Eavan Murray Western Correspondent
  • Galway
  • Irish Independent

Eavan Murray is a Western Correspondent for the Irish Independent.

454 Articles
6 months ago
independent.ie

‘The silence in our home is harrowing’ – families of murdered men Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee ...

The family of a Sligo man brutally murdered by Yousef Palani told the Central Criminal Court that they have been give...

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7 months ago
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Nurse who stabbed University Hospital Galway colleague with syringe faces being struck off register

A nurse who assaulted a colleague by stabbing her with a syringe filled with a strong sedative during a busy shift fa...

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7 months ago
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Irish nurse Eileen Gibbons in critical condition after being shot by ex-partner in Darwin, Australia

An Irish nurse living in Australia remains in a critical condition after she was shot by her former partner in a hous...

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7 months ago
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Burglary victim Tom Niland (75) remembered as ‘gentle and kind’ as hundreds gather for funeral

Farmer Tom Niland was remembered as a “gracious, gentle and kind man” who lived a contented life until the night his ...

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7 months ago
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Irish nurse in 30s in critical condition after being shot in Australia

An Irish nurse living in Australia is in critical condition after she was shot at a house in the Northern Territory c...

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7 months ago
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‘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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8 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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12 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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