Yvonne Murphy

Murphy was married to the late Justice Adrian Hardiman, judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland; the couple had three sons.^[3]

In 2006, Murphy was appointed chair of the Commission of Investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy from, or attached to, the Archdiocese of Dublin between 1 January 1975 and 1 May 2004. That Commission culminated in the production of the Murphy Report in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Murphy then also chaired an inquiry into sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, which led to the publication of the Cloyne Report in July 2011.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, Murphy was appointed chair of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, following revelations about the burial of 800 children in unmarked mass graves in the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home.^[4] The executive summary and conclusion of the report have been subject to much criticism since its publication.^{[citation needed]}