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Updated, 9.51am
THE MOTHER OF a man who was beaten and bundled into a car in Dublin last week has made an emotional appeal for her son’s safety.
Ciarán Noonan, 29, was assaulted on Russell Avenue in the city’s East Wall last Thursday at 4.45pm, with some reports stating that he was beaten with an iron bar. The victim was then pushed into a black Volkswagen Golf and driven off.
His mother Geraldine told RTÉ Prime Time that her son was “easily led” and may have fallen in with “the wrong crowd”. She appealed to Ciarán’s kidnappers for his safe return, saying:
My direct message is he’s my child, he’s a father, he has a brother, he’s a dad, uncles, cousins. He’s a human being, he’s my flesh and blood. And I really, really want my child home please. If there’s anyone out there that has any compassion, of the people who have Ciarán. Please give him back, please.
Gardaí arrested a woman in her mid-20s in connection with the abduction yesterday afternoon, but she was released late last night without charge.
The car used in the incident was found in Ashbourne, Co Meath over the weekend. Officers have said they are very concerned for Mr Noonan’s safety.
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So why does Knock still charge passengers €12?
Airports are allowed charge a levy of their own, usually in order to fund expansion or renovation.
Holy water in the toilets?
A Development Fee of €10 is charged to all departing passengers from Ireland West Airport Knock aged 12 years and over. This is a service charge which the Airport charges for the use of its facilities and as a contribution toward infrastructure developments amount other services, usually It is included in the “Taxes and Charges” http://www.irelandwestairport.com/airportguide/airportdevelopmentfee.aspx
Perhaps they should be prohibited from charging a levy of their own. A level playing field in light of this ruling would benefit everyone.
In fairness, €12 is a bargain to get out of knock.
I’d pay €100 to get out of the kip
To fund the once-off Aer Lingus direct flight of Pilgrims from New York this summer? That flight can’t be cheap for anybody concerned!
For the holyness , sure dont u no the water in knock
Cured fr.jack himself
Good god…i hope its not becAuse off the holy water
It’s really not like our government to have 1 Fook up after another…
It was actually FF who messed up and FG changed to a flat rate before scrapping it.
Not to mention the European Commission’s lazy ruling.
And how much did the FG government spend on fees before losing this case.
I mean, it’s not as though FG are doing anything different from FF, is it?
If Michael O’Leary got into politics, this would be a different country. He would sort out the lot of them up there trying to bleed the country dry
Yes and maybe we would be working for his low pay way of life too.
On the contrary, it’s people who think that running a country is like running a business that have damaged this country the most in recent years.
So I assume aer lingus and Ryanair will refund me the tax I paid to them that they never passed on.. I also assume I will have to go through the small claims court to get the money back as I have travel 39 + times … ching ching
Ryanair comparable *family friendly*flights cost double that of June 2013 prices when the tax was included to flights . ryanair are ripping off ppl and now have saved 12 million from tax payers . Michael o Leary propaganda using his family to make money family friendly my a** . MoL only believes in profit. He should donate that money to #jakeslegacy and make a difference
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