Veronica Guerin

Originally an accountant, Veronica Guerin became a journalist for the Sunday Business Post and Sunday Tribune where she reported with little regard to her own safety. While she reported on the IRA (Irish Republican Army)'s activity in the Republic of Ireland, Veronica's career mostly revolved around the drug gangs in Dublin like John Traynor (The Coach) and Martin Cahill (The General). Her report on Martin Cahill was the start of the attempts on her life and it didn't matter if she didn't name those involved by their real names, the drug cartels were still not happy with someone ratting them out. Following the publication of an article about criminal Gerry Hutch who Veronica nicknamed The Monk, she was shot in the leg but pressed on with her career even after being attacked by John Gilligan the boss of one of her former subjects John Traynor just because she had confronted him about his lavish lifestyle despite lack of income. Her bravery led to her receiving the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Sadly, 6 months after receiving the award, Veronica Guerin was shot dead 6 times by two men on a motorbike unbeknownst to her on the Naas Dual Carriageway while waiting at a red light on 26 June 1996 at the tender age of 36.
Veronica's death was called "an attack on democracy" by then Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) John Burton and two government acts were enacted, within a week of Veronica's passing called the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 and the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 which led to the set up the Criminal Assets Bureau. The Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 means that the government could seize assets that were purchased with money through crime.
Veronica Guerin's grave in Dardistown Cemetery near Dublin Airport is decorated in a way that it looks like a front page article.