Eavan Murray Western Correspondent
  • Galway
  • Irish Independent

Eavan Murray is a Western Correspondent for the Irish Independent.

453 Articles
about 1 year ago
independent.ie

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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about 1 year ago
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Sligo man Damien Conlon shot dead in Australia suffered catastrophic head injuries as man known t...

A man has appeared in court in Australia charged with the murder of Irish man Damien Conlon.

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about 1 year ago
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Enoch Burke: Ed Sheeran, Daniel O’Donnell and Leo Varadkar are on his blacklist – and an invitati...

Enoch Burke is a complex fellow to understand.

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over 1 year ago
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Burke family background: How Enoch and his family's 'extreme' religious influences have formed th...

The Burke family’s high-profile activities have led to unease among some of their fellow Christians in Co Mayo.

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over 1 year ago
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Meet the Burkes: dismissed teacher Enoch Burke hails from a controversial family of evangelical C...

Teacher Enoch Burke is again in a high-profile standoff with his old school.

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over 1 year ago
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Long-lost relatives of Ray King (57) who died alone in Mayo house found

A genealogy firm prompted by a report in the Irish Independent has discovered long-lost relatives of a reclusive Engl...

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over 1 year ago
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‘It feels like we have already won’ – Achill Island and Inis Mór celebrate Banshees of Inisherin ...

Pints flowed and the good times rolled on Achill Island last night as locals celebrated the historic clutch of Oscar ...

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over 1 year ago
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'It really is sad' – remains of man (63) discovered in severe decomposition surrounded by waste i...

Gardaí searching for relatives of a reclusive English man who lay dead in his house for weeks have been unable to tra...

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over 1 year ago
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Illegal adoption: ‘My search for the twin I was told had died’

Dorry Lawlor has lived a full and largely happy life. She is 70 years old and loved by her children, wider family and...

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