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 were two anonymous comments critical of the late Liam Murphy posted on this thread.
The first, which I believe would have been regarded by any reasonable person as offensive, particularly in the circumstances of Liam's death, I caught almost immediately and removed at once.
The other post, which was worded in more moderate language unfortunately remained up long enough to cause offence to Liam's friends and family. That is the last thing I would ever have wanted to allow at this sad time, and I deleted it. If I had expected that by publishing a respectful obituary note I would have provided a platform for a bitter individual to cause pain and grief to the family of the deceased I would not have posted it.
I apologise to the friends and family of the late Liam Murphy for allowing the individual responsible for the now deleted posts to cause them distress.
I am also acting on Ian Murphy's suggestion and modifying the comments policy on this blog as it affects obit threads. A new thread posted today explains further.
Sadly I will probably have to activate comment moderation to ensure this blog's open approach to debate and comment is never abused in this way again.