Paul Murphy

Author of True Crime Japan. RTÉ reporter by trade. RTs show interest.

[Paul Murphy @TrueCrimeJapan]

Positive and delightfully written review in @japantimes for True Crime #Japan @TuttleBooks @MurphyPaule https://t.co/nsqtm8a5m5

[Paul Murphy @MurphyPaule]

Hot (somewhat!) off the presses. The Polish translation of True Crime Japan. Thank you @conncorrigan! #truecrime #Japan #Poland @truecrimejapan

[Paul Murphy @TrueCrimeJapan]

Fascinating https://t.co/PFs8Vj7Xp5

[Paul Murphy @MurphyPaule]

The “Once We Were Punks” docufilm is about a Bailieborough band who reform after 25 years. It’s a great watch about music, resilience, friendship, family, gags, tragedy, the human condition. Coming soon to a cinema near you. Have a listen to this:
https://t.co/HdbGwXqbZE

[ミケ猫集会所｜Mikeneko Hub @mikeneko_hub]

少し不思議で、少し可笑しい『シンデレラ』。

#演劇
#舞台
#演劇好き
#松本市
#ミケ猫
#ちょっと不思議
#松本イベント

[ミケ猫集会所｜Mikeneko Hub @mikeneko_hub]

#松本演劇
#舞台
#シンデレラ
#松本市上土劇場
#ミケ猫集会所

[ミケ猫集会所｜Mikeneko Hub @mikeneko_hub]

松本市 上土劇場での真夏の公演。

『シンデレラ　ぬか床にひとつ釘を』

ある日、哲子は六畳間から跡形もなく消えた。

消える直前、彼女は言っていた。
「どうしてシンデレラの片方のガラスの靴だけ、魔法が解けなかったの？」

#MikenekoHub #演劇 #舞台 #Matsumoto

[Paul Murphy @TrueCrimeJapan]

“It’s bizarre and almost too outlandish to believe.”

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases https://t.co/siqddIGxNM via @NYTimes

[Paul Murphy @TrueCrimeJapan]

Garda van set alight at Citywest protest in Dublin via @RTENews https://t.co/akDSlpNY9a

[Paul Murphy @TrueCrimeJapan]

“Both sides stood on the pitch in shorts ahead of the national anthem but referee Ray Kelly informed team managers Tommy Shefflin and Gerry McQuaid that the match would be abandoned if the players did not change.” https://t.co/J6mcNyrV5j

[Paul Murphy @TrueCrimeJapan]

This has some decent advice for Japan life (or anywhere life).

[Paprika Girl @PaprikaGirl_JP]

I’m a foreigner living in Japan since 2002, and I love living here.
Here’s a thread of 20 honest advice items to consider if you want to have a good life in Japan.

[Paul Murphy @MurphyPaule]

The female paramedic… said.. she had “not actually seen someone so bruised.” A gynaecologist had to use a forceps to extract a tampon… A veteran psychiatrist diagnosed Ms Hand with “severe” PTSD…
https://t.co/9xECc6HS7p

[Michael O’Toole @mickthehack]

Jozef Puska had an address at Lynally Grove, Mucklagh, Co Offaly when he murdered teacher Ashling Murphy.
We know this address only because of journalists who were in court for his first appearance and later trial.
They wrote the address in their pieces.
I am staggered at the amount of people who do not know that court reports - unless reporters are directed otherwise by the judge or they are of no fixed abode - contain the accused’s:
Name
Address
Age.
The main reason we do this is to make sure the accused person is properly identified, not someone of the same name.
Say, for example, there were two Jozef Puskas in Offaly, the other one could and would sue the media if the clarifcation was not there. He would argue he had been labelled a murder accused.
I cannot believe people who are adults and interested in current affairs suddenly getting outraged at accuseds’ details appearing in reports and threatening journalists over it.
Have you never read a court report before?
Solidarity to the journalists involved.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Shalom Korai was saved from the streets of a burning Warsaw neighborhood while he was a toddler during World War II, when the rest of his family was killed by Nazis in Poland. On Wednesday, at 83, Korai finally met family he never knew he had for the first time.

[Virgin Media Sport @VMSportIE]

𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋! 🔥

Rhasidat Adeleke wins the 400m at the Monaco Diamond League with a 49.17! 🇮🇪

A brilliant run ahead of her debut Olympics!

#MonacoDL | @irishathletics | @rhasidatadeleke

[Jake Adelstein/中本哲史 @jakeadelstein]

With the HBO adaptation of #TokyoVice now popular the world over, here is the long-awaited sequel: Tokyo Noir. https://t.co/sqJbLan9YX
"The book does a great job of portraying the mirrored twilight stage of both yakuza and the journalists who cover them. It makes for captivating if surprisingly melancholy reading."

[Paul Murphy @TrueCrimeJapan]

“The BBC has approached X for comment several times but was rebuffed with, among other things, a smiling poo emoji.”
Twitter fired us then ghosted us – Africa staff https://t.co/d0tVnX7i5D

[Paul Murphy @TrueCrimeJapan]

@jakeadelstein Hat off @jakeadelstein, looking foward to devouring it👏👏

[Jake Adelstein/中本哲史 @jakeadelstein]

The Last Yakuza is the story of Makoto Saigo and his rise from rock musician and street thug via a motorcycle gang and Nationalist political party activist to the high echelons of the Yakuza. Nicknamed Tsunami Saigo's career in what is often colloquially called the Japanese Mafia spread from the days when its members were viewed with fear-driven awe and respect to virtual pariahs when some of it's members made the mistake of violently confronting police officers when the gloves came off and there was only ever going to be one winner.
As with it's American Mafioso counterparts the Yakuza thought themselves a class above others with ostentatious displays of wealth and trademark Mercedes limousines. Also the same was their claim of keeping their areas free of crime, while what they really mean is free of crime committed by others while they ran their protection rackets,frauds and shady backstreet businesses.
Saigo tells author Jake Adelstein his story firsthand giving an excellent insight into the Yakuza,obsessive about etiquette and rules,riven with internal disputes and an insidious part of Japanese politics,society and business up to the very highest level.

This is a fascinating book about an organisation that has lurked beneath the surface of Japanese society for decades leaching off of and exploiting it. Equally interesting is the background story telling of the various groups,factions and gangs in post war Japan that eventually morphed into the Yakuza.

Jake Adelstein's "Tokyo Vice" was a True Crime classic, probably the ultimate insight into police and criminality in Japan for western readers, "The Last Yakuza" is a worthy successor.

[Japan Festival Dublin/Maki Mutai @japanfestdublin]

Mini Japan Festival July 1, 2023 #japanfestdublin #Japan #Matsuri

[Paul Murphy @TrueCrimeJapan]

Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan for $1bn in defamation suit https://t.co/CEJRXPy7oh