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Irish Examiner
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
'You go to Croke Park, you don't show up, you get what comes after that': McLoughlin recalls low of 2014 fall to Tipp
On Sunday, Cork will have four survivors and Tipperary two in their squads from their last and inaugural senior hurling championship meeting in Croke Park. Munster champions Cork were caught cold by a Tipperary team who had stormed their way through the qualifiers and won that All-Ireland semi-final by 10 points. A dire performance 11 years ago hardly has a bearing now, but in front of almost 70,000 people, the vast majority of whom were from Cork, it took a lot of the good away from beating Limerick five weeks earlier. Upon his substitution in the 55th minute, Aidan Walsh apologised to manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy. Nevertheless, it serves as a reminder that being favourites and winning Munster doesn't go a whole way against a team from the province in Croke Park. In the last 10 all-Munster All-Ireland semi-finals or finals, the provincial winners have lost six times. Only Limerick (2020 and twice in '21) and Tipperary in '09 backed up their trophies. 'It was our first Munster in a number of years (eight), so there was obviously a high from that,' recalls Lorcán McLoughlin. 'And then you have to come down to kind of build up again. 'And Tipp just had been through the mill a few times. They'd been in All-Ireland finals a couple of years, and they just had a lot of experience, and they were ready. They hit the ground, and we were flat, and that's what happens. You go to Croke Park, you don't show up, you get what comes after that.' More had been expected after coming so close to emulating the previous All-Ireland success in 2005. 'We were a new team, an inexperienced team, but we got a great run at it from the All-Ireland quarter-finals and you build and build the confidence.' The feeling among the Cork players was dejection, McLoughlin says. 'It's no different to Sunday, where you appreciate the support. When you deliver a performance like that, it's hugely disappointing because outside of losing the game, you kind of realise the effort that supporters put in as well to kind of make that trip up.' Not that the Kanturk man is expecting history to repeat itself on Sunday. 'We've learned a lot from the last 12 months, really. We've learned a lot about the team. I think as supporters, we've learned a lot as well, that no game can be taken for granted. You still have to go and win it and deliver the performance. 'Finals are there to be won and you do whatever you have to do to win a final as well. They delivered a perfect performance, a brilliant performance against Dublin. I don't think anyone they played that day would have beaten them but the final is a new game again. 'I think there's enough there in terms of experience. I think the team are firing. There'll be nothing taken for granted against Tipperary. And there should be nothing taken for granted based on some of the lessons over the last 12 months.'
Irish Independent
25-06-2025
- Automotive
- Irish Independent
Limerick rally makes triumphant return to county after nearly 40 years
After a 37-year absence, the GRP4 Fabrications Thomond Mini Stages Rally is set to make a thrilling return on August 23 and 24, drawing rally fans and competitors from across the country to Rathkeale. Organised by Limerick Motor Club, the event will feature two challenging stages run three times, offering what organisers describe as a 'tricky yet enjoyable test.' With minimal road mileage and all logistics, and scrutiny, sign-on, and service based in the heart of Rathkeale, the rally promises a compact and highly competitive format. 'I am delighted that the Thomond rally is back on the motorsport calendar for 2025,' said Clerk of the Course Aidan Walsh, who is taking on the role for the first time. 'I'm sure some of the older statesmen have fond memories of the event from the 1980s and it's great we can all do that again. I look forward to welcoming you all to Limerick and to Rathkeale for what is sure to be an unmissable end of summer event.' The Thomond Mini Stages Rally was last held in 1987, when Alan Johnston and Paul Kiely took victory in their Talbot Sunbeam. This year's revival has been made possible with the support of headline sponsor GRP4 Fabrications, a Galway-based firm known across Europe for its Ford Escort Mark I and II motorsport components. Associate sponsors include Rathkeale House Hotel, Paul Purtill Agri, Morenane Transport, and Daly Tyres, longtime supporters of Limerick Motor Club events. Regulations will be available shortly, and timeline for entries is yet to be announced.
BreakingNews.ie
20-05-2025
- Health
- BreakingNews.ie
Family ask Attorney General to direct inquest into death of mother (54) as they settle action against HSE
The family of a woman who, it was alleged, was prescribed an excessive dose of blood-thinning medication at University Hospital Waterford and later died has asked the Attorney General to direct that an inquest take place into her death. The call came as Esther Flynn's grieving husband settled a High Court action against the HSE over her death three years ago. Advertisement Esther Flynn, the family's counsel, Aidan Walsh SC, told the court was only 54 years of age at the time of her death. Counsel said it was their case that Ms Flynn's death was 'totally unnecessary', and it involved the alleged over-prescribing of an anti-coagulant blood-thinning medication. Counsel said Ms Flynn suffered a brain haemorrhage and died on May 26th, 2022. The claims were denied, and the settlement, which was reached after mediation, is without an admission of liability. Mr Walsh said the fact that there was no apology forthcoming caused great upset to the Flynn family. He said the family's solicitor had asked for an 'open disclosure meeting and was 'effectively ignored.' Advertisement In the proceedings, it was claimed that Ms Flynn had been prescribed an excessive dose of blood-thinning medication and there was an alleged failure to prescribe the woman with a correct dose of the drug in accordance with her weight. Outside court, the family solicitor, John Whelan of Whelan Law, said the family has made an application to the Attorney General under the Coroners Act, seeking an inquest based on available medical evidence, including new expert reports from a consultant physician and a consultant haematologist. He said while the family welcomed progress in their case through mediation, they are saddened that there is currently no legal mechanism for the court to require an apology 'even in cases where the emotional and human need for one is clear". 'They hope this case will serve as a reminder of the importance of patient safety, full disclosures and dignity for families. They also hope that this will not happen again to another family,' he said. Advertisement He said Ms Flynn was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and daughter to a close and loving family. Her family, he said, remains deeply distressed by the absence of 'any meaningful explanation or acknowledgement from the hospital since her passing.' Joe Flynn of New Ross, Co Wexford, had sued the HSE over the death of his wife. Esther Flynn had been admitted to University Hospital Waterford on April 29th, 2022, following a seizure and facial droop. She had a CT scan and an MRI scan of her brain and which were noted as unremarkable, but investigations revealed lymphoma. She was discharged on May 16th, but was readmitted two days later due to her health condition. Advertisement On May 22nd, 2022, it was noted that she had not been commenced on blood thinning medication since her admission, but due to her immobility and previous deep vein thrombosis in the past, a decision was made that she was at high risk of a pulmonary embolism. A prescription was decided upon, and on May 24th, she had a reduced level of consciousness, and a CT scan showed an acute intracranial bleed. Her condition deteriorated, and she died on May 26th. In the proceedings, it was claimed that Ms Flynn had been prescribed an incorrect dosage of the blood-thinning medication and was allegedly prescribed an excessive dose. It was further alleged that Ms Flynn had not been weighed, and an alleged unsubstantiated prescription of the drug had been based on an estimate of her weight. All of the claims were denied. Noting the settlement and the division of the €35,000 statutory mental distress payment, Mr Justice Paul Coffey conveyed his deepest sympathy to the family.
Irish Daily Mirror
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Former Cork dual star makes startling admission and says he is still bitter
Former Cork dual star Aidan Walsh has revealed he has only been to one of the hurlers' games since he was released from the panel after the 2020 campaign. Walsh, an All-Ireland winner with the Cork footballers in 2010, was 30 when Kieran Kingston rang him to tell him he was cut from the hurling set-up. The Kanturk star was shocked by the news and admits that, five years on, he remains bitter about the manner of his departure and wishes that he had called Kingston back later to ask if there was a route back for him. "It was very tough to deal with," Walsh told the BBC's GAA Social podcast. "It was the first time a manager told me he didn't want me. It was the first time I got that kind of call. "It was a big shock and I was just disappointed then. You just reflect a lot on what I could have done better, what should I have done, if I never went to the hurling could I still be playing football (for Cork) after leaving in '14. I should have rang him back just to get clarification - just to get that closure really or if the door was half open, what do I need to do. "I loved it, loved the environment, loved being part of that culture. In Cork, hurling is just so big and you go through all the sacrifices to play on the big stage. "If that door is closed then that's it, no matter how hard you go with the club you'll never play in front of 20, 30 or 40 thousand people." Walsh put all his efforts into Kanturk and helped his club to return to the senior county championship the same year that he was dropped by Cork. The only match involving the intercounty hurlers that he has attended since his departure was the 2021 All-Ireland final defeat to Limerick. "I have great friends in the team and I'd always text them before games and after games, but I've only gone to one game since," he said. "I just still feel that bit bitter towards it. I'd still go to all the football games, my brother plays and my cousin, but I still have that bit of bitterness in me for some reason. I didn't go to the All-Ireland final last year, I was down west. I watched it alright but I watched it on my own."When you're young and feel fit and I was still playing good hurling for the club, I was still contributing, and especially when you have players that you played with who are still playing, it just feels a bit bitter towards it. And I hope to God they win the All-Ireland this year, I really wanted them to win last year and every year I wanted them to win."But even the game I went to, the All-Ireland final against Limerick the year after, people were coming up to me going, 'Jesus, what happened? Why did you get dropped?' I didn't want to listen to it. That's nearly the worst part of going to Cork games."Even at the football a few people came up the last day saying 'did you bring the gear'. I know you'd laugh at those kinds of comments but they're annoying because it's only a small period of your life that you'd get to play for your county and it's a privilege to play. And it's over, it's gone, you can't bring it back." Walsh regrets not accepting the GPA's offer for help and guidance after he was released. "Good people around you is the most important thing," he said. "When it happened I was telling myself I'll be grand and will get through it, and the GPA did reach out to say if I needed a bit of help to transition from intercounty into normality. "Everything revolved around it for me, so for that to be reflection I should have reached out to the GPA and got that bit of guidance and help they were offering."
BBC News
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
The GAA Social Aidan Walsh. Being let go. Winning an All-Ireland, moving to Kerry
Life after inter-county GAA takes a period of time to adjust. When your a Cork hurler and footballer you've dined in two hotels- both five star. Life has now brought Aidan Walsh to West Kerry. He transferred to the home of the O'Se's An Ghaeltacht and life is good. Love can do that sort of thing. A beautiful wee boy (yes-wearing a Kerry jersey) has changed perspective. Living in one of the most beautiful places in Ireland- but he can't speak the language. In this podcast we discuss being dropped at 30, why Aidan struggles to go and watch Cork Hurlers but believes (and hopes) they will win the All-Ireland this year. He also makes Patrick Horgan's hurleys- his is a bit different. It's a great catch-up with an All-Ireland winning footballer, a gifted hurler and a man who is at home in Kerry-but always Cork.
