‘Naively, I thought things would get better,’ says firefighter son of hero killed in 2007 blaze as strike action begins
Brian Murray, who is a retained firefighter at Bray station in Co Wicklow. Photo: Mark Condren
Anne-Marie Walsh
Two years before his tragic death, firefighter Brian Murray led his colleagues on a walkout to protest about their working conditions.
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