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GARDAÍ IN SKIBBEREEN, Co Cork are appealing for witnesses to yesterday’s fatal car crash on the N71 Skibbereen bypass.
In particular, Gardaí are anxious to speak to two men who were at the scene of the collision and gave valuable assistance to ambulance personnel.
They would also like to hear from the occupants of a light-coloured Skoda Octavia that was parked near Hurley’s Garage on Ilen Street, the occupants of this car may also have given assistance to the injured.
A woman in her 20s was killed in the single vehicle collision and another woman also in her 20s is in a serious condition in Cork University Hospital.
Four men were also injured, but not seriously, in the crash.
Any person who may have witnesses the collision or who may have information is asked to contact Skibbereen Garda Station on 028-23088, the Garda Confidential Line 1-800-666-111 or any Garda Station.
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However bad the situation is in Ireland, it’s ten times worse out there.
They need aid and it should get to them fast. However the aid we are sending is borrowed money that cash strapped citizens will have to pay back. It makes great political capital for Gilmore etc but he wont be paying for it.
The Syrian crisis WAS CAUSED BY QATAR AND SAUDI ARABIA. They should pay for ALL aid as they have the money. Arms shipments and training to Jihadists on a massive scale.
That’s not the point. It’s not the place of government to give to charity. Especially when it involves putting is further in the red.
Aaron, regardless of that, you should take care of your own first! Whens the last time we saw a headline saying “Ireland to give extra €1,000,000 to the elderly/job seekers”?
Ireland gives billions to the elderly and jobseekers. Would you deny 1m of food and shelter to refugees fleeing a vicious war? Then you’re heartless.
What’s not the point? That Qatar and Saudi Arabia should foot the bill as they are the instigators? Or we don’t have the money?
Right,im heartless…look after your own house first,stop cutting snas for austistic kids,fuel allowances for the elderly,respite care for carers….8.15 million would pay for a lot of services in Ireland…
No Sean, they’ve used up their budget on providing weapons and logistics for those weapons in order to exacerbate the conflict. But, not to worry, according to the Saudi way of thought, at least they’ll be guaranteed entry to paradise.
@ Noel – nothing heartless about helping the less fortunate with their compatriots taxes.
While I disagree with most welfare as it severely disincentivises work, I’d rather it was used here where it would help the domestic economy as apposed to being used to buy arms.
Here here Aaron! I am horrified at the selfish attitude of many of the people commenting on this article. The word heartless comes to mind. We know nothing about true suffering! People need to focus on what they have not what they don’t and we have a colossal amount more than those in Syria.
I’ll get every red thumb in the world for this, but we’re begrudging them an extra €1 million? They have nothing left, no property, no money, many have lost family members. They pretty much don’t have a country to fight for any more, they’re completely alone. They don’t have an Eamon Gilmore to shout about. They’re consigned to UN refugee camps rife with disease with lacking resources and no idea what the future holds. We have beds to come home to at night and our families are safe. When we leave Ireland we don’t do it in fear of death. These people have nothing and most people in Ireland wouldn’t be able to walk a mile in their shoes. I’d give them more money if I could and if one family is saved, it’s a bargain.
Totally agree with you …..
Countries need to be allowed to develop at their own pace w/o interference from the west.
If I could like this twice I would!
Well said that young lady. Er, sorry………..person.
I understand that the tents for these refugees were erected about 3 months prior to any Syrian crisis..it is just an indication or more evidence to an OVERT conspiracy hatched up by Zionists NATO USA European and the wealthy Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, to destroy Syria…the NATO Turks TRAIN Jihadists…(terrorists) arms them and sends them across the border to Syria to steal ,kill , maim and destroy. the majority of the so called refugees are terrorist and their families.The few other ones were forced to go along to these camps at gun point..the women are being raped and assaulted repeatedly ..many are literally prevented from going back to Syria. What Ireland is doing is simply donating money to armed terrorists..and the others are merely prisoners of the Ottoman Empire.ERDOGAN.and no amount of donation will ever get to them…lets be realistic Main Stream Media rarely reports the Truth and cant report the truth because it is Zionist controlled…Truth, Justice Dignity tossed out the window .. May God protect the innocent..
Aisling Twomey. Green thumb from me. Their suffering is immense and anything small we can do to alleviate it should be done. We will get good karma for our good deeds
Bulls*** what about givin Irish aid
We owe more than we take in, we cut almost everything from our elderly and special needs, then we give money that we borrowed to another country! We should be concentrating on washing our own laundry!
How about letting people give of their own accord and not spend much needed tax income on charitable donations.
We’re basically borrowing an extra €1million to do this.
Charity begins at home. The way things are here we have enough starving and homless people.
Ok make a contribution but why such a large amount when we can’t afford it.
Better than iPads for TD’s I guess
Absolutely ludicrous. When they’re introducing extra taxes here?
well that is great news from the Labour Party leader some people in this hell of a COUNTRY wont have a dinner today r this week.
Whereas the Syrian refugees will just spend the money on flatscreen TVs for their tents.
But they won’t be bombed or shot at . Sadly some people in Ireland might go hunger some days but there are many charities that provide food and shelter here. Its incomparable to the Syrian peoples situation now.
This “hell” of a country?! Get your head out of your ass. Yes things are tough but “hell”, you need to go to a 3rd world country and see what hell/suffering is to them…ragged clothes (if they’re lucky), no shoes, sheds for homes, basic education (again, only if they’re lucky), starvation and the little thing we’re all looking at right now, (smart phone, laptop, pc) virtually non existent. Few people in Ireland could even conceive how utterly horrific life is for the Syrians. I feel for anyone who is in the position you described above (going without food) but if our govt kept that 1m, they would still be in that situation but this 1m will be of huge help to the Syrians.
Children are the ones who suffer most in Syria.. A childs life should be wonderful and carefree. Role out the aid.
We should all thank God that at least we stay in good houses and have meal in our houses ……. I have never been refugee but i have personally witnessed how people suffer in Refuge camps not only in Syria but in other countries too. No food, water, or sanitation, children dying of diseases and many more difficulties.
I do understand Ireland is in bad situation economically ……… But people in Syria are our brothers and sister and they need our help too
We need to stop giving as much aid as we do… how can we give aid when our own country is in shite. Especially to Syria!!! Not even gonna open that can of worms!
“to escape the violence of the Assad regime”….what about the violence of the insurgents?
I’m sure its a case of a bit of both – probably just fleeing from violence in general. If you were fleeing from the insurgents themselves why flee to Turkey (which is allied to the rebels)?
You’ve no idea mattoid, do you. If you live in the North of Syria, you’re hardly going to go to Jordan, are you? Also, at least in the Turkish camps you won’t have rich Saudi men parading around looking to prostitute and kidnap women. You constantly make it sound like the people made this choice, that the majority are behind this “popular uprising”. They have no choice, despite your dogmatic narrative.
“Over 400,000 Syrians have so far crossed the border into Turkey to escape the violence of the Assad regime that has killed more than 70,000 people over the past two years.”
A misrepresentation if ever I seen one. There are two sides to this conflict, one of which is nearly totally unaccountable, exceptionally violent and exceptionally Islamist. Yet we’re somehow accept that 400,000 people have fled due specifically to “the violence of the Assad regime”.
“the violence of the Assad regime that has killed more than 70,000 people over the past two years.”
This particular claim was so brazen, that I missed it. Even the disjointed “Syrian” opposition will agree that the 70,000 deaths (itself a very contested figure) are undistinguished; government soldiers, police, civilians and insurgents. Truly unbelievable.
A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in central Damascus killing dozens just an hour ago. Will the death toll in the article be amended to reflect the “Assad regime that has killed more that 70,000 over the last two years”?
@David
In your frenzy to put words in my mouth you seem to have missed the bit where I said that refugees were fleeing from the violence inflicted by both the regime and by the rebels, ie. fleeing to avoid being ‘caught in the crossfire’.
My point was that if these civilians felt that they were being directly targeted by the insurgents, they wouldn’t be seeking sanctuary in the very country that is arming and supporting those same insurgents.
That would be the equivalent of Kurds fleeing to Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad for protection.
The less charity we will have to give
Yeah, its tough considering civilians have so many choices of destination despite the raging conflict. Considering the majority of bordering countries are hostile to Syria, where would you go? Again, you make it sound like people have a choice when they clearly do not. It’s not about targeting civilians, its about invading populated areas, imposing themselves on communities, who do not necessarily want their community to become a base or indeed a target of the Syrian army. In other words, “fleeing from insurgents” is valid. The fact that these “popular” and “supported” insurgents cannot hold a major town or a city for more than a couple of weeks, suggests that local populations do not support their presence.
With respect David that is a fairly simplistic argument which could equally be turned on its head to say “If Assad had the support of the vast majority of the population this conflict would have been over months ago”.
The reality is that, like in most conflicts, civilians have very little control over events on the ground but are far more likely to find themselves defenceless victims.
You don’t have to look to far to see that guerrilla operations without majority support can last decades. Damascus was the scene of a suicide car bomb today, killing dozens. Are you telling us the Syrian population support this?
And I think it’s far to say this: The “rebels” cannot infiltrate Damascus en masse. So they are resorting to firing mortars and rockets, detonating car bombs and other methods of physiological warfare in order to force the civilian population to leave the city. Are you telling us that the people of Damascus are welcoming of this never ending cycle of terror? How can you possibly support this?
Try reading what I actually said instead of what you would like me to have said. I have never supported (nor ever would) the deliberate targeting of civilians, whoever is inflicting it and in whatever conflict.
It is clear that both ‘sides’ in this conflict have perpetrated heinous war crimes, and I would have no hesitation in condemning any such action.
“Are you telling us that the Syrian people support [the car bombing]?”
No.
Are you telling us they support the gunning down of peaceful protesters at Dara’a and elsewhere, or the massacre of civilians at Houla?
Btw you don’t have to look too far to see that a dictatorship can last for decades without the support of the population either.
Again with the black and white, playschool analysis of the conflict.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiMwqm2H8TU
What is your opinion of this video, for example?
No David, playschool analysis would be that one side or another in this conflict have a monopoly on truth or righteousness.
I’ll follow your link when I can get to a pc.
I’m really not sure what your point is by posting that link David – peaceful protestors were being killed by Assad’s forces for several months before this, and less passive elements within the community started shooting back.
I have been following this conflict from the very early stages (since well before the western media were paying much attention), and I have seen dozens of citizen videos on youtube showing unarmed protesters being killed by the Assad regime. Just searching youtube for “Daraa massacre” is a good starting point, but comes with a warning that many of the videos are very graphic.
I have also seen many videos of atrocities being carried out by rebel forces – like I said there have been heinous crimes carried out by both ‘sides’ in this conflict and neither can claim the monopoly on righteousness.
You really need to open your eyes to the fact that Assad’s ‘government’ is not the peace-loving victim over-run by western warmongers that you (and BLowe) seem to believe, but is a one-party regime that has used fear and violence for many years to suppress dissent and keep large parts of the population in check.
I don’t know how this conflict will end, but I know that many more innocent people will die before it is over, some at the hands of regime forces and some at the hands of anti-Assad forces. Who’s to blame? Well the jury is out on that one, but there is little doubt that the massacre of civilians by Assad was the spark which initially ignited what has now become a conflagration with many diverse players and many conflicting agendas.
I can see why you would be blinkered in your views if you have been using RT, Sana or Fars as your unquestioned sources, as they regularly engage in propaganda in the same way that Fox news etc. do. Remember that these are the outlets that were blaming rebels for the Houla massacre until the UN proved that it was carried out by pro-Assad militias whilst the regular Syrian Army looked on.
The citizen videos tell a very different story of life in Syria to the one you will hear from regime outlets.
While we can’t really afford it, they need it a lot more than we do.
Can we not forget that Irish people needed that kind of help less than 200 years ago in the famine, when plenty of countries were going through rough times.
Well said Rory. We should never forget that some of the poorest of the poor sent aid to Ireland during the famine. Donations were sent by slaves in Louisiana, and a Choctaw community of dirt poor Native Americans sent virtually all the cash they could muster.
Furthermore, the Ottoman, Turkish empire sent three ships loaded with food for famine victims.
As a nation we give more to charity per head than almost everyone else. We don’t need a greedy mega wealthy man like Gilmore giving our tax payer money to a charity to score some international brownie points, we will have to borrow and will be paying back for years.
This government has no problem having over money bled for the Irish people to anyone and everyone overseas who ask for it.
I choose which charities I support.
This is a great gesture. I wish it could be more. Ireland can be proud of our empathy towards less fortunate people.
You must have no money problems seen as you agree whit the government
This government couldn’t give a dam other countries like the way the don’t give a dam about this country. The rob us blind, allow the banks to take our homes all to make them look good by giving away the few euros we make to others why can’t there own countries take care of them instead but wait the do gooders out there will say they have none I saw and like a lot of others screw them
Firstly Charity begins at home here in Ireland not given away. Cutting of Services for homeless numbers in Ireland & increasing and cut backs in government subsidies is causing a complete breakdown. Money given is part of the troika loans we have to interest in is a sick joke. Recent mid use of aid to Africa also comes to mind.
Turkey is part of NATO so why doesn’t the USA set up and pay for the camps. USA and Israeli efforts are part of the problem in the region. Ban on anybody coming to Ireland in this so called civil war.
Big man Gilmore splashing the cash, which have not got, does it get any worse. Sick when we have our own people suffering,
My god can’t get our own house in order unbelievable..
40,000 of the 70,000 Syrians killed are Government troops and innocent Syrians. The Islamist extremists terrorizing Syria are supported by foreign countries that have one objective; create another puppet state to finally have control over all the Arab countries.
Well, according to the article (and the author’s twitter account), the TOTAL death toll seems to be the work of the Syrian government. Amazing how the army, police and government officials do not account for even one death. Lazy, shameless journalism.
How about donating some money to Crumlin hospital to help then build a ward to look after the 200 newly diagnosed kids a year diagnosed with Cancer in Ireland?? If we can’t look after our own kids in Ireland how can we give the money away to other countries…unbelievable kids are dying here too
Well said John i agree with ya
This sends a message that we have money to give away. Yes we should give money borrowed from Europe but that money should be from a different loan account. So if we default on other debt we can write of this loan first as it is charitable.
The offer was made during a trade visit to turkey so you could argue that it has potential to generate far more than 1 million in business. Also it never mentions what the aid is, just valued contribution which could be over quota food produce from ireland or a contract with a irish aid company that will repay through taxation and use of irish logistic company.
We already give 638 million to Africa every year where the population has increased 5 fold in the last few years. The Catholics agencies don’t Approve of contraception or condoms so there are women with aids giving birth to babies born to die. We gave 9 million already to Libya a country surround by their oil rich Islamic brothers. Charity begins athome
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