Colm Murray - Courage was inspirational

The warm, kind and very generous tributes that followed news of broadcaster Colm Murray’s death yesterday said everything about a man who was admired and loved by so many people.

RTÉ’s voice of horse racing for many years, it was his incredibly brave battle with motor neurone disease that made a such deep and memorable impact and touched people in a profound way.

But for many years before that he had been a much-loved national figure since he joined RTÉ in 1978 as a continuity announcer.