Eavan Murray Western Correspondent
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Eavan Murray is a Western Correspondent for the Irish Independent.

454 Articles
over 1 year ago
independent.ie

Meet the Burkes: Suspended teacher Enoch Burke hails from a controversial family of evangelical C...

On Tuesday, a secondary school secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing teacher Enoch Burke from attendin...

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over 1 year ago
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Meet the Burkes: Suspended teacher Enoch Burke hails from a controversial family of evangelical C...

On Tuesday, a secondary school secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing teacher Enoch Burke from attendin...

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over 1 year ago
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Nurse failed to perform basic tasks and ‘stood looking completely blank’ as woman had suspected h...

An inquiry has heard a male nurse failed to perform basic nursing tasks and "stood there looking completely blank" as...

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over 1 year ago
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‘The only thing that he can move is his eye’ – Farmer Tom Niland remains on life-support over sev...

Michael Walsh faithfully visits his cousin Tom Niland most days.

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over 1 year ago
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The joy of Ireland's ‘other’ airports – short lines, cheaper parking and a stress-free start to o...

Languishing in a seemingly endless queue at an airport is a torturous process.

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over 1 year ago
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Blackouts, fuel rationing and a return of €2-a-litre at the pumps

There is growing alarm in Government over the threat of fuel rationing , while the price of petrol and diesel is on t...

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over 1 year ago
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Charges against double murder accused Yousef Palani may be struck out next month if DPP has not g...

Charges against a man accused of the murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee, and the assault causing harm to a thi...

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over 1 year ago
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Brave Una (93) back behind shop counter as gardaí step up the hunt for ruthless burglary gang

Gardaí believe that a gang that held an elderly woman (93) and her two sons hostage in a violent home invasion had dr...

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over 1 year ago
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‘They were four thugs but they won’t get the better of us’ – Woman (93) held hostage with her son...

On Monday night, Una Farrell and her two sons were held hostage by four ruthless raiders.

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over 1 year ago
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‘When she was found, I said nobody would ever be got for it’ – 25 years on, family of murdered ta...

It is almost 25 years since mother-of-two Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy was murdered in Galway.

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over 1 year ago
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‘Tom was a grandad, a family man – he did not deserve this tragic end to his life’ – Clare town i...

President Michael D Higgins has reached out to the family of tragic Co Clare emigrant Thomas O’Halloran, who was stab...

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over 1 year ago
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London murder: Man (44) charged with murder of pensioner Thomas O’Halloran as Clare town in shock

The Metropolitan Police in London have confirmed that a 44-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 87-year-o...

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