
Eavan Murray
Western Correspondent at Irish Independent
Western Corr @ Irish Independent. Mammy to two beauts & Eternal #MayoGAA optimist. My name is pronounced Eeevan. [email protected]
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2 days ago |
independent.ie | Joseph Murray |Eavan Murray
The Connemara native has been remembered for his “big smile and kindness” and as someone who was “absolutely magical” with dogs. Ahead of his funeral on Saturday, Mr Kelly’s family have requested that all in attendance wear their most colourful outfit for the funeral to represent his “fun, laughter and personality”. Mr Kelly will arrive to Discovery Church at the Small IDA Business Park on the Tuam Road in Galway city on Saturday at 12.30pm.
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2 days ago |
independent.ie | Joseph Murray |Eavan Murray
Mr Kelly’s family have requested that all in attendance wear their most colourful outfit for the funeral to represent his “fun, laughter and personality”. Mr Kelly will arrive to Discovery Church at the Small IDA Business Park on the Tuam Road in Galway city on Saturday at 12.30pm. A service will take place at 1pm, followed by cremation in Shannon Crematorium at 4pm. Mr Kelly, who was aged in his early 30s, died in the fire on Tuesday morning, along with Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs (78).
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3 days ago |
independent.ie | Eavan Murray
The incident happened on the R361 Frenchpark Road, at Grangemore, Boyle, Co Roscommon, at about 10am yesterday. A woman was at home in an upstairs room when the accident happened, while her husband was in the garden at the back of the house. A source last night said it was “miraculous nobody was killed. It is the stuff of nightmares to think what could have happened.
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3 days ago |
independent.ie | Eavan Murray
Former death row prisoner Sunny Jacobs may have been woken by blaze before she died of smoke inhalationA carer also died in the fire, which is believed to have started accidentallySonia 'Sunny' Jacobs died in a fire at her home near the village of Casla, Co GalwayA woman who spent years on death row in the US only to die in a house fire in Galway may have been attempting to escape the property but was overcome by smoke.
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3 days ago |
sundayworld.com | Eavan Murray
LATEST | The incident occurred at Grange More in Boyle and it is understood that the cab of the truck was wedged on the living room and the driver was cut outA lorry crashed into a house on the Boyle – Frenchpark road in Co Roscommon. Pic – Gerry FaughnanThe location of the crash in Co RoscommonToday at 16:24A man has been injured after the truck he was driving crashed into a house in Co Roscommon.
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End of an era on Lough Neagh. No eel boats this May, no lines set on the south shore—for the first time in memory. A tradition thousands of years old lost to environmental ruin and government neglect. The jewel in the crown, left to rot. Shame on those who let it happen. 😢 🎣 💔 https://t.co/HOfDpOF4sw