Eavan Murray Western Correspondent
  • Galway
  • Irish Independent

Eavan Murray is a Western Correspondent for the Irish Independent.

449 Articles
7 months ago
independent.ie

‘Excellent’ nurse took sedatives from hospital for husband ‘out of desperation’

An “excellent” nurse who took four sedatives from the ward she worked on and administered them to her husband was in ...

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7 months ago
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Mayo family of man whose wife died from botulism in Bordeaux reveal agony over her treatment

Questions have been raised about the medical care of a woman who died of botulism after contracting the illness on a ...

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8 months ago
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'It's hard to believe what has happened’: Irish rugby fans were due to go on honeymoon before bot...

An Irishman whose wife died after they both contracted botulism during a Rugby World Cup weekend in Bordeaux was due ...

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11 months ago
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‘I was suffocating from the pain’ – survivor on long road to justice as abuser jailed after 18 years

A woman who saw her abuser jailed last week has appealed to other women and girls to break their silence and hold pre...

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about 1 year ago
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Michael Scott trial: Toxic relationship with tensions over land and missing dog just before Chris...

The toxic relationship between farmer Michael Scott and his elderly aunt, Chrissie Treacy, was building steadily befo...

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about 1 year ago
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Well-known publican abused by Christian Brother as a schoolboy says he repressed memories for dec...

A well-known Galway businessman who was “systematically” sexually abused and humiliated in front of his class as a sc...

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about 1 year ago
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Self-tanning mitts to clean milk clusters? Sisters prove the future of farming is definitely female

Early mornings milking cows, late nights birthing calves and the day in between spreading slurry, measuring grass and...

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about 1 year ago
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Pensioner found shot dead in Castlebar, Mayo had been acquitted of historic sex crime in days bef...

A retired farmer who was found shot dead in his home days after he was acquitted over a historical sex crime has been...

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about 1 year ago
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Pensioner found shot dead in Castlebar, Mayo had been acquitted of historic sex crime in days bef...

A pensioner who was found shot dead in his home had appeared in court in the days before his death in relation to an ...

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about 1 year ago
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after body found in house in Co Mayo

Gardaí have arrested a man on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a pensioner’s body in a house in Castleb...

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about 1 year ago
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Achill and Inis Mór are gearing up for a bumper tourist season thanks to Oscar fever over ‘The Ba...

Clutching a steaming pot of manure is not the stuff Hollywood dreams are made, but not every movie is filmed with a h...

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about 1 year ago
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Menlo pier Galway tragedy: Funerals of two of the three victims to take place one after another i...

The funerals of two of the three victims of the Galway pier drowning tragedy are to take place one after another in t...

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