Eavan Murray Western Correspondent
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  • Irish Independent

Eavan Murray is a Western Correspondent for the Irish Independent.

448 Articles
almost 3 years ago
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No judgment in Portroe, where Kelly traces roots to humble past

It is a world away from the hardboiled glitz of Los Angeles in the lush, steep hills that sweep down to Lough Derg.

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almost 3 years ago
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Teneo CEO Declan Kelly: Riverdance founder defends mogul over drunken episode

Riverdance co-founder John McColgan has leapt to the defence of businessman Declan Kelly, who stepped down from the b...

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almost 3 years ago
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‘I don’t think she left. I think something happened to her that night’ – family of missing mum Ba...

It is 36 years since Barbara Walsh, a mother-of-seven, disappeared without a trace from her Connemara home.

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almost 3 years ago
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Players have died by suicide because they couldn't come out to their GAA teammates

“I have a list the length of my arm of people who contacted me over the years whose brother, son or partner died by s...

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almost 3 years ago
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Yeats Summer School at risk of closure over funding

The future of the International Yeats Summer School, the longest-running literary school in the world, is hanging in ...

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almost 3 years ago
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‘We have been abandoned,’ says Irish wife of worker Robert Pether held in Iraq

The Irish wife of an engineer being held in a Baghdad prison says she feels the Department of Foreign Affairs has “ab...

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almost 3 years ago
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Longford journalist Shaungh Connaire takes up new role with George and Amal Clooney Foundation

Emmy-nominated Longford journalist Shaunagh Connaire will take up a major new role at the George and Amal Clooney Fou...

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almost 3 years ago
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Tributes paid to Garda Colm Horkan on first anniversary of shooting

The family of Detective Garda Colm Horkan have paid tribute to him on the first anniversary of his death.

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almost 3 years ago
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‘Grieving, grieving, grieving. I miss him awful’ – Det Colm Horkan’s father talks about the last ...

A year has passed since the death of Detective Garda Colm Horkan, and his loss wears heavily on all who knew and love...

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almost 3 years ago
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Former principal jailed over €204,000 theft from his school removed from teaching register

A former school principal jailed for the theft of €204,000 from his school has been removed from the teaching registe...

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almost 3 years ago
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Community left ‘numb’ after toddler dies in tragic paddling pool accident

A rural Roscommon community has been devastated by the tragic death of a toddler who drowned in a paddling pool accid...

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almost 3 years ago
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Toddler dies after tragic paddling pool accident

A toddler has died following a tragic accident at his home in Tulsk, Co Roscommon.

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