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THE FIANCEE OF Thiago Cortes has said it has been “amazing to see how much love” there has been for him following his tragic death.
Teresa Dantas was speaking on RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne this morning and spoke about her worry when he did not come home and then of getting to see him in hospital.
Deliveroo cyclist Thiago Cortes was killed following a hit-and-run incident in Dublin on Monday, with friends and colleagues gathering in the capital yesterday to remember him.
Teresa said Thiago did not answer her calls on Monday night but that she assumed his battery may have been low until the news of an incident began to filter out.
“At around 12 on Monday night in a Whatsapp group people texted saying that a Deliveroo rider was in an accident, and that we should call our friend to try to figure out who it was.
It was at that moment I felt it might be him because he wasn’t texting me for over an hour at that time. And I tried to call him several times with no answer until finally one of the guards that was at the scene answered his phone and told me to go there.
Teresa says she is relieved she was able to see him before he died but that it was clear when she arrived at the hospital that the situation was very serious.
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She added that the affection for him has been clear in the past number of days.
It was amazing to see how many people were there. A lot of people didn’t know him and they were all touched. It could have happened to any of them, or any of us.
“I was really, really happy to see the amount of love and support yesterday and since the accident. I have been receiving support from the Brazilian community and from Irish people. And it’s been amazing to see how much love is around. ”
Teresa went on to detail that the couple had been together for six years and that he proposed in March on her birthday. She says it was Thiago who really wanted to come to Ireland and that she has no regrets.
“He wanted to come here to get a better life and we were getting that, we had a great life here,” she said.
Gardaí are renewing their appeal for witnesses to Monday’s incident to come forward.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the incident room at Store Street Garda station.
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Mistake my arse! VAT collected demonstrates how strong or weak the domestic economy is. By inflating VAT figures the govt gives the incorrect impression that things are better than they are.
100 million is 5% of the original figure given for vat receipts, therefore the domestic economy is performing at 5% less than we were led to believe.
Yes but income tax shows on increase in wages or the workforce, showing an expansion in productivity in the domestic economy.Swings and roundabouts.
Joe, income tax is up €5 million. That’s probably due to increased salaries in the public service;
if you take the tax paid on €34k for a single person (circa €7k) €5 million equates to an extra 3,000 jobs.
So, the corrected figures are actually terrible.
Apparently it’s up over 100 million now with this adjustment so someones doing well.
Increased salaries in the public service? Where have you you been the last 6 years? Have you not heard of the Croke Park agreement? What about the Haddington Road agreement only signed last year??
They also mis-classified private bankers debt as sovereign debt!
It’s a common enough issue at the moment.
The board of Rehab mixed up state funds to aid those with disabilities with their own personal cash.
Alan Shatter mixed up being elected with being an incarnation of the Messiah.
The Gardai mixed up legal with illegal.
The list goes on …
Who would have thought it another Cardiff in Finance. Good to know we have such experts managing our budget….
The money was just resting in my account
Accounting classification error with no money lost, no biggie.
Spin.
Someone trying to “boost” commercial activity while playing down the contribution taxpayers make to the “recovery” of commercial activity…
Increased income tax revenue would show an increase in employment seeing as the rate of income tax hasn’t been increased in over 4 years. Why would the government not want to advertise that fact?
Or maybe it was just a mistake?
And the muppet show continues…..
And those Dof muppets get an ‘allowance’ for working in the dof! Priceless – only in ireland
And the incompetence continues.
Gombeens All.
@margaret. Aah,Give them a break. They had nothing but beans to count for the last 4 years and now there is a few quid around! Let them get back into the swing and they’ll be fine! Otherwise sure we can ship them off to Brussels, the hiding place for fu@kups!
Sad thing is that nothing surprises us anymore, I know we didn’t lose any money but for Christ sake if they can’t get the basics right then you have to worry
Ah sure it only 101million, shrapnel
The last idiot who did this, Kevin Cardiff got a job in Brussels.
Shambles of a government
Please remind me how much we pay these so called professional officials ?
Even the what can I be offended by today mob will struggle with this one…
Mob rules ,so they say ! But really ,it’s the same difference ,isn’t it ? You being a successful entrepreneur ,can you explain to the rest of the uneducated mob , what does it mean ?
Piss ups and breweries spring to mind.
If an SME got their figures mixed up, Revenue wouldn’t be long about imposing fines and am audit.
At least someone is checking the figures. Correction within a week of the original publication is not bad.
Should NOT happen to begin with
The Muppet Show.
At least it was dealt with quickly and openly. It is an improvement.
Same thing really ..
Not really Nicole.
“Oh, we mixed up income tax and VAT.. Oh how we laughed”..
Is the government even real in this country or is it a dream I’m in? What’s the story with these dipsos this isn’t the first time something like this has happened I don’t think. Great, the money is still there, but it’s the government and €101m, they should be on the ball!! Can’t wait till them muppets get booted out of power
We are all human (SF/IRA excluded) and can make mistakes.
Fool
It’s only small change rattling about in the coffers .
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