Eoghan Murphy
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I, like all journalists should, would go to jail rather than reveal an anonymous source.
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The last
#Creeslough
funeral takes place tomorrow morning. A service for Robert Garwe and his five-year-old daughter, Shauna, will take place in Creeslough at 11am. Shauna died in her father's arms in the explosion in Co Donegal last week. Horrendous tragedy.
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Some human stories behind the Creeslough tragedy: a five-year-old girl went into the shop with her dad to buy a cake for the child’s mother. Both died. Another victim walked in to use the ATM. Another victim was home from Paris for the weekend to see her boyfriend.
#Creeslough
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The 23-year-old who died in the explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal, has been named as Jessica Gallagher.
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The young girl who died in Creeslough, Co Donegal - believed to be a five-year-old - was accompanied by her father, who also died. A mother and her teenage daughter are also among the deceased. Horrendous tragedy.
#Creeslough
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The 14-year-old girl who died in the Creeslough explosion has been named as Leona Harper. Tribute paid to her by Letterkenny Rugby Club this evening⬇️
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Catherine O'Donnell died in the explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal, along with her teenage son, James. Rest in Peace. 💐
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Five-year-old Shauna Flanagan Garwe was the youngest victim of the
#Creeslough
explosion in Co Donegal. She went into the service station with her father, Robert, to buy a birthday cake for her mother. Both tragically died.
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Mary Lou McDonald tells Newstalk’s ‘On The Record’ that €5 billion from the €13 billion Apple tax bill should be used to pay for people’s wages during the coronavirus crisis.
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Martin McGill, aged in his 40s, died in the explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal.
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💐Trevor Deely will be 21 years missing next month. His body still hasn’t been found and the case remains unsolved.
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I just took a call from a Fine Gael councillor. After a minute or two, I realised she thought she was talking to the Housing Minister.
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I just got a text wishing me the best of luck today. I suspect it was intended for another Eoghan Murphy.
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🌹Today is the 25th anniversary of the murder of Veronica Guerin, the Sunday Independent crime journalist.
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⬇️Flooding in Castlerea, Co Roscommon, just now. Storm after the Sun.
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Am I the only one who doesn’t get the whole Donie O’Sullivan thing? Why do we love making journalists into celebrities in Ireland?
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Poignant message I received from a local resident this morning, on the
#Creeslough
tragedy:
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€1,560 a month for this bedsit in Sherrard Street in Dublin 1
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A man in his 20s is still fighting for his life in St James's Hospital in Dublin after Friday's explosion in
#Creeslough
Co Donegal. Seven others, who were also hurt in the blast, are in a stable condition in Letterkenny University Hospital.
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Huge crowd at a public meeting in Ballaghaderreen against rumoured plans for 47 modular homes to house over 200 Ukrainian refugees.
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Big drugs bust in Carlow, as reported by The Nationalist
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The death of a woman and a baby boy in Clonee in Dublin is a suspected murder-suicide. Awful tragedy.
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🏥A few facts amid the concern about the 'fourth wave':
1⃣448 cases were reported today, compared to 8,248 on January 8th.
2⃣42 Covid patients are in hospital, compared to 2,020 on January 18th.
3⃣14 Covid patients are in ICU, compared to 221 on January 24th.
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⬇️This is where many refugees and asylum-seekers have lived for over 10 years. It’s the direct provision centre in Athlone, involving 100 mobile homes.
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The funeral of 59-year-old Hugh Kelly takes place in Creeslough tomorrow morning. He was one of the 10 people who died in the explosion in
#Creeslough
in Donegal last week.
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People Before Profit TD Mick Barry says: 'My colleague, Cllr Leah Whelan, 25 years of age, is in a WhatsApp group, with 21 of her friends. This year 20 of them have emigrated.'
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Senior government source tells me level 5 recommendation unlikely to be approved. Dublin likely to go to level 4, the rest to level 3.
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Michael Scally claims Ballaghaderreen is ‘a dumping ground’ at a public meeting against rumoured plans for 47 modular homes to house over 200 Ukrainian refugees.
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🆕272 Covid patients in public hospitals tonight - the lowest since Christmas Day, after a fall of 56 since Sunday night.
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I remember Garda Colm Horkan’s name from inquests in Ballaghaderreen Coroner’s Court - especially from how he had to force his way into a property to find the body of a woman who was dead for six weeks. Maybe he rest in peace.
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The funeral of Kate and Vincent Donohoe, who died in a suspected murder-suicide in Dublin last week, will take place tomorrow. Horrendous tragedy.
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💐Another
#Creeslough
funeral confirmed: 14-year-old Leona Harper will be laid to rest on Thursday after her funeral Mass in Ramelton, Co Donegal.
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My grandmother Una Young died peacefully yesterday, aged 96. RIP.
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Second Covid boosters available for over 18s today. Just got mine.
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After a major search operation, 17-year-old Gabrielle Patterson from Cavan has been located safe and well.
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⚠��66 people are in ICU with Covid tonight - the lowest in nearly 12 weeks, after a drop of nine in 24 hours
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Very touching contribution from Charlie Bird on Ryan’s last Late Late Show
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👇Letter to The Irish Times from Leo Varadkar’s partner
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🆕Big drop in Covid patients in hospital tonight: the current figure is 907 - down 113 from this morning.
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I was due to get the booster today but picked up the virus instead: ten days of FOIs and crime books.
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Unionist caller on the Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster: ‘We’ll starve and freeze before the protocol’s sorted.’
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Tomorrow is seven years since the Carrickmines tragedy, in which 10 Travellers lost their lives. In an eerie coincidence, the same amount of people died in the
#Creeslough
explosion in Co Donegal on Friday.
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Thanks👇
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A GoFundMe page for the families of the dead and injured in the
#Creeslough
blast in Co Donegal, has raised almost €233,000.
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Fianna Fáil senator Eugene Murphy at the Ballaghaderreen public meeting
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🚨56 children have been hospitalised with Covid in the past two weeks and 2,420 kids have been diagnosed with the virus.
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Around 130 people are protesting near Longford town against accommodation for refugees
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🆕The number of Covid patients in ICU has dropped below 60 for the first time in over three months
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Nice message from champion jockey Rachael Blackmore to Ballaghaderreen Men’s Shed 👇
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The number of people in ICU with Covid-19 has fallen below 100 for the first time in two months.
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⬇️Tomorrow marks the 36th anniversary of the disappearance of Philip Cairns. The 13-year-old vanished while walking to school in Rathfarnham. Paedophile Eamon Cooke was often linked to the case, but no physical evidence was ever found. No one ever arrested. Case remains unsolved.
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After six rewarding years covering local news, for the Roscommon People and currently for Shannonside FM, I'll be moving on next month for a job in the Newstalk newsroom in Dublin.
'There's always great joy at the beginning of something new but always great sadness at the end.'
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Funeral arrangements confirmed for one of the 10 victims of the
#Creeslough
explosion in Co Donegal. 48-year-old James O'Flaherty, from Dunfanaghy in Co Donegal, will be laid to rest on Wednesday.
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Personal news: After seven years in radio, I’ll be moving on to a new challenge next month. Thanks to everyone for all the interviews and help.
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🆕38 Covid patients in hospital today - the lowest in almost 10 months (since September 1st, to be precise)
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The last of the 10 funerals took place in
#Creeslough
Co Donegal today. Here is the scene at the filling station this evening, eight days after the explosion.
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🆕The number of Covid patients in hospital has dropped back below 1,000 tonight - to 967.
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🆕Huge drop in the number of Covid patients in public hospitals tonight: the number now stands at 220, 43 fewer than last night, and the lowest since December 19th.
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🆕The number of Covid patients in public hospitals has fallen by 73 in four days, from 328 on Sunday night to 255 last night.
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🆕907 Covid patients in hospital tonight - down 113 from this morning.
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A man accused of murdering his wife and two children (pictured below) in Dublin in 2020 was found dead in Midlands Prison today. Sameer Syed was due to stand trial next week. His wife's name was Seema Banu, and his children were 11-year-old Asfira, and six-year-old Faizan.
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Emergency services will be remaining at the scene overnight in Creeslough, Co Donegal, as they go through the rubble looking for any survivors. Around five remain unaccounted for. Three fatalities confirmed so far.
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🆕111 Covid patients in public hospitals tonight - the lowest since September 27th (over seven months ago).
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👇Colette Sexton is leaving her role as Health Minister Stephen Donnelly’s adviser and will be replaced by Paraic Gallagher (former Newstalk political correspondent), The Sunday Times reports
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An Irish prisoner has tested positive for Covid-19, for the first time. A remand prisoner in the Dochas Women’s Prison in Dublin tested positive yesterday. It’s the first case of Covid among the nearly 4,000 prisoners in Ireland.
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Quote in the Mirror on the Department of Foreign Affairs' champagne party
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Brave column on Denis O'Brien by Justine McCarthy
Our star-struck state is helping O’Brien
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👎If someone doubts the success of Covid vaccines, this is the best defence: 1,420 deaths in January; 160 last month.
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A male Garda has been shot in Castlerea, Co Roscommon. Seriously injured. A person has been arrested.
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🆕TUV leader Jim Allister tells the BBC the Northern Ireland Protocol is worse than the Covid pandemic
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DONEGAL: A GoFundMe appeal for the victims' families, of the
#Creeslough
tragedy, has raised over €300,000
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Liverpool Football Club has offered its condolences to the family of 14-year-old Leona Harper, who died in the
#Creeslough
blast in Co Donegal. She was a big supporter of the club.
@lfcdonegal
@Arsenal
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Leona. Our thoughts are with her family and friends, as well as all those affected by Friday's tragedy ❤️
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💐Crowds gather in Amiens Street in Dublin for a vigil after the death of homeless activist and former councillor Anthony Flynn this week
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🆕DCU professor Anthony Staines estimates we have 50,000 to 55,000 Covid cases a day at the moment, given the number of unreported cases.
@TonightVMTV
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Another
#Creeslough
funeral confirmed. 49-year-old Hugh Kelly will be laid to rest on Friday, after funeral Mass in Creeslough. He was one of the 10 people who died in the explosion in Co Donegal.
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😀Bit of hope for Easter Sunday: the number of patients in hospital with Covid has dropped by a quarter in a week, from 322 to 242.
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'Looking after friends in high places has always been the Fine Gael way; it is Leo Varadkar's way,' says Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald.
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Leitrim resident addresses Rooskey anti-racism gathering
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💐Dublin teenager Amy Fitzpatrick (15) disappeared from Malaga in Spain this day 14 years ago. She, or her body, has never been found and the case remains unsolved.
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This day 26 years ago, Sophie Toscan du Plantier was beaten to death with a brick outside her holiday home near Schull in west Cork. Over a quarter of a century later, her murder remains unsolved.
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Funeral arrangements have been confirmed for the five-year-old girl and her father who died in the
#Creeslough
explosion in Co Donegal. It takes place tomorrow, and will be the last of the funerals for the 10 victims.
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🆕Ireland's R number has fallen below 1 and Covid cases are declining at a rate of up to 1 per cent a day, according to NPHET.
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🆕425 Covid patients in hospital tonight - down from 457 a week ago
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🆕711 Covid patients in hospital today - down 28 from yesterday. Two weeks ago, the figure was over 1,000.
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🆕678 Covid patients in public hospitals tonight - the lowest this year.
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Thinking of all in the emergency services today - Gardai, fire staff, healthcare workers - who are fighting to save lives and keep use safe.
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