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Michael O'Toole

The photo of a real life Garda hero at work that inspired a crime reporter to write a gritty novel set in Dublin

Crime Reporter Michael O’Toole today reveals how this photograph was the reason why he created the lead character in his newly released novel Black Light.

“The photograph was the starting point for the entire story, I always knew I would use it as the basis for a novel,” O’Toole said in an interview to mark the publication of his first novel.

He explained that the photograph of well-known Garda Detective Sergeant Mick Moran was taken in France in 2008 by photographer Jim Walpole.

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