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Josie Ribeiro Calm Crumlin Road

Family of Brazilian woman killed while cycling in Dolphin's Barn call for safer Dublin roads

The family of Josie Ribeiro said she “paid with her life”. She died after being struck by a truck on 6 November.

THE FAMILY OF a Brazilian woman Josie Ribeiro who died after being struck by a truck while cycling on Dolphin’s Barn Bridge last month has called for better and safer roads in Dublin. 

The incident took place at around 12.30pm on 6 November. She was taken to St James’ Hospital with serious injuries and was later pronounced dead. 

The family has issued a statement today through the Calm Crumlin Road campaign group and said it is their “deepest desire that her sacrifice helps the Dublin population to have better and safer roads”. 

“We hope her memory and her tragedy makes people think twice about the everlasting consequences of not caring for each other,” the family said. 

“She paid with her life so hopefully other people and families don’t have to go through such an intense and piercing pain,” they said.

The family thanked the public for the “love and support” that has been provided to them over the past three weeks.

They said the last three weeks have been “the most difficult time in our lives”. 

“Josie was a one-of-a-kind woman, a truly remarkable human being. She made friends everywhere she went during the 36 years she was allowed to walk this earth. Her dreams were made of experiences and tastes, of different languages and foods, of human beings coming together despite the differences. Of spiritual bonding,” the family said.

“She had a thirst for adventure and a burning desire of being truly free. Her dream seeking adventures led her to New Zealand, Spain, France, England and Ireland. She could not be stopped, because her free spirit was so powerful that no one or nothing could ever stand on her way.”

They added: “May her beloved soul rest in peace and the memory of her beautiful heart helps the people of Ireland and Dublin to be more humane, and the rulers and administrators to take actions that would help keep our Irish brothers and sisters safe.” 

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    He’s so well known for only hiring the best, that it’s quite hard to understand what case they thought they had under 1st Amendment against a private company with terms and conditions of service, when.. some of the posts could be interpreted as actually breaking the 1st Amendment directly.

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    Twitter/Facebook etc. is the modern public forum more now than ever. It’s fascinating that a private company can shut up and ‘cancel’ a former president and a potential contender in a future election in a democratic society. These multimillion dollar companies have no democratic legitimately. It seems unsatisfactory that the state must comply with the requirements of the First Amendment but private companies of this nature and scale are free to regulate speech as they wish.

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    @Ixtrix Net: indeed, I had not suggested otherwise. It just seems unsatisfactory that speech can be regulated by private entities of such scale.

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    @Eamonn O’Hanrahan:
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    @Eamonn O’Hanrahan: nothing stopping him launching his own free speech site if he doesn’t like the existing ones. OH WAIT

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    @Sean Nihill:
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    @Eamonn O’Hanrahan: you don’t get this very simple concept, do you?

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    @Ixtrix Net: yeah! Eamon says that in his last sentence if you bothered to read it properly.

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    @Eamonn O’Hanrahan: While still president of the US, he incited an angry mob to storm the Whitehouse and attempt a coup. Free speech has to have limits especially when the stability of a nation is at stake. But bedside’s all of that, he signed the T&C’s when he joined Twitter, just like everyone else.

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    @Eamonn O’Hanrahan: it is actually pretty simple really, Eamonn. Their site, their rules, and if you don’t like it, you dont use their site.

    It is probably explained better it the terms and conditions that you agree to when joining.

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