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ALMOST €30,000 HAS been raised for a man left in a vegetative state after a horrific scrambler crash.
The money was raised in just one day after people read about Ilabek Avetian’s situation in a number of newspapers yesterday.
Ilabek (39) suffered devastating brain injuries and lost his left eye after a scrambler bike crashed into him and his wife Anzhela Kotsinian while they were sunbathing in Darndale Park in Dublin on 9 June.
Speaking to journalist Laura Lynott in the Irish Independent, Anzhela (43) thanked people for their generosity.
“It is very hard for me to put into words how this has helped me today. From the morning when I looked online, I have not been able to stop crying.
“To know that so many Irish people wanted to help Ilabek and me has made me very happy. I cannot describe how this feels to know so many Irish people cared for us.”
Anzhela sustained a fractured pelvis in the crash and has stayed with her husband at Beaumont Hospital since the incident. The couple are originally from Armenia but had moved to Ireland to start a new life just weeks beforehand.
Legislation
Speaking in the wake of the media coverage, Fianna Fáil TD John Curran said legislative action must be taken to curb the illegal use of all-terrain vehicles including scramblers and quad bikes in urban areas.
“Despite existing local authority by-laws that prohibit the illegal use of mechanically propelled vehicles in public areas, the gardaí have little or no authority to enforce these laws…
“As far as I am concerned the only meaningful solution would be to implement legislative change to clamp down on the improper use of scramblers and quads and the anti-social behaviour linked to it,” Curran said in a statement.
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Lads, this article is riddled with typos and grammatical errors. Does anyone read before posting?
@Colm: the errors are actually code for Journal employees in the comments section. They know what to do.
@Colm: ‘it smees’? Even my crappy old phone gives a red line to ‘smees’ as being wrong. What do the journo staff use to produce their copy, a ZX81?
@Colm: yeah, seems is spelled backwards- smees- I almost had to look up the word / thought I was having a stroke
Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
@Dan Bradley: we do. We doooo
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
@Anthony McGovern: who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
@Daniel O’Connor: Who keeps quoting lines from The Simsons thinking it makes them creative?
@David McShite: Who can’t spell Simpsons….
@David McShite: Who can’t spell Simpsons…
@David McShite: who can’t spell Simpsons? That’s a bit embarrassing..
@Keith Murdiff: Not as embarrassing as your three attempts to reply :-D
“One thing we found out for sure though: this race is going to be gas.”
What is it with the word “Gas” and TheJournal? Is it a contractual thing to constantly use it or something?
@Tyler Williams: it’s a cryptic clue to the flatulence problem in the journal office caused by the cheap lidl coffee they all drink
Take it Gemma O’Docherty wasn’t there or can’t the journal comment as the algorithm classifies it as ‘possibly toxic’ .
Gallagher was a secret member of the cult of FF , until he was unmasked with an envelope in his hand . Doh !
Great attitude from Duffy. Asked if there is corruption in Ireland he says yes but he prefers to ignore it. Presidential material! Love the booklet idea. Just in case you can’t take it all in in one go lol
This lot should first try and get elected at the forthcoming local elections because all they’re presenting is basic political stuff. We need people who are above petty politics to try for the Presidency. As for the question about membership of a secret society, stupid really , because it’s a secret and not for public announcing.
@John Campbell: Worth considering, though. No one minds people having a hobby, but secrecy implies a political agenda overriding the role.
First rule of fight club…
its not a secret if you tell people ssshhhhhh
It seems like FF and FG are the secret organizations because they’re both detached from the public and are always trying to fool the people these days.
@Adrian: FF, FG and SF all have the required seats to have their Ard Fheis televised on RTÉ.
If you can stomach it, you can sit through hours of members (from grass roots up to TDs) proposing policy motions and the delegates voting on it.
Hardly secret societies. Sure the senior leadership will discuss some strategy behind closed doors, but so would any business.
As for people being fooled, we will probably never have a single party in government again (a good thing), so if you take an election manifesto at face value then you’re fooling yourself. Any party will have to negotiate a program for government, so all you’re being promised is a negotiating position, which you can weigh up against the likely strength if he party you vote for
FFS NO DANA? Country is gone to shite altogether!
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