Eavan Murray Western Correspondent
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  • Irish Independent

Eavan Murray is a Western Correspondent for the Irish Independent.

454 Articles
over 2 years ago
independent.ie

GP voices concerns over messaging as vaccine uptake low in Border counties

With the darkest days of the pandemic be- hind us, the divide in Covid-19 vaccine uptake in some counties has caused ...

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over 2 years ago
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Pride at Ireland’s Covid-19 jab rollout – but why is there a divide in vaccine uptake between cou...

With the darkest days of the pandemic behind us, the divide in Covid-19 vaccine uptake in some counties has caused su...

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over 2 years ago
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‘Tyrone will come out all guns blazing, Kerry haven’t been tested in any shape or form’

Old and often bitter rivalries between Tyrone and Kerry have been laid to rest but a smouldering desire to come off t...

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over 2 years ago
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‘It is absolute hell’ – wife’s anguish as father-of-three jailed for five years in Iraq

The family of an Irish-based engineer has branded the judicial process in Iraq “an obscene abuse of human rights” aft...

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over 2 years ago
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Tributes are paid to ‘generous, warm and optimistic’ Kurdish family

Heartbroken friends and colleagues of a Kurdish family tragically killed on the M6 motorway remembered them as “gener...

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over 2 years ago
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Entire village ‘will have to be abandoned if flooding is not fixed’

An entire village faces abandonment if a solution to encroaching floodwater is not found, locals say.

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over 2 years ago
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Ballagh: Entire village ‘will have to be abandoned if flooding is not fixed’

An entire village faces abandonment if a solution to encroaching floodwater is not found, locals say.

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over 2 years ago
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'Frostbit boy': Star of ‘you wouldn't be long getting frostbit’ video revealed to be swimmer save...

The man who was rescued 4km from shore after he got into difficulty this week has been identified as Ruairí McSorley,...

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over 2 years ago
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Kerry rescue: pod of dolphins surrounded swimmer stranded at sea for 12 hours

A coxswain used his knowledge of the tides to help rescue a swimmer 4km from shore after 12 hours in the waters of Tr...

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over 2 years ago
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Olympic ace Leona Maguire becomes first Irish golfer to be named in Solheim Cup team

Leona Maguire may well be Ireland’s greatest golfer – but only now is she becoming a household name.

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over 2 years ago
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‘You’d miss their fake tans and vast appetite for Nutella and scones’ – Mná an Tí on an empty sum...

Make no mistake – being a Bean an Tí is a very serious undertaking.

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over 2 years ago
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Galway crash: Family of M6 horror collision victims only heard about tragedy via online news reports

Tributes have been paid to the "kind, polite and friendly" Kurdish family who lost their lives in a horrific collisio...

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