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Brian Dooher admitted Tyrone’s inability to make a concerted follow-up to last year’s All-Ireland SFC triumph is the “million dollar question” that they will seek to answer.
The reigning Sam Maguire Cup holders will not be defending their crown any longer after being eliminated in the qualifiers by Armagh on Sunday, having already seen their Ulster defence ended by Derry.
Tyrone joint-manager Dooher reflected on the disappointment after the game with RTÉ Sport.
“It’s difficult. It’s not nice to exit any championship and it’s just disappointing,” he said.
“We started off the game well, got an ideal start but just could never build on it.”
Dooher said the search for answers as to why Tyrone could not replicate the heights of 2021 will be sought over the coming months.
“That’s the million dollar question at the minute – what happened and why it didn’t happen,” he said.
Seán Cavanagh thinks Armagh’s six-point winning margin flatters his native Tyrone.
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“Maybe a lot of reasons there. We must look at that and what can be done better.
“We couldn’t get that form that we had last year and that momentum. We just didn’t get it this year to build on it and we always seemed to be chasing games a bit too much.
“But we’ll sit back now over the next weeks and months, look at it and see what we can do differently.”
On the possibility that Tyrone did not have the same level of hunger having tasted success, Dooher suggested that was far from the case.
“A lot of people will say they know the answer and they have the answer,” he said.
“I suppose I have a bunch of boys in there, they gave their all last year, gave everything and then played a long club season, so it’s hard to know what it is.
“But we just couldn’t hit the heights that we hit last year. That’s evident. But we can’t question the attitude of the fellas. They gave everything.
“They gave their heart and soul to Tyrone football. They did everyting we asked of them, so we give credit to them. I can’t fault them.”
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Both Andy Moran and Tony McEntee were enthused after an entertaining Tailteann Cup quarter-final went the way of Sligo after a penalty shootout in Carrick-on-Shannon.
A vibrant contest went the full distance in Avantmoney Páirc Sean MacDiarmada, Keith Beirne nailing an 87th minute score to send it to spot kicks.
Sligo keeper Aidan Devaney was the decisive figure in the shootout, saving from Ryan O’Rourke and Emlyn Mulligan to book his side’s ticket to Croker.
Oddly enough, it was the losing manager Moran who was more accepting of penalties as a means of settling drawn games, insisting it was “fair” and brought “great excitement.”
The Sligo boss, by contrast, was inclined to think the shootout “pot-luck” after a game he felt his team should have won.
“It was a great game of football. It was a hugely entertaining match for what was a great crowd and they got great value there,” said McEntee.
“Penalties was a very hard way for one of those teams to lose.
“I would have felt we had a number of chances to win that game and left a number of chances behind us. Going to penalties is always pot luck. We’re delighted to get the result but we know we’ve a lot to work on and improve.
“As the game, we kicked a lot of wides. In total, we had 48 shots, which is a remarkable amount of shots. So, there was some bad decision making there.
“But we worked our way into the game, we fought hard and we were up against a very good Leitrim team.”
The results sends Sligo to the last-four alongside Westmeath, Cavan and Offaly, with the prize of a trip to GAA HQ.
“I think it’s 2002 since Sligo last put four results together like that. And I think it’s 2015 since they last got a trip to Croke Park. There’s four of this team that has played in Croke Park before.
“And in fairness, that’s the prize that’s there. The first prize is getting to Croke Park and playing in front of what will hopefully be a good Sligo crowd.”
Leitrim boss Moran again struck a positive note after his side’s defeat and was not inclined to mope about, praising the doggedness and resilience in his side.
However, he did have cause to be annoyed with a contentious square ball ruling denied Leitrim a goal early in the first period of extra-time.
“I’m not going to go complaining but I don’t think that was in the square to be honest,” said Moran.
“I think it’s going to be proven that it wasn’t in the square. A goal at the start of extra-time, to disallow that, you’ve got to be sure it’s a square ball. Unfortunately, for us, today, it went against us.
“We’d a great start, we’d 1-02 and then faded away for 15 or 20 minutes. But our boys had great fight. It’s a very proud footballing county, Leitrim. Great fight in them. Local derby. And for us to pull it back there, going into injury-time we were three points down and Ryan (O’Rourke), Dean (McGovern) and Keith (Beirne) kicked scores to bring us back in it. It was brilliant.”
Eyeing the bigger picture, Moran stressed that the arrival of the Tailteann Cup was crucial for Leitrim football – though he’d rather the round-robin system applied, as it will from next year.
Moran’s side reached the quarters with a rousing win at home to Antrim last weekend and played 11 competitive games across league and championship in 2022.
“We’ve some good players. some good footballers. But this tournament is so important. Now, we’ve played 11 games over the whole year, across league, championship and Tailteann Cup. For Leitrim and Sligo to get better, this is the way it has to go.
“I’m not saying it’s perfect, I’d love it to go to a group phase. For Leitrim and Sligo to really believe, they need games. This year, to get 11 games, has just been brilliant for Leitrim football.”
Two people have died following a road crash involving three cars in Co Sligo this afternoon.
Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene of the fatal collision that occurred on the N15 in Rathcormack at around 5.20pm, with the road set to remain closed overnight.
Two males, the driver and passenger of one vehicle, were fatally injured during the collision. Both of their bodies remain at the scene at this time.
It brings the total number of road deaths over the June bank holiday period since Thursday to six and the number of fatal incidents over the same period to eight.
Gardaí earlier on Sunday appealed to the public to take care amid the fatal incidents that had left behind “grieving families and friends on a bank holiday weekend which should be full of fun and enjoyment.”
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) also renewed its appeal for road users to take extra care over the long weekend.
“Tomorrow, Bank Holiday Monday the roads will be busy with many returning after a short break. Drivers should expect to encounter walkers, cyclists, and motorcyclists,” it said in a statement.
“The RSA is therefore urging drivers to slow down, look out for vulnerable road users and don’t forget to take breaks on your journey to avoid falling asleep at the wheel.”
The RSA also urged drivers to watch out for motorcyclists at junctions, intersections and in blind spots. “Motorcyclists are being reminded that they have less protection than a car driver and to always wear proper personal protection equipment and to ease off the throttle,” it said.
Sligo investigation
Today’s double fatality in Sligo brings to 76 the total number of people killed on Irish roads this year. Two people were killed and 14 people were seriously injured over the June bank holiday period last year, compared to the six fatalities to date this year.
Following this afternoon’s fatal collision, the N15 is closed between Sligo town and Drumcliffe while Garda forensic collision investigators conduct a technical examination of the scene.
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Gardaí said the road will remain closed overnight, and local diversions are in place.
Gardaí in Sligo are now appealing for any witnesses to the crash to contact them.
Any road users who may have camera footage, including dash cam, of the Rathcormack area between 5pm and 5.30pm are asked to make this available to investigating gardaí.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Sligo Garda station on 071 915 7000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.
Prince Louis has been having a ball of a time during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee festivities, and even got a chance to get cuddles from his granddad, Prince Charles, at the royal pageant on Sunday!
The future monarch was seen sharing the adorable moment with Prince William and Kate Middleton’s youngest son Louis, after the four-year-old royal seemed to get restless at the event and wandered off his seat next to his mom.
Louis, who was also seen dancing and blowing raspberries at his mom Kate during the lengthy parade, was seen getting comforted by Kate before he got too bored and out of his seat, after which his grandfather welcomed him.
The Prince of Wales was then broadcast sharing a rare family moment with his grandson in public, cuddling and rocking Prince Louis on his lap.
Earlier during the Jubilee weekend, Prince Louis made headlines when he appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the Trooping the Colour and RAF flypast event; he was photographed covering his ears and making faces.
Queen Elizabeth II delighted crowd as she appeared on the balcony during the final day of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations outside Buckingham Palace in London on Sunday.
The 96-year-old made a surprise appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to mark her historic 70-year reign, leaving many of her die-hard fans in tears.
Her admirers could not control their emotions and broke into tears seeing their beloved Queen. It was a perfect treat for them to have a glance of the monarch.
The Queen had skipped events on Friday and Saturday — a thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral and an afternoon at Epsom racecourse — after experiencing “discomfort” during the opening day parade on Thursday.
Th longest-reigning monarch was flanked by three generations of her family — Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, as well as Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, and their three children — to the delight of thousands who had gathered along the Mall for the once-in-a-lifetime jubilee event.
The royal fans roared as she emerged with a broad smile and surveyed the patriotic sea of Union Jack flag-waving well-wishers before her.
The Queen appeared three times on the balcony during the jubilee weekend. She previously watched a flypast with her family and took a salute from soldiers as they returned from the Trooping the Colour military parade on Thursday. She also took part in the beacon lighting ceremony that evening from Windsor Castle.
Updated / Sunday, 5 Jun 2022 19:24
Limerick’s Seamus Flanagan believes their Munster Hurling final triumph in an extra-time epic against Clare will go down as “a game for the ages”.
A tightly-fought battle at Semple Stadium went the distance after Clare’s Tony Kelly forced extra-time with a late sideline cut but Limerick ultimately prevailed 1-29 to 0-29.
Speaking to RTÉ Sport at full-time, Flanagan – who scored 0-08 of Limerick’s total – echoed much of the reaction to the match.
“Unbelievable. What a game. It was a game for the ages,” he said.
“Clare put it up to us all the way but all I can say is taking us to extra-time, everything that happened there it was incredible to be involved in.
“An incredible game and one that will be remembered for the ages.
“Across the board, you could have picked out 15 fellas in each team that played absolutely unbelievable stuff. We were delighted and thank God we came out on top.
“But it was a hard-fought battle and nip and tuck throughout the whole game.”
— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) June 5, 2022
Victory for Limerick means it’s a fourth Munster title in a row for the All-Ireland champions and they become the first county to lift the Mick Mackey Cup.
Manager John Kiely said it was an honour to receive the new trophy.
“The Mackey name is just synonymous with Limerick hurling and we’re very proud to have been a part of that group that did that,” he said.
“We’re hugely proud of it and it’s something that nobody can ever take away from us as a group.
“It took a huge effort but it’s worth it and we certainly had to earn it for sure.”
Describing the match as “thrilling encounter”, Kiely added that he was proud of how his team navigated the contest’s choppy waters.
“I’m just really proud of our guys, the way they stuck at it. It wasn’t maybe going our way at times and sometimes that’s just the way the game flows but you just have to keep after it and I was really proud the way our lads did that,” he said.
The North’s Minister of Justice has said a video showing people mocking the murder of Michaela McAreavey is a reminder of the “deep cancer of sectarianism right across our society”.
Naomi Long called on politicians to do more to tackle sectarianism and misogyny, and spoke of the public “horror” after realising the incident “wasn’t a one off”.
The social media video emerged last Friday and showed a group of people, mostly men, singing about the 27-year-old Co Tyrone teacher who was murdered on honeymoon in Mauritius in 2011.
It is understood it was filmed in an Orange Hall in Dundonald.
Ms Long said it was obvious that “this wasn’t one person singing something no one else had heard” as a “room full of people” joined in and “clearly knew the words to a song they had sung before”.
“The idea that this has been going on, if you like, behind closed doors for some time, actually really horrified people,” the Alliance Party leader told BBC Northern Ireland’s Sunday Politics show.
“I think that’s something, from my perspective that certainly shocked me and there didn’t seem to be anyone, certainly not in that clip, who intervened to stop it either which again begs questions as to just how routine this kind of behaviour is.”
She added: “When I saw the video, it is a reminder there is a deep cancer of sectarianism right across our society and we need to root that out because that kind of bitterness and hatred really has no place in a modern Northern Ireland.”
[ Two men apologise for mocking murder of Michaela McAreavey ]
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) confirmed on Friday it is investigating the content to “determine if any offences may have been committed”.
When asked by The Irish Times on Sunday if police are treating the matter as a hate crime, a PSNI spokeswoman said the inquiry is still “at an early stage” and could provide no further comment.
Mrs McAreavey, who had married husband John 10 days earlier, was strangled after she returned to her hotel room alone and disturbed a burglary. No one has been convicted of killing the daughter of former Tyrone manager Mickey Harte.
Ms Long confirmed she met the Chief Constable Simon Byrne to discuss the video but would not be drawn on what crimes she believes have been committed, due to concerns about prejudicing the outcome of the investigation.
“It’s a matter for the police to judge… but it’s fairly clear the tape was profoundly sectarian, deeply insulting and hurtful.”
[ Keith Duggan: North’s united response to vile video perhaps one small reason for hope ]
Politicians from across the spectrum have condemned the behaviour of those involved while the Orange Order has launched an internal inquiry, describing the footage as “utterly abhorrent”.
On Sunday, newspaper reports claimed two men identified in the video, Andrew McDade and John Bell, have quit the Orange Order.
The pair issued a statement on Friday expressing their “deep shame and regret” and promised to write a formal letter of apology to the Harte and McAreavey families.
Linfield Football Club in Belfast sacked Bell on Friday — he coached at its girls’ academy — saying he could be “clearly identified” in the “deeply offensive” video.
Meanwhile, Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council confirmed on Saturday it has launched an investigation into one of its employees.
The Emerson Group also issued a statement to say it was examining the alleged role of a worker.
Ms Long contrasted the “vile” behaviour of those involved to the “grace and humanity” of John McAreavey who posted a tweet on Friday evening.
Mr McAreavey wrote: “Michaela was a vessel of love, courage and dignity. Hate can hurt, but never win.”
The Alliance leader urged politicians to deal with the small minority “constantly dragging us back”.
“We do need to reflect as politicians what more we can do to try to tackle sectarianism and misogyny in our society.”
She added: “The wave of revulsion across the community speaks to how vile this was. It has sickened a lot of people to their absolute core.”
Gardaí are appealing for caution, particularly on the roads, after six deaths to date were recorded over the June bank holiday weekend.
An Garda Síochána said it had dealt with “a significant number of fatal incidents across the country” which had left behind “grieving families and friends on a bank holiday weekend which should be full of fun and enjoyment.”
The deaths include that of a 60-year-old man in the Kerry Mountains, a man in his 60s killed in a road crash in Dunmanway, Co Cork, two male motorcyclists aged in their 50s and 60s killed in a crash on the M50 in Dublin, a woman in her early 40s killed when her car entered the River Lee in Cork and a motorcyclist in his early 40s killed in a crash in Clifden, Co Kilkenny.
Garda Assistant Commissioner Paula Hilman, with responsibility for Roads Policing and Community Engagement, issued an appeal for the public to take care.
“In the last 72 hours my colleagues in An Garda Síochána and in the other emergency services across the country have responded to a number of tragic fatal incidents. Too many families have suffered trauma already this weekend,” she said.
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“No matter what activity you are taking part in this weekend to please take care. Please ensure that you are following all the appropriate safety advice.
“If you are travelling on our roads I appeal to drivers ‘please slow down’ and ask all road users to take care over the remaining days of this bank holiday weekend.”
Gardaí said that all the fatal incidents remain under appropriate investigation and will ultimately result in files for the local coroner.
Family liaison officers have also been appointed to support the families in all of the tragic incidents.
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San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a new feature that adds an extra layer of security before logging into a WhatsApp account, for a future update of beta for Android and iOS.
According to WABetaInfo, this feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to the public.
When the feature will be released to beta testers, any successful attempt to log into the user’s WhatsApp account from another device requires an additional verification code to confirm.
The report mentioned that the company is now working on this feature to protect those users that may naively share their 6-digit code.
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Recently, a report said that WhatsApp is now working on the ability to edit text messages for a future update of WhatsApp beta testers.
The Meta-owned platform is now working on letting users edit their text messages for a future update of the app and this feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to beta testers.
Gardaí have appealed to the public to exercise caution over the remainder of the bank holiday weekend after five road fatalities in just over 48 hours.
The latest deaths were in Co Sligo where two people were killed in a three-car collision on the N15 in Rathcormack at approximately 5.20pm on Sunday.
Two males, the driver and passenger of one vehicle, were fatally injured, gardaí said. They appealed for any road users who may have camera footage, including dash cam, in the area to make it available to investigating gardaí.
It follows the death of three motorcyclists. One, a man in his 40s, was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car and two other motorcyclists in the townland of Blanch Field Park, Clifden, Co Kilkenny, at approximately 4.50pm on Saturday.
The driver of the vehicle, a woman in her 30s, was taken to St Luke’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while two woman passengers also needed hospital treatment. The other two motorcyclists were also injured and were taken to Waterford Regional Hospital for treatment.
That came just a day after two motorcyclists were killed in a crash on the M50 in Dublin, northbound between junctions 9 and 7. They died when they were involved in a collision with a truck on Friday afternoon. The victims, men in their 50s and 60s, were pronounced dead at the scene.
It is understood the men were friends and had come from the UK to tour around Ireland by motorcycle. Gardaí are working on the theory the men may have crashed into each other and were then hit by the truck almost instantly.
There have now been 32 more people killed in crashes so far this year compared with the same period last year; 76 deaths compared to 44. While road deaths had been falling over a long period in the Republic, the significant increase this year has caused concern among gardaí and safety chiefs.
Gardaí on Sunday made an appeal to the public to be careful over the remainder of the weekend as several families had already been left grief-stricken as a result of the deaths since late last week.
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Gardaí at the scene of the collision on the M50 northbound on Friday afternoon which claimed the lives of two motorcyclists. Photograph: Collins
Assistant Commissioner Paula Hilman, who leads Roads Policing and Community Engagement across the Garda organisation, said while the holiday weekend should be about fun and enjoyment, it had been marked by several deaths.
“In the last 72 hours my colleagues in An Garda Síochána and in the other emergency services across the country have responded to a number of tragic fatal incidents. Too many families have suffered trauma already this weekend,” she said.
“No matter what activity you are taking part in this weekend, please take care. Please ensure that you are following all the appropriate safety advice. If you are travelling on our roads, I appeal to drivers please slow down and ask all road-users to take care over the remaining days of this bank holiday weekend.”
The Road Safety Authority said the roads would be busy on Monday with many returning home after a short break. “Drivers should expect to encounter walkers, cyclists and motorcyclists. The RSA is therefore urging drivers to slow down, look out for vulnerable road-users and don’t forget to take breaks on your journey to avoid falling asleep at the wheel.”
WELCOME TO HOW I Spend My Money, a series on The Journal that looks at how people in Ireland really handle their finances.
We’re asking readers to keep a record of how much they earn, what they save if anything, and what they’re spending their money on over the course of one week.
Are you a spender, a saver or a splurger? We’re looking for readers who will keep a money diary for a week. If you’re interested send a mail to money@thejournal.ie. We would love to hear from you.
Each money diary is submitted by readers just like you. When reading and commenting, bear in mind that their situation will not be relatable for everyone, it is simply an account of a week in their shoes, so let’s be kind.
Last time around, we heard from a public servant on €83K living in Dublin. This week, a doctor on €83K living in the midlands.
I’m an immigrant healthcare worker who relocated to Ireland ten years ago. I’ve lived in different parts of the country due to the rotational nature of my job. I currently live alone in rented accommodation in the north midlands.
At the end of 2019, I made a decision to be intentional about my finances. I became strategic about what my various accounts can do. I presently have a current account with a bricks-and-mortar bank to receive my salary. I don’t use the card for this account, unless I want cashback when grocery shopping. I also have a credit union deposit account and an N26 account for my subscriptions. I enabled the maximum roundup (x5) to go into a dedicated Space. I use my Revolut account for day-to-day purchases and online shopping. This also has the maximum roundup (x10) enabled. This is the main card I use.
I feel satisfied with my current progress, and keeping this diary gives me the opportunity to re-evaluate. My typical week is filled with 9-to-5 community-based work and additional on-call work in the hospital on weekdays and weekends. I used to get to Dublin frequently for dance classes, socialising, etc, but other priorities and the pandemic challenges have interfered with this. The main reason being specialty membership exams I have to sit in the coming months.
Occupation: Doctor
Age: 37
Location: North midlands
Salary: €83,700 (includes overtime)
Monthly pay (net): €3,400 basic
Monthly expenses
Rent: €800
Transport: Diesel – €70, car wash – €6
Household bills: Smart metre – €80-100, heating – €295 (three-monthly)
Phone: €60
Broadband: €45
Health insurance: €90
Groceries: €215
Subscriptions: Patreon – $5, career-related membership – £8, Fitness Blender – $9, Dropbox – €12
Pension: Deducted via PAYE
AVC: €473
Credit union deposit: 10% of salary
Income protection: €137
Virtual office: €48
Charity: €21
Shopping loan: €165 (one payment left)
Toll tag: €1.23 + additional trips
Rubbish and recycling: €18
Grass-cutting: €15 per cut
Start-up contribution: £100
Cinema ticket: €10
Six-monthly expenses:
Irish residency permit (€300).
Yearly expenses
N26: (€6).
Medical council registration: (€605)
Indemnity: (€185)
Specialty subscription: (£107)
CPD programme: (€250)
Car insurance: (€800 last year)
Car tax: (€100)
Car service: (variable)
Online dance tutorials: ($99)
Social club membership: (€100)
Microsoft 365: (€69).
Anti-virus/Anti-Malware protection: (€40).
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Monday
5.00 am: I wake up to do some studying. When I finish, I begin my workout.
7.00 am: After working out, I have some herbal tea while preparing for work and my hour-long commute.
8.00 am: I leave to head to work. I enjoy listening to podcasts during my drive. Two years ago, I upgraded my mobile phone plan to allow me to have unlimited internet data for attending work meetings virtually during the height of the Covid restrictions. Otherwise, my phone bill plus regular top-ups of fixed data, was costing the same. With the upgrade, I automatically lost my subsidised Spotify Premium subscription add-on. To add insult to injury, I discovered that the add-on price for Premium had been increased from €5.99 per month to €8.99 per month (which was only €1 less than the standard price). I said I’d do a trial without it, and since then, I have realised that I don’t miss it.
9.00 am: I get to work and prepare to attend the Monday morning meeting.
1.00 pm: It’s lunchtime. I have my packed lunch. It’s a habit I’m still getting used to.
6.00 pm: I try to leave as early as I can to be home for the delivery of my parcel and collection of the item I was returning. Despite arriving before the delivery window, the delivery was already done. Thankfully, I was able to catch up with the courier to ask about returning the faulty item. I was told that it wasn’t part of the schedule that day, and would have to be arranged separately. I do a check to make sure everything is as it should be before sending an email to the store to acknowledge receipt of the new item and enquire why the courier didn’t take the other one.
6.50 pm: I go for a quick walk. When I get home, I cook and eat dinner, then browse social media. I notice that the direct debits were taken for my toll tag (€1.23) and my shopping loan (€165.08).
8.00 pm: After cleaning up, I do some reading, then practice a few language lessons on the Duolingo app to maintain my streak, before retiring to bed.
Today’s total: €166.31
Tuesday
5.00 am: Same morning routine as yesterday.
1.00 pm: I eat my packed lunch that I brought with me. I check my email and see a reply from the store. They have arranged for the item to be picked up later this week. I’ll be working from home that day, so it works out well. I feel relieved that I won’t have to worry about not being at home.
2.00 pm: Time to get back to work.
6.00 pm: I get home and make something quick to eat for dinner.
6.50 pm: After eating, I assemble the item which was delivered yesterday, and spend the rest of the evening as I did yesterday.
Today’s total: €0.00
Wednesday
5.00 am: Same morning routine. While settling down into work, I receive a call from a colleague. We haven’t spoken in almost a month due to our schedules. We agree to meet during the coming bank holiday weekend and catch up in person.
1.00 pm: Lunch as usual.
2.00 pm: Back to work.
4.30 pm: I notice a text message from my father, but wait until I arrive at home to ring him.
5.30 pm: He doesn’t answer, so I delay going for my walk until I speak with him
7.50 pm: I go on my walk after our conversation. When I get home, I make dinner and spend the rest of the evening as usual. Ordinarily, I would have been attending my fortnightly social club meeting, but I chose to skip it today and use the time for studying.
Today’s total: €90.58 (direct debit taken for health insurance)
Thursday
6.00 am: I’m working remotely today, and allow myself a little lie in before starting my morning routine. Today is payday. I transfer €170 to my credit union account and €400 to Revolut for later.
10.00 am: I log in and attend our weekly teaching meeting.
11.30 am: The doorbell rings and it’s the courier to pick up the returned item.
12.30 pm: I have my usual lunch, instead of succumbing to the temptation of eating something else. I make a transfer of £200 (€236) from Revolut, as my payment towards the start-up I’m supporting. My contribution is £100 a month, but I forgot to send it last month.
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3.00 pm: I attend a weekly lecture series for one hour, and a monthly masterclass series at 5pm. They both provide Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points, which I need as proof of continuing education.
8.00 pm: I make dinner for tonight and tomorrow, before going for my walk. Then spend the evening as usual.
Today’s total: €406.00
Friday
5.00 am: The usual morning routine. I have a busier work day ahead, and will be on call from the evening until tomorrow morning.
1.30 pm: As it turns out, I end up having a half day! I eat my packed lunch when I get home. My rent comes out today (€800) and my N26 fee (€100).
4.00 pm: My work for the night begins. I brought my dinner with me.
Today’s total: €900.00
Saturday
11.15 am: I arrive back home and immediately pack up the waste and recycling to be taken to the recycling centre before it closes (€10). On my way home, I stop to fill up the car. I prefer to top up before it drops to half tank, but didn’t get around to doing so in the last while, before the gauge got close to the quarter mark. I also pick up a newspaper (€94.91). I get home, have something light to eat, refresh myself and rest.
7.05 pm: I go to SuperValu for groceries and I request €20 cashback (€179.47).
7.45 pm: I get home and unpack my shopping bags, arrange the fresh flowers into a vase, and water my potted plants, before I go for my walk.
8.30 pm: At this time, it’s too late to think about cooking dinner. I eat some pre-packaged food I bought earlier. I relax and watch a movie.
Today’s total: €284.38
Sunday
7.30 am: I wake up and do my workout. Afterwards, I begin to do the cleaning and laundry.
3.00 pm: I eat a pre-packaged lunch. I’m expecting a phone call from my mentor.
5:05 pm: I go for my walk early, while reflecting on the earlier conversation.
8.20 pm: I place my weekly call to my parents. Later on, a friend rings me and we have a long chat. I eat the same dinner as last night. Cooking will resume tomorrow!
Today’s total: €0.00
Weekly subtotal: €1,847.27
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What I learned –
- Keeping this diary has provided a better insight into my money habits. I can see that there may be areas I could tidy up.
- I have a few goals I’d like to get started with after I’m finished with taking my exams this year, the first being postgraduate studies, and I’ll have to spend less and/or grow my income with additional streams, to cover the tuition fees.
- The importance of financial literacy can’t be emphasised enough. Budgeting hasn’t been (and still isn’t) a strong skill of mine, and I’m working on it.
- I am grateful to have a means of livelihood during these times, but it made me almost panic to think of how financially vulnerable I had been. The first concrete step I made towards financial stability was successfully saving €1,000 into a starter emergency fund, and not needing to access it. My previous attempts to do so were unsuccessful until I got serious about what I spent money on. I joined a savings challenge from a template I downloaded online, which guided me through the 52 weeks. I’ve since started an advanced version of the challenge to save €5,000, and it’s going well. These monies are being saved into accounts that I don’t access for expenses, hence removing the possibility of spending them. Another step was to go through my subscriptions and remove any I wasn’t using. For example, I had paid for yearly tennis club membership, but never made it to the courts! I began to pay attention to using the coupons and vouchers that I received from the stores. It feels so good to see the discounts being applied.
- I stopped shopping at random times and now wait as long as possible, until there’s sales/offers or the item becomes a need. This also applies to booking hotels for holidays.
- Enabling the roundup and saving of spare change in my digital accounts has helped me sort out the odd expense, like getting a takeaway. I highly recommend it.
Sligo advanced to the semi-finals of the Tailteann Cup with a dramatic penalty shootout victory over Leitrim at Carrick-on-Shannnon.
Sligo goalkeeper Aidan Devaney was the hero, saving two spot-kicks after a game that ebbed and flowed.
The Yeats County looked to be heading for victory in normal time but a miraculous Leitrim comeback, where the home side hit four unanswered points in injury-time, saw the sides head for extra-time.
Again it was Leitrim who finished strong, with Keith Beirne’s final score forcing penalties.
It was a great start for Sligo in the shootout, with goalkeeper Devaney pushing the opening penalty, from Ryan O’Rourke, onto the post.
The next seven kicks were all successful and Emlyn Mulligan knew he had to convert to keep the tie alive, but Devaney guessed correctly to save the tame effort to progress through to the semi-finals.
Leitrim enjoyed a dream start in the opening eight minutes when Keith Byrne, who put over the game’s opening point on two minutes and then shortly afterwards put the ball to the Sligo net following a goalmouth scramble.
Evan Sweeney fired over a point for the home side some six minutes later. After that for the next 25 minutes Sligo workmanlike wiped out Leitrim’s early advantage and grabbed a two-point lead as well after the Yeats men held Andy Moran side scoreless for a full twenty-five minutes.
In this spell Patrick O’Connor notched 0-04 for Sligo, while Alan O’Reilly and Sean Carrabine chipped in with 0-02 each. Leitrim closed the gap to the minimum before the break after Jack Heslin and Riordan O’Rourke hit a point each. But an Alan Reilly point before the break put Sligo ahead by 0-09 to 1-04 at the interval.
After the restart Sligo went further ahead with points Sean Carrabine abs Alan Reilly. In repose Keith Beirne opened Leitrim second half account with a 39th minute point. Leitrim got level terms four minutes later thanks to a well taken goal by sub Ryan O’Rourke while Evan Sweeney and Keith Beirne from a mark edged them ahead with a point over the next five minutes.
Sligo Alan Reilly narrowed the gap to the minimum when shot over on the 47th minute mark Leitrim’s Keith Beirne hit back with point shortly afterwards. In response Sligo surged and grabbed grabbed a 0 – 4 lead by the 65th minute after sub Mark Walsh shot to the Leitrim net while Patrick O’Connor and Sean Carabine hit over points apiece.
Leitrim’s Keith Beirne and Sligo’s Peter Laffey traded points at opposite ends by the 67th minute. Leitrim rallied make it even Stephen at the end of full time with points each from sub Dean McGovern, Ryan O’Rourke, Jordan Reynolds and Keith Beirne on a Sligo 1-16 Leitrim 2-11 score line.
At the start of the first period of extra-time Leitrim had a Shane Moran goal disallowed when it was ruled that Moran was deemed to be in the square’when palmed a pass from Pearce Dolan to the Sligo net.
Patrick O’Connor put Sligo ahead with a 73rd minute point but Mark Plunkett levelled five minutes later with a similar Leitrim score to level pegging when Maurice sounded his whistle to signal the end of the first period of extra-time.
After the restart Nathan Rooney egged Sligo in front when he fired over. But Leitrim sub Emlyn Mulligan made even Stephen once more in the 83rd minute. But Alan Reilly got Sligo noses in front again when he shot over in the next minute.
However Leitrim’s Keith Beirne responded with an 87th minute point for Leitrim to this exciting Tailteann Cup quarter-final to the dreaded penalty shootout.
Leitrim: Brendan Flynn; Paddy Maguire, Mark Diffley, Conor Reynolds; Jack Heslin (0-01) , David Bruen, James Rooney; Pearce Dolan, Donal Wrynn; Cillian McGloin, Keith Beirne (1-06, 1m), Shane Moran; Domhnaill Flynn, Evan Sweeney (0-02); Riordan O’Rourke (0-01) .
Subs: J Reynolds (0-01) for McGloin (33);Ryan O’Rourke (1-02) for Riordan O Rourke (42); M Plunkett for Heslin (51); D Rooney for Sweeney (58); D McGovern (0-01) for Flynn (65); S Quinn for J Rooney (75); D Flynn for Bruen (79); T Prior for Moran (79).
Penalties – K Beirne, J Heslin, S Quinn 1 – 0 (each).
Sligo: Aidan Devaney; Nathan Mullan, Evan Lyons, Paul McNamara; Luke Towey, Darragh Cummins (0-01), Paul Kilcoyne; Peter Laffey (0-01), Seán Carrabine (0-05, 5f); Keelan Cawley, Patrick O’Connor (0-05 m f, Mickey Gordon; Alan Reilly (0-06), Pat Hughes, Pat Spillane.
Subs: Donal Conlan for Hughes (56); Mark Walsh (1-00) for Towey (58); Conan Marren for Spillane (62); Nathan Rooney 0 – 1 for Carrabine (67); Brendan Egan for O’Connor (67); David Phillips for Gordon (73).
Penalties – N Rooney, A Reilly, D Conlan, B Egan 1 – 0 (each)
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois).
Updated / Sunday, 5 Jun 2022 21:23
Two people have died following a three-car collision in Co Sligo this afternoon.
It brings to five the number of people who have died on the roads this weekend.
The collision in Sligo occurred on the N15 in Rathcormack at around 5.20pm.
Three cars were involved in the collision. Two males, the driver and passenger of one vehicle, were fatally injured during the collision. The bodies of both males remain at the scene.
The N15 is closed between Sligo town and Drumcliffe while Garda Forensic Collision Investigators conduct a technical examination of the scene.
The road will remain closed overnight and local diversions are in place.
Gardaí in Sligo are appealing to any road users who may have camera footage (including dash cam) of the Rathcormack area between 5pm-5.30pm to make it available.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Sligo Garda Station on 071 915 7000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.
The two deaths come as the Road Safety Authority renewed its appeal to all road users and in particular motorcyclists to take care on the roads this bank holiday weekend.
Three motorcyclists have been killed on the roads since Friday.
Two men in their 50s and 60s were killed on Dublin’s M50 on Friday. The collision involved two motorcycles and a truck.
In Kilkenny, a motorcyclist in his 40s was killed and two other motorcyclists were seriously injured following a crash near Clifden yesterday afternoon.
The two deaths in Sligo today bring to 76 the number of people who have died on Irish roads so far this year.
That figure is up significantly on the same time last year, when 48 people had been killed.
Of the 76 people killed so far in 2022, figures show that 17 have been motorcyclists.
There were 22 motorcyclist deaths in 2021, according to the Road Safety Authority.
Way back in the late 1980s, the Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Uranus and Neptune. During the flybys, we got to see the first close-up views of those ice giants. Even then, planetary scientists noticed a marked color difference between the two. Yes, they both sport shades of blue. But, if you look closely at Uranus, you see a featureless pale blue planet. Neptune, on the other hand, boasts interesting clouds, dark banding, and dark spots that come and go. They’re all set against a darker blue backdrop.
So, why the difference? Planetary scientists have long suspected aerosols (droplets of gas that have liquids or dust suspended in them) in each atmosphere. But, according to a team of scientists studying the layers of the planets, the hazes those aerosols create may only be part of the story.
Uranus and Neptune: The Big Picture
To understand what’s happening, let’s look at what we know about Uranus and Neptune. They’re called “ice giants” because their cores have high proportions of oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. Those elements are called “ices” because they are volatile chemical compounds that freeze right around 100 K. However, the clue to the different colors lies in the planets’ atmospheres. Each has hydrogen, helium, and methane as its main components. These blankets of gases are where each planet’s “weather” occurs. It turns out you need a lot of observations—both visually and in other wavelengths of light—over long periods of time to watch weather play out in these two worlds.
Voyager gave astronomers a taste of what’s “out there.” That led to more long-term observations using other ground-based and space-based observatories. Those studies reveal details about the weather in those worlds and what it does specifically to turn Uranus so pale.
Why so blue on Neptune and not so blue on Uranus? Hazes. But, scientists needed to explain the existence and activity of hazes in the upper atmospheres of giant ice planets. So, they created a model. The work was done by a team led by Patrick Irwin, Professor of Planetary Physics at Oxford University in England.
Their model actually uses observations of multiple atmospheric layers on Uranus and Neptune.
“This is the first model to simultaneously fit observations of reflected sunlight from ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths,” explains Irwin in a press release statement. He is the lead author of a paper presenting the team’s model in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.
“It’s also the first to explain the difference in visible color between Uranus and Neptune.”
Irwin’s team analyzed a set of observations of both planets in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths (from 0.3 to 2.5 micrometers). The data came from the Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer (NIFS) on the Gemini North telescope (part of the NOIRLab) as well as archival data from the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. Images and data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope also contributed to the study. Together the data revealed surprising structure and activity in both atmospheres.
Blue Planets
The resulting model reveals striking differences between two worlds that otherwise look fairly similar. If we look at each planet in visible light, of course, we see the different shades of blue. The infrared and other data go deeper and reveal details about haze layers. The team’s model shows three layers of aerosols at different heights in the atmosphere. The layer that affects the colors is the middle layer, which is thick with haze particles and is called the Aerosol-2 layer. Both planets have that layer, but it’s the one that appears thicker on Uranus than on Neptune.
The Cause and Effect of Hazes on Uranus and Neptune:
Let’s look at how hazes are created on both planets. It turns out the process is roughly the same for each one. Both have outer atmospheres rich in methane, which freezes out at roughly 91 K. That methane ice condenses onto particles in the Aerosol-2 layer mentioned above, which makes the atmospheric particles slightly more massive. The result is methane “snow” that showers down onto layers below. It actually seems like a case of “constant winter” at certain levels of each atmosphere.
However, there’s a final twist that explains the color differences between the two planets. Neptune has an active, turbulent atmosphere. That churns up the methane “snow” particles and sends more of the snow and haze deeper into the atmosphere. Thus, Neptune “grooms itself,” has a thinner haze layer, and gets to keep its pretty blue color. That same churning may also explain the dark spots on the planet.
Uranus, on the other hand, has a more sluggish atmosphere. Not as much churning of the methane “snow” goes on there, and the haze particles aren’t pulled downward. That means the haze layer persists and is thicker, providing a lighter shade of pale blue on Uranus.
This article was originally published on Universe Today by Carolyn Collins Petersen. Read the original article here.
If a large asteroid struck the Earth, it could have devastating consequences.
Over 100 participants from 18 countries – including
Clockwise from top left are three of the observatories that participated in a 2021 planetary defense exercise: NASA’s Goldstone planetary radar, the Mount Lemmon telescope of the Catalina Sky Survey, and NASA’s NEOWISE mission. At bottom left is an illustration of the path of Apophis’ close approach in 2029.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
The exercise focused on the real asteroid Apophis. For a short while after its discovery in 2004, Apophis was assessed to have a significant chance of impacting Earth in 2029 or later. But based on tracking measurements taken during several close approaches since the asteroid’s discovery, astronomers have refined Apophis’ orbit and now know that it poses no impact hazard whatsoever for 100 years or more. Scientific observations of Apophis’ most recent close approach, which occurred between December 2020 and March 2021, were used by the planetary defense community for this exercise.
“This real-world scientific input stress-tested the entire planetary defense response chain, from initial detection to orbit determination to measuring the asteroid’s physical characteristics and even determining if, and where, it might hit Earth,” said Vishnu Reddy, associate professor at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, who led the campaign.
Tracking a ‘New’ Target
Astronomers knew Apophis would approach Earth in early December 2020. But to make the exercise more realistic, the Minor Planet Center (MPC) – the internationally recognized clearinghouse for the position measurements of small celestial bodies – pretended that it was an unknown asteroid by preventing the new observations of Apophis from being connected with previous observations of it. When the asteroid approached, astronomical surveys had no prior record of Apophis.
On December 4, 2020, as the asteroid started to brighten, the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona made the first detection and reported the object’s astrometry (its position in the sky) to the Minor Planet Center. Because there was no prior record of Apophis for the purpose of this exercise, the asteroid was logged as a brand-new detection. Other detections followed from the Hawaii-based, NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS).
These images of asteroid Apophis were recorded by radio antennas at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex in California and the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. The asteroid was 10.6 million miles (17 million kilometers) away. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NSF/AUI/GBO
As Apophis drifted into the field of view of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission, the MPC linked its observations with those made by ground-based survey telescopes to show the asteroid’s motion through the sky. On December 23, the MPC announced the discovery of a “new” near-Earth asteroid. Exercise participants quickly gathered additional measurements to assess its orbit and whether it could impact Earth.
“Even though we knew that, in reality, Apophis was not impacting Earth in 2029, starting from square one – with only a few days of astrometric data from survey telescopes – there were large uncertainties in the object’s orbit that theoretically allowed an impact that year,” said Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, who led the orbital determination calculations for NEOWISE Homes In
Orbiting far above Earth’s atmosphere, NEOWISE provided infrared observations of Apophis that would be not have been possible from the ground because moisture in the Earth’s atmosphere absorbs light at these wavelengths. “The independent infrared data collected from space greatly benefited the results from this exercise,” said Akash Satpathy, an undergraduate student who led a second paper with NEOWISE Principal Investigator Amy Mainzer at the University of Arizona, describing the results with inclusion of their data in the exercise. “NEOWISE was able to confirm Apophis’ rediscovery while also rapidly gathering valuable information that could be used in planetary defense assessments, such as its size, shape, and even clues as to its composition and surface properties.” By better understanding the asteroid’s size, participating scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California, could also estimate the impact energy that an asteroid like Apophis would deliver. And the participants simulated a swath of realistic impact locations on Earth’s surface that, in a real situation, would help disaster agencies with possible evacuation efforts. “Seeing the planetary defense community come together during the latest close approach of Apophis was impressive,” said Michael Kelley, a program scientist with PDCO, within NASA’s Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington, who provided guidance to the exercise participants. “Even during a pandemic, when many of the exercise participants were forced to work remotely, we were able to detect, track, and learn more about a potential hazard with great efficiency. The exercise was a resounding success.” Additional key planetary defense exercise working group leads included Jessie Dotson at NASA Ames, Nicholas Erasmus at the South African Astronomical Observatory, David Polishook at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, Joseph Masiero at Caltech-IPAC in Pasadena, and Lance Benner at JPL, a division of Caltech. NEO Surveyor is a new mission proposal designed to discover and characterize most of the potentially hazardous asteroids that are near the Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NEOWISE’s successor, the next-generation NEO Surveyor, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2026 and will greatly expand the knowledge NEOWISE has amassed about the near-Earth asteroids that populate our solar system. Reference: “Apophis Planetary Defense Campaign” by Vishnu Reddy, Michael S. Kelley, Jessie Dotson, Davide Farnocchia, Nicolas Erasmus, David Polishook, Joseph Masiero, Lance A. M. Benner, James Bauer, Miguel R. Alarcon, David Balam, Daniel Bamberger, David Bell, Fabrizio Barnardi, Terry H. Bressi, Marina Brozovic, Melissa J. Brucker, Luca Buzzi, Juan Cano, David Cantillo, Ramona Cennamo, Serge Chastel, Omarov Chingis, Young-Jun Choi, Eric Christensen, Larry Denneau, Marek Drózdz, Leonid Elenin, Orhan Erece, Laura Faggioli, Carmelo Falco, Dmitry Glamazda, Filippo Graziani, Aren N. Heinze, Matthew J. Holman, Alexander Ivanov, Cristovao Jacques, Petro Janse van Rensburg, Galina Kaiser, Krzysztof Kaminski, Monika K. Kaminska, Murat Kaplan, Dong-Heun Kim, Myung-Jin Kim, Csaba Kiss, Tatiana Kokina, Eduard Kuznetsov, Jeffrey A. Larsen, Hee-Jae Lee, Robert C. Lees, Julia de León, Javier Licandro, Amy Mainzer, Anna Marciniak, Michael Marsset, Ron A. Mastaler, Donovan L. Mathias, Robert S. McMillan, Hissa Medeiros, Marco Micheli, Artem Mokhnatkin, Hong-Kyu Moon, David Morate, Shantanu P. Naidu, Alessandro Nastasi, Artem Novichonok, Waldemar Ogloza, András Pál, Fabricio Pérez-Toledo, Alexander Perminov, Elisabeta Petrescu, Marcel Popescu, Mike T. Read, Daniel E. Reichart, Inna Reva, Dong-Goo Roh, Clemens Rumpf, Akash Satpathy, Sergei Schmalz, James V. Scotti, Aleksander Serebryanskiy, Miquel Serra-Ricart, Eda Sonbas, Robert Szakáts, Patrick A. Taylor, John L. Tonry, Andrew F. Tubbiolo, Peter Veres, Richard Wainscoat, Elizabeth Warner, Henry J. Weiland, Guy Wells, Robert Weryk, Lorien F. Wheeler, Yulia Wiebe, Hong-Suh Yim, Michal Zejmo, Anastasiya Zhornichenko, Stanislaw Zola and Patrick Michel, 31 May 2022, Planetary Science Journal.
DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ac66eb
An Irish teenager has died after being thrown from a car in Australia in the early hours of this morning.
The incident, which saw two vehicles collide shortly before 1.30am on Sunday, took place in a district about three hours from Melbourne.
The 18-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two other Irish men, aged 21 and 30, were travelling in the same car and are being treated in hospital with serious injuries.
The female driver of the second car was also taken to hospital as a precaution.
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With a tenacious resolve of launching humans to the Moon, NASA conducted another test this week wherein it fired a subscale solid rocket booster at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The agency revealed that the booster had a 2-foot-diameter but generated 92,000 pounds of thrust during the tests.
According to NASA, the test was conducted as a part of the booster obsolescence and life extension (BOLE) program, and it provided an upgraded booster design for Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for Artemis IX and beyond.
“The test was the second in the series to evaluate the new motor design with an added half segment, a new propellant, a new aft dome design, and a new nozzle design. The first test was completed Dec. 2, 2021, and produced 76,400 pounds of thrust”, the agency said in a statement.
NASA will soon conduct a third sub-scale test of the new design likely next year and will evaluate the materials needed for the SLS rocket’s engine. “The team is working to complete the final design for a test of the full-scale motor in the spring of 2024 at Northrop Grumman’s test facility in Utah”, NASA further revealed.
Current status of Artemis Program
Under this program, NASA will send humans back to the Moon and land the first woman and person of colour on the lunar surface. Notably, NASA and its international partners are currently working on Artemis I, which is scheduled to launch later this year, possibly in August. On June 6, the SLS rocket for Artemis I will be rolled out to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center for the “wet dress rehearsals”.
It is called the “wet dress rehearsals” because supercooled liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen will be loaded into the SLS rocket’s tanks just as they will be on the actual launch day. As for the entire Artemis Program, NASA recently shared an entire schedule of launch windows that open on July 26 and extends until December 23.
Olivia Keating said she “always knew” she was capable of completing the Cork City Marathon one day.
Olivia Keating, Kinsale, who was a patient in CUH and missed the marathon in 2016, pictured with Dr Jason van der Velde who treated her in hospital and both of whom took part in the Cork City Marathon and Relay this year.
Sun, 05 Jun, 2022 – 16:02
Today is one of the best moments in the life of a woman who was left for dead in a ditch six years ago.
Olivia Keating ran the Cork City Marathon today alongside the emergency doctor who helped save her life in 2016.
She had been training to run the 2016 race when she was struck by a car and left for dead in a ditch near Ballinascarthy.
This is Olivia Keating. She was knocked over by a car and left for dead in a ditch in 2016 while training for the @TheCorkMarathon . He is Dr Jason van der Velde, of the @WestCorkRR and he helped save her life. A shot while ago, they crossed the finishing line together. pic.twitter.com/Izd2iw6X7m
— Neil Michael (@anewshack) June 5, 2022
She and Dr Jason van der Velde, the consultant in emergency medicine who helped save her life, took part in the race to raise money for the West Cork Rapid Response.
The funds will be used to train volunteer medics in groups like the civil defence and St John’s Ambulance.
After she crossed the line, Olivia told the Irish Examiner: “It was an emotional moment for me.
“To be able to take part was one thing but to be able to do it with the man who saved my life was just brilliant.
“It was so fantastic to finally cross the line and it was one of the best moments of my life,” Ms Keating added.
“Taking part was part of my recovery, and although I will continue to train, the pressure is off me now finally.
“This is now a form of closure for me.”
She set up a GoFundMe page for her marathon, to raise €10,000 for the West Cork Rapid Response charity, which Dr van der Velde helped found and now runs.
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