Liam Murphy RIP
Former Copeland Council CEO Liam Murphy died yesterday morning from cancer at the age of 46, leaving a widow and three children.
I didn't always agree with Liam, but during his tragically brief period at Copeland before retiring because of the illness which was to kill him, I felt that he did make a real effort to shake up the culture and improve the effectiveness of the council.
Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
Rest in Peace
I didn't always agree with Liam, but during his tragically brief period at Copeland before retiring because of the illness which was to kill him, I felt that he did make a real effort to shake up the culture and improve the effectiveness of the council.
Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
Rest in Peace
Comments
I believe Mr Murphy did his best to remain politically neutral under a lot of pressure, in Labour's hereditary Copeland dynasty. I remember Mr Murphy to be hardworking and determined and admired him for attempting a brief return to work during a period of remission. I will remember him as being level headed and civil.
My prayers go out to his wife, children, family and friends
I find the remarks made by this person totally offensive to the memory of my friend.
To speak ill of the dead is one thing. To do so using anonymity shows a cowardice and a sickness which I feel hard to comprehend.
Let my friend rest in peace.
I worked for the council for over 7 years and there is some excellent people working in tough conditions with tight ropes around their necks and Liam was one of them. I allows found him to be fair, open and down to earth.
Have some respect for the man and his family please.
We were school chums all those years ago...
Fidem Vita Fateri
It was well attended and quietly moving.
Though tempted to be far less diplomatic than Mr Kirkpatrick about the anonymous contribution to this page it would denigrate the memory of a man who, having known him (unlike Anonymous), would have carried himself with greater dignity in death than one of your contributors can in life. Might I suggest that you also think hard about reviewing your own approach to censoring your Blog. Just because a faceless and toxic imbecile manages to pass a sentence without expletives does not make it post-worthy. If you are going to use a decent man's name in any circumstance I'm sure his family and friends would very much appreciate it if you could do so without the association of the poisonous invective shown above. As for Anonymous, if you read this and are capable of introspection could I suggest reference to the words honour, decency and dignity as starting points for your reflection. Whilst I suspect you may find the definitions feel somewhat alien to you personally I guarantee they were familiar to Liam and those who knew him.
There have been two anonymous comments critical of the late Liam Murphy posted on this thread.
My initial reaction was that one of them could have been regarded by a reasonable person as offensive, particularly in the circumstances of Liam's death, so I blocked it.
I thought long and hard about the other post, which was worded in more moderate language. Although I disagreed with both the content and the timing, I never block comments lightly so I initially left it up while posting a response expressing my disagreement.
Having read the other responses it is obvious that the critical post did cause offence to Liam's family and friends, which is the last thing I would wish to allow at this sad time, so I have now deleted it.