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Sat 09 Sep 2001Tributes paid to murdered journalistPoliticians, colleagues and friends have today been paying tribute to Mr Martin O'Hagan, the murdered Sunday Worldjournalist who was gunned down in front of his wife in Lurgan, Co Armagh last night.The Taoiseach, Mr Bertie Ahern, said it was "senseless and brutal", while the Tánaiste Ms Harney, condemned the killing as "shocking and depraved".