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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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Eavan Murray
Walter Rhodes has been in jail for almost five decades for his role in the killing of two police officers in Florida in 1976. In an exclusive interview, he gives his version of events and tells of the involvement of ‘peace campaigner’ Sunny Jacobs, who recently died in a fire in Galway The complex legacy of death row survivor Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs, ranges from innocent, peace-loving, wrongly convicted hippy to a gun-obsessed, drug-addicted “sociopath”.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Eavan Murray
‘Fionn’s life is in their hands’ – parents’ plea for access to new treatment for their son ‘as soon as possible’Boy with rare muscle-wasting condition faces lengthy wait for drug that could give him the ‘opportunities he deserves’Fionn Brogan (9), who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy at home in Deansgrange with his mum Maeve and dad Michael. Photo: Steve HumphreysFionn Brogan is determined, curious, fun-loving, fiercely independent and deeply kind.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Eavan Murray
Case against former TD Colm Keaveney, accused of driving under influence of cocaine, adjourned for 13th timeColm Keaveney. Photo: Tom BurkeA case against a former TD, accused of driving under the influence of cocaine, has been adjourned for the thirteenth time since his arrest two years ago. Colm Keaveney was initially elected as a TD for the Labour Deputy for Galway East in 2011. He subsequently joined Fianna Fáil.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Eavan Murray
Campaigner, who died in a house fire at her home in Co Galway this week, always insisted she was wrongfully convicted – but the truth is more complex There was an audible gasp when Sunny Jacobs told her enraptured Ted Talk audience of the moment the judge ordered “2,400 volts of electricity pass through my body until I was pronounced dead”.
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3 weeks 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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A convicted drug dealer, a member of the ‘Dixie Mafia’ with arrests for prostitution and child endangerment - caught on a wiretap negotiating the purchase of 1lb (450g) of cocaine, 20lb of marijuana, & 500 hits of LSD. The complex history of Sunny Jacobs https://t.co/nORg8rv0nJ
Peace and love, or bloodshed and drugs – who was the real Sunny Jacobs? https://t.co/nORg8rv0nJ
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