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LAST UPDATE | 7 Jan 2023
AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN seriously injured in a hit-and-run incident in Co Galway yesterday evening has died.
Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses following the incident which occurred on the Old Limerick Road in Oranmore.
At approximately 5:05pm, a female pedestrian, aged in her 80s, was struck by a car.
“The driver of the car failed to remain at the scene,” gardaí said.
The woman was taken to University Hospital Galway for treatment. She later passed away from her injuries on Friday night.
The Old Limerick Road remains closed at this time. It is expected to re-open later this morning.
Forensic Collision Investigators completed an examination of the scene last night.
Gardaí are appealing to any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the Oranmore area between 4:30pm and 5:30pm is asked to make this footage available to Gardaí.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Oranmore Garda Station on 091 388 030, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.
Investigations are ongoing
With reporting by Hayley Halpin
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Old story….
Why did they publish this? Ok smugglers and illegal fishing trawlers, the sea is all yours until the 6th!!
That’s what I was thinking. This was on here before.
Anyway asbestos is only harmful if it’s disturbed. Just leave it alone.
So you would work in the close confines of a navy vessel with asbestos then caillte? Once its undisturbed of course.
Exactly caillte, I’ve worked in 2 older power stations that had it and there was never an issue….air quality is monitored daily. How many people on here have asbestos roof slates and don’t realise it….
Not really possible on a ship. It was used as gasket material and in fireproof lagging. Unfortunately it has to be moved for maintenance and inspection.
Ships also tend to move a lot at sea so it would be disturbed constantly.
Wait for the claims to start rolling in.
Jimmy Kinsella,
Why are you making this childish comment. There has been no mention of anyone been exposed to asbestos and if there was exposure then the employer is negligent in his duties towards employees as out lined in the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act of 1989 and 2005. An important point to note if anyone was exposed to asbestos is that they have a very high chance of dying and if that was the case then it is only right that they would be compensated( For their Families ). Maybe the question you should be asking is why the employer did not know there was asbestos in the place of work as he is required under law to identify carcinogens and control exposure to same.
Deafness is a far greater problem from navy ships engines and gunfire. Asbestos was never an issue until someone started a scare alert.
Would that be the Big Bang theory, Chris.
No James, it comes from personal experience of a dozen years of working in RN ships engine rooms.
With the ear protection these days Chris it’s less of an issue.
Asbestos asbestos I eat asbestos for breakfast Tiny asbestos ha
You may be joking Jim but I know a man in his 70′s who worked in England 40 years ago removing asbestos from buildings and factories. Speaking about his experiences he would say something like “Ah sure there’s a lot of bullshit about asbestos. There was no health and safety on our sites and sure we’d be eating asbestos sandwiches. It didn’t kill any of us”. I’d say he’s probably lucky to have survived his experiences but I do agree with him to some extent when he says that there’s a lot of bullshit about asbestos. It was used in industry and internal combustion engines for generations and if left undisturbed it presents no danger.
Is this another “Oh, looks like we have hazardous material in our equipment, guna be a be a big loss to scrap all this”
Big loss? What are you talking about? Just sell it to the Irish.
Maybe it’s not asbestos, it’s another white powder!
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