Eavan Murray Western Correspondent
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  • Irish Independent

Eavan Murray is a Western Correspondent for the Irish Independent.

458 Articles
over 2 years ago
independent.ie

‘Golfgate’ trial begins as court warned of chaos with only 11 of 50 witnesses available amid Covi...

The ‘Golfgate’ trial has begun today with several witnesses unable to attend due to Covid concerns.

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over 2 years ago
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Golfgate: ‘Public hysteria whipped up’ around Golfgate led to ‘a lot of good people resigning’, t...

Public sentiment and hysteria was whipped up about the events surrounding ‘Golfgate’, a barrister has told Galway Dis...

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over 2 years ago
independent.ie

Warning children will have to stay at home from school amidst surging Omicron wave

Some classes are expected to have to stay at home today as schools reopen for the new term in the midst of the surgin...

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over 2 years ago
independent.ie

Golfgate trial to begin today in Galway with 50 witnesses

The trial of two prominent politicians and two hoteliers over alleged breaches of the Health Act at an Oireachtas Gol...

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over 2 years ago
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‘We’re so thrilled to win, it’s just phenomenal for our volunteers and for Naas’ – joy in Ireland...

Rome was not built in a day – and Naas did not become the cleanest town in Ireland in a heartbeat either.

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over 2 years ago
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‘We’re so thrilled to win, it’s just phenomenal for our volunteers’ – joy in Ireland’s cleanest town

Rome was not built in a day – and Naas did not become the cleanest town in Ireland in a heartbeat either.

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over 2 years ago
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Minimum drink pricing: how cost of some supermarket alcohol is set to double tomorrow

SOME supermarket alcohol will more than double in price as new minimum pricing laws kick in from tomorrow.

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over 2 years ago
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Fears of new restrictions as CMO issues warning on households mixing and shopping sales rush

There are growing fears that new Covid-19 restrictions will be imposed in the new year after Chief Medical Officer Dr...

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over 2 years ago
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Two million boosters by Christmas Day as case numbers climb

Nearly two million people will have received their Covid-19 booster vaccine by this evening.

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over 2 years ago
independent.ie

Letterkenny murder-suicide: Gardaí investigate murder-suicide as son kills father (88)

A community was plunged into grief after a father and son died in a murder-suicide just as the holiday season got und...

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over 2 years ago
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Letterkenny murder-suicide: Gardaí investigate murder-suicide as son kills father (88)

Gardaí are awaiting the results of post-mortem examinations on the bodies of a father and son who died in a suspected...

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over 2 years ago
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Community in shock as Gardaí treating deaths of father and son in Co Donegal as suspected murder-...

GARDAÍ are treating the deaths of a father and son whose bodies were found today at their Co Donegal home as a suspec...

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