2 h. ago Former death row inmate Sunny Jacobs never let tragedies define her, funeral hears

Anti-death penalty advocate and her 31-year-old carer died last week in a house fire at her isolated Connemara cottage

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69 h. ago Carer who died in house fire was a 'son, brother, partner, friend and rock'

Mr Kelly (31) died alongside Sunny Jacobs (76) when a fire broke out at her cottage at Gleannicmurrin in Casla on Wednesday morning

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2 d. ago Carer who died in Galway house fire was a 'son, brother, partner, friend and rock', funeral hears

Kevin Kelly (31) died alongside Sunny Jacobs (76) when a fire broke out at her cottage at Gleannicmurrin in Casla on Wednesday morning.

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3 d. ago Carer who died in Connemara house fire with Sunny Jacobs remembered as ‘free spirit’

Kevin Kelly loved ‘tranquil life of and beauty of Connemara’, funeral hears

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3 d. ago Jennifer O'Connell: The story of Sunny Jacobs was never as straightforward as the media suggested

We should be wary of narratives that present women – especially those accused of crimes – as either the evil witch or Snow White

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4 d. ago The life and tragic death of Sunny Jacobs: how a US death row exoneree ended up in Connemara

A house fire in Co Galway this week claimed the life of the anti-death penalty campaigner who spent five years on death row

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4 d. ago The life and tragic death of Sunny Jacobs: how a US death row survivor ended up in Connemara

A house fire in Co Galway this week claimed the life of the anti-death penalty campaigner who spent five years on death row

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5 d. ago Woman who died at Cork Marathon made people feel special, funeral mass hears

Ellen Cassidy (24) of Carhoo, Old Mallow Road in Co Cork, became ill just after she completed the half marathon last Sunday at about 1pm.

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5 d. ago Young woman who died in Cork marathon had a 'gift for friendship', her funeral mass hears

Ellen Cassidy passed away this weekend after completing the half marathon on Cork.

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5 d. ago Death row survivor Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs found ‘tranquility’ in Connemara before death in house fire

Jacobs spent five years on death row in Florida for murder she did not commit

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6 d. ago Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs remembered as friendly, intelligent woman as tributes continue

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs is being remembered as a friendly and very intelligent woman, as tributes continue to pour in following her death. The 77 year old, and her carer, 30 year old Kevin Kelly, died in a house fire at Glenicmurrin near Casla in Connemara yesterday morning. […] The post Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs remembered as friendly, intelligent woman as tributes continue appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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6 d. ago Tributes paid to 'remarkable' US death row exoneree killed in Galway house fire

Sonia Jacobs spent 17 years in Florida detention for a crime she didn’t commit.

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6 d. ago Exonerated US death row inmate turned campaigner dies in Galway house fire

Sunny Jacobs died following the blaze at the Sunny Healing Centre in rural Co Galway.

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7 d. ago Wife of the late Peter Pringle from Killybegs named as Galway house fire victim

The woman who died in a house fire in Galway this morning has been named as Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs, a… The post Wife of the late Peter Pringle from Killybegs named as Galway house fire victim appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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7 d. ago Exonerated US death row inmate Sonia Jacobs among two dead in Galway house fire

Jacobs, 76, died alongside a man understood to be her carer after a fire in Casla in Go Galway this morning.

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7 d. ago Victim of Connemara fire named as death row survivor Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM One of the victims of a fatal house fire near Casla in Connemara this morning has been named as Sonia ‘Sunny’ Jacobs. Ms Jacobs spent many years on death row in the US before being acquitted. Emergency services responded to a call of a house fire at […] The post Victim of Connemara fire named as death row survivor Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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7 d. ago Woman who died in Galway house fire was a death row survivor wrongfully convicted of murder

Gardaí and the emergency services were alerted to the fire at 6:20am on Tuesday.

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7 d. ago Woman who died in Connemara house fire named as former US death row inmate Sunny Jacobs

Postmortem results will determine course of investigation into blaze in Casla early on Tuesday, which killed two people

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7 d. ago Marie Green, Shore Road death: Woman who died suddenly in north Belfast named locally as people tell of shock

Marie Green, Shore Road death: Woman who died suddenly in north Belfast named locally as people tell of shock  belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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8 d. ago Tributes paid as young woman who died after Cork city marathon named as Ellen Cassidy (24)

Ellen Cassidy, a talented swimmer and UCC graduate, collapsed at the finish line of the Cork half marathon yesterday.

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