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Everything But the Truth

by Peter Murphy

131 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-0418; ISBN 1-4120-0055-6; US$16.00, C$20.00, EUR13.00, £9.10

One man's struggle to obtain equality and justice.

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About the Book This book took a long time to write not because of writers block or because the Author was lazy but because it was started fifteen years before the evil done affected the victim sufficiently that its true nature could be demonstrated and because the impediments placed in the path of one who wants to tell his story in Ireland, if it is not popular, are great. It is an indictment of the ones who done the harm and a tribute to the ones that live amongst them.

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About the Author Peter Paul Murphy was born into a family of four sisters and three brothers in the Dublin suburb of Drimnagh on June 29, 1942, the feast of Peter and Paul. When the great event happened his father said, "He won't be any trouble- he even brought his own name with him!" Peter began his academic education in the nearby national school and finished in Westland Row CBS in 1958. His father died in 1960 and Peter immigrated to England, ostensibly to look for work but as he readily admits he also wanted some adventure. He spent some time in a borstal institution where he studied mechanical engineering and furthered his English language studies. He returned to Dublin on his release and worked at a variety of manual jobs travelling backwards and forwards to England, as he says, "suffering the oppression and squandering my allotted time". He eventually achieved some financial security and purchased a public house in Dublin, which he lost in dubious circumstances. This led to the reason for his writings. When education became freely available in Ireland about 1995 he completed a Legal Studies course and then a computer course in the evenings at Crumlin College of further education, and "this is a release from the oppression". He lives near to where he was born.

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Introduction

In Dublin City in the nineteen eighties a working class man struggled to carve out a life for himself and his children. Certain individuals and certain factions of the social order militated against him in order to deny him that life and contrived to endow him with a reputation that was somewhat less than desirable. I am that man; throughout my life I believed that the truth would shine through no matter what, in my fifth decade I realised just how powerfully destructive talk and appearances are and sometimes the truth needs a little push. This is my attempt to push the truth into a positions from where it can be seen. I would also like to make it clear at the onset that I am not claiming to be an expert in Irish Law or indeed any Law.

If I damage anybody's reputation I am ready to face up to the consequences of my actions, as I have all my life. I do not think the people who damaged me are ready or would have the courage or the desire or the sense of righteousness to face up to the consequences of their actions. The names have not been changed to protect the innocent.

This book is dedicated to my parents John and Christina Murphy,to my son John, to Angela and the rest of my children for making it possible, to Gillian who make it easier, to my sister Breda and to the people of Ireland for making it worthwhile.

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