The deaths of part time fire-fighters, Mark O' Shaughnessy and Brian Murray while fighting a fire in Bray has lead to a major protest in the town today. Demonstrators are demanding a full time fire service in the north of the county. The families of the two fire-fighters believe the lack of a full time service contributed to the tragedy.
On Thursday last the Dail rejected a motion by the Labour Party for such a service. Labour TD Kathleen Lynch said the fire service is as essential as health and education. But Minister of State Batt O'Keefe said provision of a fire service was a matter for the local authority and not Government
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Bugged
We understand the norovirus or 'bug' as it is called is in some wards of South Tipperary General Hospital again. We think the hospital would be ideal for a consultant with OCD handwashing as it would give him/her an excuse to wash
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Road Act Stops Sales
If you are selling a car and leave it in a public place in Clonmel with a 'for sale' sign the Borough Council will issue an enforcement notice under the Road Act 1993. If the owner does not remove it within three days the Council will and it will cost a minimum of 500 euro secure its return.
We have asked the Council how many vehicles have been removed so far
Update. We would like to apologise as our link to the Road Act appears to be pointing to an non existing url. We will try to resolve this. Please do not adjust your screens!
We have asked the Council how many vehicles have been removed so far
Update. We would like to apologise as our link to the Road Act appears to be pointing to an non existing url. We will try to resolve this. Please do not adjust your screens!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Kilganey Killer Gets Life
A killer who told investigating gardai he couldn't have been identified at the scene of a shooting because he was wearing a balaclava was jailed for life yesterday 8 October 2007.
33 year old Leigh Crowe, a father of two from Elm Park in Clonmel, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Eoin Cahill at a house near Kilganey in April 2006. Crowe and another man entered the house with a sawn off shotgun and a pump action shotgun. One of the men blasted 25 year old Cahill in the face at point blank range. The victim was said to have died "almost instanteously"
Crowe's defence claimed he believed Cahill responsible for an incident 18 months before when he was shot in front of his partner and kids. He was also said to have been drinking heaving and taking 'speed' to the extent he had not slept for several days at the time of the shooting
Sergeant Barry O'Riordan said that when investigating gardai told Crowe he had been identified at the scene he replied"That's bullshit, nobody saw me.I had a balaclava and gloves"
Party goer Mark Doolan,who tried to stop Crowe, was also shot in the arm. Crowe admitted to trying to murder Mr Doolan and assault causing harm to Sharon Rossiter at the same party. He was sentenced to life for Cahill's death and to 15 years for the attempt on Mark Doolan and 5 years for assaulting Ms Rossiter. All sentences are to run concurrently and be backdated to date of Crowe's arrest
Leigh Crowe was said to have had 8 convictions for assault, 2 of them serious and his total offending added up to 23 previous convictions
In a victim impact statement Cahill's mother Catherine said she did not hate the killer but wanted justice. She said she couldn't express the pain and hurt caused to the whole family as a result of losing her son
33 year old Leigh Crowe, a father of two from Elm Park in Clonmel, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Eoin Cahill at a house near Kilganey in April 2006. Crowe and another man entered the house with a sawn off shotgun and a pump action shotgun. One of the men blasted 25 year old Cahill in the face at point blank range. The victim was said to have died "almost instanteously"
Crowe's defence claimed he believed Cahill responsible for an incident 18 months before when he was shot in front of his partner and kids. He was also said to have been drinking heaving and taking 'speed' to the extent he had not slept for several days at the time of the shooting
Sergeant Barry O'Riordan said that when investigating gardai told Crowe he had been identified at the scene he replied"That's bullshit, nobody saw me.I had a balaclava and gloves"
Party goer Mark Doolan,who tried to stop Crowe, was also shot in the arm. Crowe admitted to trying to murder Mr Doolan and assault causing harm to Sharon Rossiter at the same party. He was sentenced to life for Cahill's death and to 15 years for the attempt on Mark Doolan and 5 years for assaulting Ms Rossiter. All sentences are to run concurrently and be backdated to date of Crowe's arrest
Leigh Crowe was said to have had 8 convictions for assault, 2 of them serious and his total offending added up to 23 previous convictions
In a victim impact statement Cahill's mother Catherine said she did not hate the killer but wanted justice. She said she couldn't express the pain and hurt caused to the whole family as a result of losing her son
Monday, October 8, 2007
High Anxiety
So, a large portion of the Irish middle classes are addicted to or abusing drugs it has been claimed in a book called The High Society.
In the pages it is possible to read many true stories of doctors , lawyers, and Gardai who have had or have addiction problems. One of the reasons cited is the easy availability of drugs to Gardai who get them from criminals and doctors, who can get them from legalised drug dealers called big pharma. Not sure where the lawyers get them. Maybe from the doctor when they have a cold?
While it is a great tragedy to see any life destroyed by drugs it is an even bigger tragedy and crime the way some of the doctors were protected by their families. They were using drugs to get through work and while doing so may have been putting the life of innocent patients at risk. Yet their secret was kept by their family members because of the possible shame or the fact that the Medical Council would not want to know. What about the hurt possibly suffered by some unfortunate patient who had the bad luck to be in the hands of some of these 'brilliant' medical professionals.? Who knows what harm they have caused over the years and how would anyone find out, so well protected are the doctors?
If a poor person covered up out of loyalty or shame they would be told this would not help and the addict would have to accept the situation and seek treatment regardless of what loss of face they might incur. And who would tell them. You've guessed it, the local friendly doc of course.
In the pages it is possible to read many true stories of doctors , lawyers, and Gardai who have had or have addiction problems. One of the reasons cited is the easy availability of drugs to Gardai who get them from criminals and doctors, who can get them from legalised drug dealers called big pharma. Not sure where the lawyers get them. Maybe from the doctor when they have a cold?
While it is a great tragedy to see any life destroyed by drugs it is an even bigger tragedy and crime the way some of the doctors were protected by their families. They were using drugs to get through work and while doing so may have been putting the life of innocent patients at risk. Yet their secret was kept by their family members because of the possible shame or the fact that the Medical Council would not want to know. What about the hurt possibly suffered by some unfortunate patient who had the bad luck to be in the hands of some of these 'brilliant' medical professionals.? Who knows what harm they have caused over the years and how would anyone find out, so well protected are the doctors?
If a poor person covered up out of loyalty or shame they would be told this would not help and the addict would have to accept the situation and seek treatment regardless of what loss of face they might incur. And who would tell them. You've guessed it, the local friendly doc of course.
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