British Broadcasting Corporation Ireland correspondent in 1988.
He was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1997 in recognition of his services to broadcast journalism.
On 5 June 2008, 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.
