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FROM A YOUNG age, Kerrie Leonard to help out around the farm. Her father would sit her up on his lap in the cab of their tractor, and she would pretend she was driving.
Everything changed on 1 May, 1997, when she was just six years old.
A contractor working on her family’s farm in Co Meath let her sit in the cab as normal, but the tractor was missing a door. She lost her grip and slipped out to the ground, where a wheel of the tractor drove over her torso.
Kerrie shared her story of how that simple accident fundamentally changed their life from a young age for the Irish Farmers’ Association’s Farm Safety Week, which runs until Friday.
Watch Kerrie’s story in full above.
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Ireland always seems to do well internationally with short films.
Fairplay on the nomination and best of luck, hopefully it wins overall.
Oh my.
Ireland is famous for its short story writers. It is now famous for its short films
Maybe we are too lazy to make a full length film
Made any films Brian??
I agree. If we had more money we’d probably be making oscar longlisted features too
I heard this on the radio this morning and without knowing anything about it thought “thats George Takei”. Great voice talent, such a distinctive and smooth voice. Best of luck to all involved in the project. heres hoping for anothe Oscar for Ireland.
Anybody know where to find the full version online?
You can’t upload your film online or else it get’s disqualified from Oscar consideration. It will probably go up sometime next year
Oh. Didn’t realise that. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing it in full :)
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