Eavan Murray Western Correspondent
  • Galway
  • Irish Independent

Eavan Murray is a Western Correspondent for the Irish Independent.

465 Articles
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
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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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over 2 years ago
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Christmas tragedy: Gardaí await post-mortems on bodies of father and son in suspected Donegal mur...

The bodies of a father and son who died in a suspected murder-suicide have been taken to Letterkenny University Hospi...

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over 2 years ago
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Revealed: How many couples tied the knot during pandemic – and the new trend of Monday weddings

Getting married while the world is in the grip of a pandemic is not the dream of most couples. But love finds a way.

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over 2 years ago
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‘We survived lockdown together and didn’t waste any more time in getting married. When you know, ...

Pandemic or not, Matthew Holmes reasoned, he could not wait any longer to make Priscila Perez Digon his wife.

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over 2 years ago
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‘I feel so lucky to be here’: SVP helps people find their way into lasting friendships

Marie Keating lived alone for many years in rural Donegal. She had great neighbours, but loneliness began to take a t...

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over 2 years ago
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Special report on frontline workers: ‘We deal with a lot of trauma, it’s hard not to take it home’

‘The hours are long and unsocial, and it can be stressful, but I 100pc love my job. I wouldn’t change what I do for a...

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over 2 years ago
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‘We were a team, the most formidable mother and son team in the world’ – Marty Morrissey’s heartf...

Heartbroken RTÉ broadcaster Marty Morrissey has told mourners at his beloved mother Peggy’s funeral that he feels ble...

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