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Irish Examiner
15-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Former John A Woods depot on the market for €950,000
A FORMER John A Wood depot in Carrigrohane suitable as a builder's compound, or for storage or parking, is on the market with a guide price of €950,000. The 2.26ha (5.58a) land parcel, east of Inchigaggin Lane, is being sold by a private vendor who bought the property from John A Wood many years ago. The site has been used from time to time by Cork City Fire Brigade for training purposes and most recently as a yard for storage purposes. Located in a 'landscape preservation zone' in the Cork City Development Plan 2022, there's a presumption against development. However selling agent Ed Hanafin of Cohalan Downing points out that, as per the development plan 'there may be scope for development to enable existing occupiers to adapt existing buildings to their evolving requirements, providing that the form or nature of development is compatible with the landscape character of the area. This might include a change of use or minor extensions'. Currently, there is is a small building of approximately 53.23 sq m (573 sq ft) on the site. The land, laid out with a roadway, hardstanding and grassed/overgrown areas is just beyond Victoria Cross and in a good location for travelling west. It's close to the city centre too (4km away) and has good access to the N40 South Ring Road and to Blarney. Once the proposed Northern Distributor Road is realised further down the line, it will link the Carrigrohane Road to Glanmire, opening up access to the city's northern suburbs and to the N20 Limerick Road. However while the preferred route has been chosen for the new road, it will be a number of years before the project is delivered. Mr Hanafin said current interest in the site is from parties with hardstanding/storage requirements. A number of sports' clubs have playing pitches in the area, but do not feature so far among those enquiring. The agent said the land "may have medium to long term development potential, subject to a change in zoning and planning permission'. The property is on the southern side of Carrigrohane Road, across from the end of the Lee Fields walkway. It's adjacent to Grassland Agro industrial fertliser plant, while the Kingsley Hotel, County Hall and the large Bottle Works purpose-built student accommodation development are just to the east. DETAILS: Ed Hanafin T: (021) 4277717 E: ehanafin@
Irish Independent
07-05-2025
- Irish Independent
Man in court following Cork arson attack on pensioner couple
He is one of two who were arrested in connection with the arson attack in Dublin yesterday by Gardaí from Cork. The couple in their 80s, who were described as 'lovely neighbours' and 'very witty', were in the house when the attack happened late on Thursday, April 24. They were treated for smoke inhalation by Cork City Fire Brigade and are currently staying with family with the house needing significant repairs. Gardaí have confirmed that as part of an ongoing investigation into the incident, two individuals were arrested during an operation in the Dublin area yesterday (May 6). As part of that operation, detectives from Cork also searched two residential properties in the capital. Two men, both aged in their 30s, were arrested under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act. One is due to appear at Court District Court later this afternoon (May 7), while the second is still in custody at a Garda station in Cork City. The pair can be detained for up to 12 hours, when they will either have to be released or charged in connection with the incident. It took Cork City Fire Brigade over two hours to bring the blaze at the front of the house under control. Gardaí say the investigation is ongoing.
Irish Examiner
04-05-2025
- Irish Examiner
Funeral for man who drowned in River Lee to take place Monday
The man who drowned last week in the River Lee after he got into difficulty in the water is to be laid to rest on Monday. Luke Hyde, who was 34, died last Wednesday after getting into difficulty in the Pope's Quay area of the River Lee. Late of Wolfe Tone Street, he is survived by his mother Lily who spoke out in the aftermath of his death as it emerged the drowning and the recovery of her son's remains had been recorded by some onlookers. Speaking about Luke, Ms Hyde said: "He was the most placid, beautiful-mannered young fella God ever put on this earth." Ms Hyde, 76, said she was "disgusted" and questioned why someone would stand by and film Luke's tragic death rather than do something to save him. "It was like a circus. Them watching my son drown instead of trying to help him." She said: "I don't think I can get through this, this is my second son [to die] in five years." Speaking to RedFM's Neil Prendeville Show, Ms Hyde said she rang her son's phone on the day of the tragedy and when a garda answered, she ran down Shandon Street to the scene of the incident. When I got down, they were putting him into the ambulance and I saw the crowds, I didn't know what was going on. She said another son was also on the scene and he tried to shield her from the scene but was adamant she wanted to hold her son one last time saying: "I need to hold my boy, I need to see him." Last Wednesday as the tragedy unfolded, gardaí had to push people back and increase the cordon around first responders as dozens of onlookers gathered to watch and film, some livestreaming. Second officer with Cork City Fire Brigade Victor Shine said rescue teams saw no signs of lifebuoys in the water when they arrived at the scene. Mr Shine said emergency services have been dealing with the rubber-necking phenomena for many years, and park their vehicles to afford some level of privacy to casualties. They can also erect privacy screens. But he said the intrusion from onlookers during this incident was another level. Mr Shine urged people who come upon such scenes to first consider how they could help, then consider the right to privacy of the individuals involved, and to respect the dignity of a deceased person. 'You have to realise that their families or friends might see these clips and images," he said. 'It's just uncontrollable at the moment. We sometimes use CCTV cameras to help identify what happened in an incident, but there are strict controls on how that footage is controlled and used. There are no controls on someone with a phone.' Luke Hyde is survived by his son Leon, mother Lily, and siblings Michael, Mark, and Lucia, and predeceased by his late father Michael and brother Brian. His requiem Mass will take place in the North Cathedral, and he will be laid to rest in Kilcully.
Irish Times
02-05-2025
- Irish Times
‘It was like a circus, watching my son drown, instead of trying to help him': Luke Hyde (34) drowned in river Lee, Cork
The mother of a Cork man who drowned in the river Lee on Wednesday evening has condemned the behaviour of people who filmed the emergency services recovering his body after doing nothing to assist him when he got into difficulty. Luke Hyde (34), from Wolfe Tone Street in Cork, drowned after he got into difficulties while swimming across the north channel of the river Lee from Pope's Quay to Lavitt's Quay at around 6.45pm on Wednesday evening. READ MORE The incident was filmed by onlookers on their phones, with some live-streaming the tragedy. Mr Hyde's mother, Lily Hyde, rang in to the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork's Red FM to express her disgust that people could stand on the quayside and film her son drown and not come to his aid and then film his body being removed from the river. Ms Hyde told how she heard the Irish Coast Guard helicopter overhead as it swept up and down the river Lee, so she rang her son's mobile to know if he was okay, only for it to be answered by a garda. 'Luke ... was my baby son. I was disgusted when I heard you talking this morning about those people down there. It was like a circus, watching my son drown, instead of trying to help him,' said Ms Hyde, who lost another son, Brian, when he died in his sleep in 2019. 'When I got down, they were putting him into the ambulance and I saw the crowds, I didn't know what was going on. I said I need to hold my boy, I need to see him. I don't know what his last thought or words were. I was thinking, 'Did he call my name?'' 'What have people in this world come to? Morons, I don't think there's even a word to describe them. It will never leave me, and the clips I saw on the news ... I don't know how I'll ever, ever forget it. I never will, it will live with me for evermore.' Taoiseach Micheál Martin extended his sympathies to the family of Mr Hyde and also criticised onlookers' behaviour. 'It's a very sad and regrettable feature of modern life. We have mobile phones and devices. It was a horrendous what happened, and my understanding is two fellows went in for a swim, both got into difficulty, and one was able to get out and raise the alarm. 'I read what the fire officer said, that they found it very difficult to comprehend that there were no lifebuoys thrown in to help, but people were taking photographs or videoing and for family members, it's very traumatic, and it's very, very sad.' Cork City Fire Brigade second officer Victor Shine said he hoped the tragedy would bring home to people the importance of assisting in such situations and not just adding to a family's pain by filming it. 'There were hundreds of people down there watching – they were a couple of people deep up along Pope's Quay, across the Shandon Footbridge and down Lavitt's Quay. There are three lifebuoys on either quay, and only one person threw one in to help the first guy. 'It's awful but hopefully it will open people's eyes as to the consequences of such behaviour. We are trying to wake people up – help if you can help, and don't just be highlighting somebody's tragedy and adding to their pain and trauma by filming and posting it.'
