Tributes paid to Judge Con Murphy

TRIBUTES have been paid to a circuit court judge whose great loves, apart from his family, were the law, politics and the GAA.

Judge Con Murphy, a native of Bandon, Co Cork, died yesterday morning at Bon Secours Hospital in Cork after he was admitted there last week.

The 51-year-old had worked as a solicitor for more than 20 years, building up a successful legal partnership with his friend, James Long, before being elevated to the Circuit Court bench in November 2004.