From sleeping rough to city councillor

BERNIE Murphy’s life was a rollercoaster featuring extreme poverty and celebrity status.

From sleeping rough to city councillor
Fri, 07 Nov, 2008 - 00:00

Born in 1935, his early days were spent in poorhouses and sleeping rough.

Work usually meant putting on a sandwich board and advertising something or other on the streets of Cork.

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