{"id":280656,"date":"2026-01-12T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/280656\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:51:10","slug":"library-to-be-named-in-honour-of-murdered-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/280656\/","title":{"rendered":"Library to be named in honour of murdered student"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new library at the University of Galway is to be named in honour of a student who was murdered soon after she completed her studies there in 2006.<\/p>\n

The Dr Karen Guinee Library is being constructed at a site on campus.<\/p>\n

The medical student was murdered by her boyfriend Patrick Hogan Jr in June 2006. She was 23 years of age.<\/p>\n

Hogan was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to her murder.<\/p>\n

The naming of the library in memory of Dr Guinee results from a “significant philanthropic gift” to the university from the Michael Guinee Charitable Foundation. The charity was established by Dr Guinee’s uncle.<\/p>\n

Originally from Douglas, Co Cork, Karen Guinee studied in Galway between 2000 and 2006.<\/p>\n

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\nAn artist’s impression of the Dr Karen Guinee Library at the University of Galway<\/p>\n

The university said the medical graduate was remembered as a gifted and compassionate alumna who completed her education and training as a doctor with distinction.<\/p>\n

A scholarship for medical students in her memory is also being established.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Guinee family said Karen’s death had left a void in the lives of everyone who knew her and had brought “unspeakable trauma”.<\/p>\n

They said Dr Guinee was bright, kind, loving and caring. The family added that the naming of the library in her honour would serve as a living tribute and give a deeper meaning to her absence.<\/p>\n

They said they drew comfort in knowing that someone so special would never be forgotten.<\/p>\n

University of Galway President Professor David Burn described the library as a legacy which would be a place of study but also a place of resilience and hope.<\/p>\n

He said the institution was acknowledging Dr Guinee’s compassion and her commitment to helping others, through her chosen career.<\/p>\n

The new building is located in the centre of the university campus, overlooking the River Corrib.<\/p>\n

The 10,000sq.m structure will have over 2,000 study spaces and will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology, to improve and enhance the student experience.<\/p>\n

Construction is expected to be completed next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new library at the University of Galway is to be named in honour of a student who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-280656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-main-news","19":"tag-mainnews","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115881514434691581","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}