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A MAN IN his 60s has died after being struck by a van in Cavan last night.
The collision occurred at 9.10pm at Greagharue on the Bailieboro to Kells road, around one mile outside Bailieboro.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was removed to Cavan General hospital, where a post mortem will take place at a later stage.
This morning gardaí said the road is currently closed to facilitate a forensic collision examination and local diversions are in place.
They are appealing for witnesses to the collision, or anyone who may have been on that stretch of road between 8.30pm and 9.20pm to contact them in Bailieboro on 042 9694570, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any garda station.
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Any wonder people are escaping at the rate they are?
Exactly, and these are the people us bigots here want to help because they need it badly.
Not the economic migrants from elsewhere bloating the tide of humanity at Europes door
I have absolutely no issue with helping genuine Syrian refugees fleeing this terror. On the other hand a structured plan is needed to help Syrians return once the conflict has ended and giving them the tools they need to rebuild the country.
blame mother Russia
Agree 100% Jason
Be careful what you believe to be the truth amongst the propaganda from Syria and the Turkish/western media….
America or Isreal bombs a hospital and they’re the devil. Russian-backed Syrian government forces bomb a hospital and people shouldn’t rush to judgement?
Nice to know at least that the pro-Russians believe fully in the concept of double-standards.
Stephen…on this topic you wont find balanced and fair on AlJazeera,Fox or CNN….
Jason…i take it you have seen the bearded gentlemen on the internet gleefully run for cover as they wait for their home made “hell cannons” to discharge their home made projectiles? Im not easily convinced of the accuracy of any reports played up and repeated ad nauseum by western media….the truth WILL emerge in days.
Jason: No doubt that hypocrisy does exist, but you can hardly claim to be immune to hypocrisy yourself. Following the bombing of the MSF hospital in Afghanistan you did offer rationalisations for it and said it wasn’t a war crime.
I somehow doubt you’ll be making the same rationalisations in this instance.
When American or Israeli military forces bomb a hospital as in Kunduz and Gaza, it’s usually reported by our media sources as a “regrettable mistake”. If the Syrian army make the same ‘mistake’ in Aleppo, it’s called an “outrage”.
How’s that for pro-western media double standards ?
Rebels attack
Fail to advance, suffer heavy losses
Shell civilians in frustration
Government retaliates on their positions
FSA/IS plays victim card on Internet
Ian…that sums it up.
Just watched a TV The other evening, nothing in that conflict is just black and white, there are parts of cities are just piles of rubble and other parts of cities where life goes on in a “normal” fashion. Large sections of the country have never heard a shot fired and others hear it every day. There are no good guys, guys change sides all the time, defecting from and to the regime and the same with the “opposition” forces. One militia command er stated the to get any lasting “peace” everyone has to sit at the negotiating table (except ISIS)
Bill…i think i watched that prog…an american production?
@ Peter, it was on PBS (a us channel) it didn’t really have any particular real “angle”
Bill..thats right..it was a toss up between vincent browne or Syria…Suuria won.
Yeah I seen that programme. An American reporter showed both view points. Crazy situation. Western looking secular life style in one place, carnage in the next place
Hell on earth.
How can people live in the midst of such destruction.
The arms industry is the problem,uk industry 1 billion a year,someone has to use them,someone has to die
We kind of thought this way in Ukraine, up before Russia annexed Crimea and sent “volonteers” and weapons to the East of Ukraine. Our defence industry was nearly ruined, army was only on paper. We wanted to be neutral. It does not work this way nowadays same like 200 years ago. It is sad reality. The saying ““Help Your Own Army, If You Don’t Want To Feed Someone Else’s” is still very important today.
The possibility is that it was Russian planes that did it, although they’ll never admit it, just like they “never” sent soldiers into Ukraine, or shot down the passenger jet.
I would have to ask why every regime plane has not been destroyed by now? On the ground, that is. With their satellites and drones the US must surely have had the capability to accomplish the task.
Now that the Russians are heavily involved it will be much harder to do. A missed opportunity.
Aleppo, a lovely city now ruined, it’s people paying the price of a power struggle
The Russians as an ally of Assad were always involved.
Bombing all the stationary aircraft early in the campaign would have set off a conflict with Russia and enabled the jihadists to run wild
Foghorn, it’s not a crime to migrate to earn a better living. I am always shocked at the ease with which ppl judge other ppl.
“It’s not a crime to migrate to earn a better living”
Well actually that depends where you’re migrating to
To migrate isn’t a crime, but to try and claim “refugee” status when you aren’t fleeing a country at war or where you are persecuted, that’s another thing.
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