Alice Murphy

Alice Murphy | Senior News Editor and Growth Strategist

Alice joined Metro in June 2023 after a 10-year career spanning her native Ireland, the UK, Australia and Switzerland. Alice has a particular interest in world affairs and off-the-beaten-track travel. She has worked for The Independent, Daily Mail, Irish Times, 7News and RTL Group.

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I travelled Uzbekistan before it was 'cool' — go before everyone else does

Channel: Travel Travel 3 days ago By Alice Murphy
Aerial view of Cap d'Antibes and Billionaire's Bay. Plage de l'argent faux.

Warning over 'miserable' tourist attraction where animals are kept captive

Channel: Travel Travel 4 days ago By Alice Murphy
(L) A woman stands on a ledge over the sea and (R) a view of a beach with blue ocean and white sand, with a limestone cliff in the right corner

I fell in love with the 'Caribbean of Greece' — but the island has a tragic past

Channel: Travel Travel December 19, 2024 By Alice Murphy

On holiday in Albania, I discovered the price of paradise

Channel: Travel Travel December 11, 2024 By Alice Murphy
The leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group

Who controls Syria now? The rebel fighters who toppled a 'tyrant'

Channel: World World December 9, 2024 By Alice Murphy
(L) A man wearing a hoodie with his hand to his mouth and (R) a tuna melt

Forgiveable or 'diabolical'? Tuna sandwich sparks flight etiquette debate

Channel: Travel Travel December 12, 2024 By Alice Murphy
Play Video A vendor serves a hot dog at a traditional sausage stand

I tried Vienna's 'humble' £6 sausage — the stands are protected by UNESCO

Channel: Travel Travel December 10, 2024 By Alice Murphy
A woman in a black dress and red heels poses in a mirror selfie (left) and hot air balloons fly over a city skyline (right)

I spent 48 hours in Europe's most affordable city — 'nobody knows where it is'

Channel: Travel Travel December 5, 2024 By Alice Murphy
A view of a harbour walk in Doha, Qatar (L) with apartment blocks and palm trees in the background. A girl stands in a walkway flanked by palm trees, she is wearing a white dress and black sunglasses (R).

I've been to 50 countries — there's only one I'll never return to

Channel: Travel Travel November 19, 2024 By Alice Murphy
Three men side by side at a Paul Mescal lookalike competition

These Irish men with their thighs out reckon they look exactly like Paul Mescal

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz November 8, 2024 By Alice Murphy

I flew to Uzbekistan and found something I was missing

Channel: Travel Travel 3 days ago By Alice Murphy
A woman balances on the ledge of an infinity pool by an ocean, a palm tree is seen on a white sand beach and an inset shows a pink sunset

Four nights in the Maldives taught me something I wish I'd known 10 years ago

Channel: Travel Travel 3 days ago By Alice Murphy
A view of the sea in Ksamil, Albania, and a view from a hilltop in Sarande

I loved the 'Maldives of Europe' – but a shadow looms over it

Channel: Travel Travel December 11, 2024 By Alice Murphy

Co-op worker's remarkable words of kindness to violent shoplifter who attacked her

Channel: UK UK June 25, 2024 By Alice Murphy
A woman balances on the ledge of an infinity pool by an ocean, a palm tree is seen on a white sand beach and an inset shows a pink sunset

Four nights in the Maldives taught me something I wish I'd known 10 years ago

Channel: Travel Travel September 14, 2024 By Alice Murphy

I flew to Uzbekistan and found something I was missing

Channel: Travel Travel October 24, 2024 By Alice Murphy
Buda side landmarks of Budapest autumn daytime view: Sz??chenyi Chain Bridge, Fisherman???s Bastion, Matthias Church.

I spent three nights in Europe for less than a train to Cornwall

Channel: Travel Travel April 9, 2024 By Alice Murphy
Internet sleuths missing graphic Gaynor lord picture: Getty/ PA

Websleuths are rushing to crack the case of missing woman Gaynor Lord. But should they?

Channel: UK UK December 15, 2023 By Alice Murphy

I spent three nights in Europe for less than a train to Cornwall

Channel: Travel Travel April 9, 2024 By Alice Murphy
Dublin's Five Lamps street lights are seen engulfed in flames as a riot breaks out following a school stabbing that left several children and adults, in Dublin, Ireland, November 23, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

Dublin riots made me say five words I swore I never would

Channel: News News November 27, 2023 By Alice Murphy
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