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BreakingNews.ie
2 days ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Man (30s) seriously injured after collision in Limerick
A man has been hospitalised with serious injuries following a road traffic collision in Limerick last evening. The man was injured when a van he was traveling in left the road at Croagh, Co Limerick, shortly after 5pm on Saturday. Advertisement The injured man was removed from the scene by air ambulance. He was being treated for serious head injuries at Cork University Hospital. No other vehicle was involved. A Garda spokesman said: 'Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of a single vehicle road traffic collision at Croagh, Co. Limerick this evening, Sunday 20th July 2025.' Ireland Gardaí investigate suspected hate crime assault in... Read More 'The collision occurred at approximately 5:15pm and involved a van.' 'A man, aged in his 30s, was transported to Cork University Hospital to be treated for injuries.' 'No other information is available at this time.'
Irish Times
6 days ago
- Irish Times
Teenager dies following road traffic collision in Co Galway last weekend
A woman in her late teens has died following a road traffic collision in Co Galway last weekend. The incident involved two cars, one of which she was driving. Following the collision at Ballygaddy Road in Tuam, shortly after 6pm on Sunday, the woman was taken to University Hospital Galway , where she has since died. The driver and passenger of the second car, a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s, were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the same hospital. READ MORE A technical examination of the scene has been carried out. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which took place on Ballygaddy Road in Tuam last Sunday at approximately 6.05pm. People in the area at 5.50pm-6.15pm are asked to contact gardaí. Drivers who were in the vicinity at the time of the incident and may have camera or dash-cam footage of the collision are asked to make that footage available to investigators. Gardaí can be reached at the Tuam Garda station on 093 70840, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or at any Garda station. Investigations are ongoing.
Irish Times
13-07-2025
- Irish Times
Tributes paid as award-winning Irish press photographer dies in road crash
Awarding-winning press photographer Mick O'Neill has been named as the victim of a fatal road-traffic collision in north Dublin . Mr O'Neill, who worked mainly for the Irish Star and Irish Daily Mirror, was killed while riding a motorcycle close to Dublin Airport on Saturday morning. He was treated at the scene by paramedics and then taken by ambulance to the Mater hospital in Dublin where he was later pronounced dead. A Garda investigation is under way and the scene was examined by Garda forensic collision investigators. Gardaí in Santry are carrying out the inquiry and have appealed for witnesses to come forward. 'The collision, involving a motorcycle and a tractor-trailer, occurred on the Old Airport Road, Collinstown Lane, at approximately 10:50am,' the Garda said. Mr O'Neill was winner of the Press Photographers Association News Picture of the Year award in 2021 and won the Sports Picture of the Year in 2006. The 62-year-old from Swords, Co Dublin, is survived by his wife, Lorraine, and son Karl as well as his two grandchildren, Mya and Kai. He was a motorsport enthusiast who regularly travelled to the Isle of Man to watch the TT races and was also press officer for Motorcycling Ireland for two years in the 1990s. Neil Leslie, editor of the Irish Star and the Irish Daily Mirror, said all of Mr O'Neill's colleagues across the wider Reach media group were devastated at his loss. 'On behalf of Reach, I would like to extend our deepest sympathies and offer our support to his family and all his many friends and colleagues,' he said. 'Mick was a truly outstanding journalist and photographer. Moreover, he was a great friend and a wise mentor to the other journalists who worked alongside him over many years.' Mr O'Neill worked on many crime stories in Ireland and defence-related assignments abroad, often alongside Irish Daily Star crime and defence editor Michael O'Toole, who described him as 'the snapper's snapper'. He added that Mr O'Neill had a gift for dealing with people during his work. 'There was nobody who came close to him. He travelled all over Ireland and the world doing a job he loved and excelled at, one which came naturally to him,' Mr O'Toole said. 'I have never seen any media professional as gifted as Mick at talking to people, at making them feel at ease in the most stressful of situations – at connecting with them, essentially. He made the job of the reporter working with him easy.' Paul Healy, crime correspondent at the Irish Daily Star, described Mr O'Neill as a 'mentor and a friend' and someone who loved his family, with complete dedication to his work. 'He had an incredible way with people, and even though it would be me doing the interview he was often the one that had gotten the best lines out of someone. He had a keen news sense, incredible contacts, and after over 30 years in the business still had an incredible appetite to work.' Dan Linehan, Irish Examiner chief photographer and director and vice-president of Press Photographers Ireland, said Mr O'Neill was known across the industry for the standard of his work. He would also be remembered for 'his wicked sense of humour which was appreciated by all his colleagues in the media'. 'Mick would always give me a ring to inquire about a news story when coming to Cork. I met him recently while covering the Michael Gaine story in Kenmare,' Mr Linehan said. 'He was a brilliant photographer and he showed me a recent picture which I thought was the best news picture taken this year. He had great pride in his work and won a recent award at the press photographers Ireland 2025.'
BBC News
04-07-2025
- BBC News
Woman died after being hit by nurse outside Glan Clywd Hospital
A woman who was run over by a nurse outside a hospital after visiting her newborn grandchild died as a result of several factors, an inquest has heard. Mary Owen-Jones, 51, of Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy county, was hit by Chloe Thelwell, who was finishing her shift at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire, on New Year's Day 2023. An inquest in Ruthin heard she was taken to the hospital's A&E department with a broken leg before being airlifted to Stoke, where she died from a bleed on the brain 36 hours later. A coroner recorded a conclusion of death in a road traffic collision and pointed to a combination of factors as the cause. Ms Thelwell admitted to police that she cut a corner after leaving the main car park and was driving at 10-15mph (16-24km/h), with the advisory limit in the hospital grounds being 10mph. Witnesses said the distraught nurse told witnesses she "didn't see" Ms Wyn Williams said Ms Thelwell's windscreen on her Audi was completely misted up and he thought to himself: "No wonder you didn't see her, you can't see anything."Ms Thelwell told police she did not think her windscreen was misted up as she would not have been able to get out of the car park's awkward exit if it was. Forensic crash investigator Ian Thompson said as he did not arrive at the scene until some time later, by which time the car had been moved, so could not comment on the windscreen. He said Ms Owen-Jones who was wearing dark clothes, crossed a few metres from an illuminated pedestrian crossing and should have seen the car with its headlights and indicator on. Those factors, plus the fact Ms Thelwell had cut the corner, all played a part in the Owen-Jones's bleed on the brain was exacerbated by anti-coagulant Warfarin which she had been prescribed after a heart Gittins, senior coroner for north Wales east and central, said the Crown Prosecution Service considered bringing a charge of causing death by dangerous driving, but decided there was no realistic prospect of a jury finding Ms Thelwell a conclusion of death in a road traffic collision, he said: "It was a combination of all the elements."
Irish Times
03-07-2025
- Irish Times
Second person dies following road crash in Carndonagh, Co Donegal
A second person has died following a road traffic collision in Carndonagh, Co Donegal on Wednesday evening. An Garda Síochána said the woman (20s) who was driving the vehicle died at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast on Thursday. A six-year-old girl was fatally injured in the crash on the R240 road at Carrowmore, Glentogher, which involved a car and a van. Gardaí and the emergency services were alerted to the crash shortly before 6.30pm. Two others people who were travelling in the vehicle remain in hospital. READ MORE 'A female child, who was a rear passenger, is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Royal Victoria Hospital,' An Garda Síochána said in a statement. 'A male front seat passenger (30s) is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry.' The road was closed on Thursday while a technical examination was carried out but it has since reopened. The scene of the crash on the R240 between Quigleys Point and Carndonagh in North Donegal. Photograph: Joe Dunne/North West Newspix Albert Doherty, a Sinn Féin councillor for the Carndonagh area, said the local community was 'raw with grief' at the news of the crash. 'Our local community just feel devastated that once again a local family have been challenged and having to face the loss of a loved one, it's terrible news here.' Cllr Doherty told RTÉ Morning Ireland that conditions for driving at the time were favourable, but that the road in question had been the scene of previous fatal crashes. 'Unfortunately locally here in Carndonagh at the turn of this year, we had the tragic loss of a young man. And here again now, a local family are having to face the terrible, terrible burden of losing a loved one...' A parish priest who rushed to hospital following the tragic crash said he would never forget the scenes in the emergency department. Fr Con McLaughlin attended Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry as soon as he heard about the incident in an effort to provide comfort for those involved. 'On hearing about the accident I went straight over to Altnagelvin Hospital and the scene (in accident and emergency) is something I will never forget,' he said. 'In the community there is a shock and a disbelief. One can only imagine what the family are going through and I witnessed that pain in the hospital last night. 'The scene in the hospital was just so, so sad. You had doctors and nurses running around trying to do their best to help these poor helpless people. It is something I will never, ever forget. 'I just wanted to be a presence there for the family and I did not speak too much but I just wanted them to know that we are all there for them.' Sinn Féin TD for Donegal Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said it was 'such heart breaking news this morning about another tragedy on our roads in Donegal'. Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them. Any road users who may have camera footage (including dashcam) and were travelling in the area between 6pm and 6.30pm on Wednesday are asked to make this footage available to gardaí. Anyone with information is asked to contact Buncrana Garda station at 074 932 0540, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.
