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AN ONLINE FUNDRAISING account has been set up to raise “much-needed” funds for the family of a 12-year old boy who sustained severe burns in a road traffic collision in Clare last week.
The boy, named locally as Jason Hogan from Thomondgate, Limerick, is being treated at St James’s Hospital, Dublin, following the horror crash which occurred last Wednesday night/ Thursday morning.
The car, in which he and three others are believed to have been traveling in, struck a barrier and a wall, before it was engulfed in fire, around midnight.
The car left the R464, on a chicane, between Parteen and Longpavement Halting Site, in the townland of Quinspool.
The injured boy’s uncle, Patrick Hogan, from Brown’s Quay, Thomondgate, was killed in the crash along with another man Jonathan Healy, from Creagh Avenue, Kileely, Limerick.
A fourth man, 20-year old Adam Carver, is being treated for injuries in University Hospital Limerick.
Funeral arrangements have been announced for both victims.
Jonathan Healy’s remains will repose at 3.30pm at Cross’s Funeral Home, Gerald Griffin Street, today, followed by 5.30pm removal to St Munchin’s Church, Clancy Strand.
His requiem mass will take place at 11am tomorrow, followed by burial to Ballycannon Cemetery, Meelick, Co Clare.
Patrick Hogan’s remains will repose from Griffin’s Funeral Home, John’s Gate, from 3.30pm-5pm tomorrow with removal to St Munchin’s Church for requiem mass, 11am on Thursday.
He will be laid to rest at Castlemungret Cemetery, Mungret.
The ‘Help Jason’s Family’ GoFundme page stated: “With permission from Jason’s mother Jillian, this go fund me page was set up to raise much-needed funds to help her and her family to be at Jason’s bedside as much as possible.”
“Jason was badly injured in a horrific car crash leaving him with severe burns making it necessary to have him in hospital in Dublin away from his home in Limerick. Any donations are appreciated.”
The fundraiser has received over €2,700 of its €5,000 target.
Gardaí said they did not believe any other vehicle was involved in the collision.
A spokesman said gardai were not releasing details of the post mortems of the victims for “operational reasons”.
Gardaí have appealed to anyone who witnessed the collision or who may have dash-cam related footage from the night, to contact Mayorstone Garda station (061-456980) or the Garda Confidential Line (1800-666-111).
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I like sums but would ye not put a gap between the answers, kgb)… that’s the end of answer a attached to answer b… just saying
@Pat Corrigan: that irritated me too! esp when you can use letters in maths!
I could answer them all correctly if I wanted to but I don’t want to ruin it for others. I’ll read the answers tomorrow just to make sure ye have em all right.
d, a, c, b, c, b, c, c, d.
And then to Q 10.
Any proper mathematician will use brackets when framing a question. This question, and ones like it, are purposefully made to annoy people. However that said in this case use BODMAS and the answer is 1.
9 – 3 ÷ 1/3 + 1 = 9 – (3 ÷ 1/3) + 1 = 9 – (3*3) + 1 = 9 – 9 + 1 = 1
@Alan Rossiter: But yet…..
….the key bit is the 3 ÷ 1/3.
÷ and / both mean ‘divide by’ and thus carry equal weight in BODMAS.
Therefore 3÷1/3 is the same as 3÷1÷3. As they have equal value in terms of BODMAS then start from the left. The 3 on the left divided by 1 equals 3. That 3 divided by 3 equals 1. Therefore the equation now turns into 9-1+1 = 9.
And this sort of potential inexactness is exactly why no mathematician would ever frame that question that way in the first place!
I’m sorry I started. I was nearly asleep!
@Alan Rossiter: Q1 is c, rather than d.
And as for Q10, your first answer is right, as is the reason why these things always go around Facebook and the like with people fighting over the answer.
But 3 ÷ One Third (using words for clarity) isn’t the same as 3 ÷ 1 ÷ 3, as division isn’t associative (i.e., the order you do the operations matters). In fact, because division isn’t associative, 3 ÷ 1 ÷ 3 isn’t a well defined mathematical statement, as you get two different answers depending on the order of operations chosen.
@John Nolan: C it is. Damn.
@John Nolan: It’s true that 3 ÷ 1 ÷ 3 is not the same as 3 ÷ 1/3. However the question states the latter, which evaluates to 9. I don’t agree that there is any choice of orders of operation in this case. It’s equivalent to 3 ÷ 0.33333…
@Paraic: Yeah, I read it to myself as 3 divided by a third, which is 9 all day long. The way it’s written is not helpful. I don’t think I’ve used the divided by symbol (can’t even find it on my phone lol) since primary school.
@John Nolan: I was thinking that myself. Spot on with the other ones.
My brain tried but I am sure failed
You lost me at “have”
Q4 3rd of December is also a square number as well as 11/11 and 12/12
@Michael O’Carroll: I missed out on those, ran through it too quickly!
Is 1+1 still 2
C a c b c c is there a mistake in number 7? (Should D be 28?) C B …. and number 10 is ambiguous and a ridiculous assertion in there being one correct answer as you can use varied functions to achieve varied answers
@Declan Edward: 7 is fine. Set up your equation as follows : let x be the age now
x = 4(x-4) – 2(x+4)
x = 4x-16 – 2x -8
x = 2x – 24
24 = x
Check : 4 * 20 – 2 * 28 = 80-56=24.
Meh
Q.4 3rd December is also square as well as 11/11 and 12/12
@Michael O’Carroll: by their nature they have to be squared. It was a trick question.
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Jeez…it wouldn’t let me answer any of them…WTF!! Really!! Why do I waste my time?
c a c c c a c c d 1
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