What is Veronica Guerin?
{{Refimprove|date=June 2011}} [[File:Veronica Guerin 1.jpg|thumb|right|Veronica Guerin]] '''Veronica Guerin''' (5 July 1959 - 26 June 1996) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[journalist]] who was born in [[Dublin]]. ==Death== On June 26, 1996, Guerin was shot to death by Irish [[drug dealer]]s. Her assassination made many Irish people angry, which brought down many drug dealers on the island. The criminal [[John Gilligan]] was later convicted of her murder and sentenced to 28 years in [[prison]], though Gilligan said in [[High Court]] that it was his friend [[John Traynor]] who murdered Guerin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nowpublic.com/crime/traynor-ordered-guerin-killing-gilligan |title=Traynor ordered Guerin killing - Gilligan &#124; the News is NowPublic.com |access-date=2008-02-10 |archive-date=2008-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213134813/http://www.nowpublic.com/crime/traynor-ordered-guerin-killing-gilligan |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerin, Veronica}} [[Category:Irish journalists]] [[Category:People murdered in Europe]] [[Category:Murders by firearm]] [[Category:Writers from Dublin]] [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:1996 deaths]] [[Category:CPJ International Press Freedom Award winners]]