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Irish Independent
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Louth GAA mourns the loss of Mattock Rangers club legend Paddy Geraghty
Paddy Geraghty, of Kells Road, Collon, played with Mattock Rangers from its formation in 1952 for over two decades. He captained the club to its first ever title in 1960, when Mattock claimed the Junior Second Division Championship after defeating Dreadnots in the final. Two years later, he was a key player in the team's 1962 Louth Junior Championship win against Geraldines, and that same year featured in Mattock's first Senior Championship Final appearance, narrowly losing out to Newtown Blues. He continued to play a pivotal role in Mattock's history throughout the 1970s, lining out in two more Senior Championship finals in 1973 and 1976, both of which ended in defeat to Cooley Kickhams. Mr Geraghty also wore the red jersey of Louth at inter-county level. He made his competitive debut for the senior team in a National Football League match against Antrim in late 1958 and featured prominently during the county's Leinster Championship campaigns, including the 1959 and 1960 finals, where Louth lost to Dublin and Offaly, respectively. A versatile footballer, he was known for his goal-scoring ability up front but also served as a dependable defender when required. His contribution to Gaelic football in the county was matched only by his quiet dignity off the pitch. Known for his sportsmanship and humility, he was deeply respected in Collon and beyond. Mattock Rangers paid tribute to him in a statement, saying: 'The club has lost a loyal friend and one of its greatest players. Ever the gentleman both on and off the field of play, Paddy was hugely popular with his teammates and the people of Collon.' Mr Geraghty passed away peacefully on July 22 at Moorehall Lodge, Ardee, surrounded by his loving family. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Kitty, his parents Nicholas and Elizabeth, and sister Marie. He is deeply mourned by his children Brian, Aidan, Marie (Flanagan) and Audrey (Campbell), his brothers Kevin, Ollie, Larry and Jim, sisters Kitty and Betty, stepbrother Tommy, 12 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, sons-in-law Fergus and Martin, daughter-in-law Laura, Brian's partner Rosarie, and a wide circle of relatives, neighbours and friends. Reposing took place at his home on Kells Road, Collon, with Funeral Mass held at the Church of Mary Immaculate on Friday morning, followed by burial in Collon New Cemetery. Online tributes poured in from across the GAA community. One mourner wrote: 'He was a true gentleman. I remember him as an inspiring footballer starring in Mattock Rangers' early 60s glory.' Another said: 'A lovely neighbour, always ready for a friendly word. He will be missed.' The club and wider community extend their deepest sympathies to the Geraghty and McCullough families.
Yahoo
29-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
JetBlue Posts Smaller-Than-Expected Loss As JetForward Strategy Gains Traction
JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2025 results on Tuesday. The company delivered a modest operating profit and reinforced investor confidence in its JetForward turnaround strategy despite persistent macroeconomic headwinds. The airline posted an adjusted net loss of $58 million, or 16 cents per share, beating analyst estimates of a 34-cent loss. Revenue totaled $2.36 billion, down 3% year over year, but above Wall Street's expectation of $2.27 billion. The company's adjusted operating margin improved to 1.3%, marking a return to profitability after posting a negative margin in the previous quarter. On a GAAP basis, JetBlue reported a net loss of $74 million, or 21 cents per Joanna Geraghty said the company exited the first half of 2025 with meaningful progress on its multi-year JetForward plan, citing operational investments that improved on-time performance by three percentage points year over year and drove a double-digit increase in customer satisfaction. 'Despite facing an uncertain economic backdrop, we met or exceeded our financial targets,' Geraghty said. JetBlue's capacity in the second quarter declined 1.5% from the year-ago period, while total operating expenses fell 0.9% to $2.4 billion. Operating expense per available seat mile, excluding fuel (CASM ex-fuel), rose 6.0% year over year. However, due to continued cost control initiatives, it remained below the high end of the company's guidance. The average fuel price was $2.40 per gallon. The airline said it delivered $90 million in incremental EBIT from JetForward in the first half of 2025, bringing cumulative gains under the plan to $180 million. In May, JetBlue launched 'Blue Sky,' a new interline partnership with United Airlines that allows customers of both carriers to access expanded routes and earn and redeem loyalty points across each network. The initiative is expected to generate $50 million more in EBIT than originally projected and further accelerate JetBlue's transformation efforts. View more earnings on JBLU As part of its cost optimization and fleet modernization strategy, JetBlue sold its remaining Embraer E190 aircraft and two future Airbus A321neo XLR deliveries. It also completed a transaction to divest select assets from its JetBlue Technology Ventures subsidiary to SKY Leasing, reducing costs while retaining the portfolio's long-term upside. Chief Financial Officer Ursula Hurley said the company is reinstating its full-year unit cost guidance from earlier in the year, despite flying 1.5 points less capacity than initially planned. She added that the outlook for grounded aircraft due to Pratt & Whitney engine issues has improved, with the company now expecting to average fewer than 10 aircraft on the ground in 2025, down from prior expectations of mid-to-high teens. Outlook During the earnings conference call, a JetBlue executive reportedly stated that the airline will not be providing revenue guidance beyond the third quarter due to a 'choppy macro environment.' For the third quarter, JetBlue expects capacity to range from a 1% decline to a 2% increase year over year. Unit revenue is forecast to fall between 2% and 6%, while CASM ex-fuel is projected to rise between 4% and 6%. Capital expenditures for the quarter are estimated at approximately $375 million. For the full year 2025, JetBlue expects capacity to decline between 0.5% and 2.5%, while CASM ex-fuel is forecast to increase between 5.0% and 7.0%. The company anticipates interest expense of roughly $600 million and capital expenditures of approximately $1.2 billion as it continues investing in fleet modernization and operational improvements. 'Demand for air travel improved as the quarter progressed, resulting in significant strength for bookings within 14 days of travel, as well as for peak travel periods,' said JetBlue President Marty St. George. 'We are encouraged to see that momentum carry into July, and we are optimistic that demand will continue to improve through the end of the year.' Separately, JetBlue Airways and United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL) announced Tuesday that they have completed the U.S. Department of Transportation's review of their Blue Sky collaboration and are moving forward with implementation. The partnership will enable customers to earn and redeem MileagePlus miles and TrueBlue points across both carriers, book flights across complementary networks through interline agreements, and access reciprocal loyalty perks such as priority boarding and same-day standby. Initial customer benefits will begin rolling out this fall, followed by expanded service at JFK and Newark. United also plans to adopt JetBlue's Paisly platform to power non-flight travel offerings such as hotels, rental cars, and insurance. Price Action: At last check Tuesday, JBLU shares were trading higher by 4.69% at $4.564. Read Next:Photo by Coby Wayne via Shutterstock Up Next: Transform your trading with Benzinga Edge's one-of-a-kind market trade ideas and tools. Click now to access unique insights that can set you ahead in today's competitive market. Get the latest stock analysis from Benzinga? 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Irish Independent
11-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
‘We're not great for going to the pub. Our thing is the house' – making a new build a true family home in Maynooth
Asking price: €1.095m Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Brady O'Flaherty (01) 6510000 Just over 34,700 Irish citizens emigrated in the year to April 2024, the highest leaving the country since 2015. Most were aged between 25 and 44, and Australia was the destination of choice. Not being able to buy or rent a house and the rising cost of living were most typically cited as the reasons for leaving. Maura Geraghty and Mark Nolan, two accountants from Celbridge, Co Kildare, were almost in the same boat in the last economic downturn. But through good luck and hard work, they managed instead to avail of some of the cheapest home prices in a generation after the crash. Having met as freshman students at DCU, where both were studying accountancy, they had their sights set on moving to Oz after they qualified. 'All of our friends were going and we planned to do the same, but then one day Mark said, 'I don't think it's the right thing to do. I think we should actually buy a house',' recalls Geraghty. It was 2013, and home prices were affordable if you could get a mortgage. Builders were still having trouble shifting new homes outside Dublin. 'There were ghost estates around the country and everyone thought we were crazy, that the housing market would crash even more. But looking back, I realise just how lucky we were. I don't know how any young people can afford to buy a house now,' she says. When Geraghty found a new home at the Castlepark Square scheme in Maynooth, it was a real stretch up. 'We had been looking at much cheaper homes initially,' Geraghty says. But it was around this point in time that the economy started to turn. Both got trainee accountant jobs with blue chip firms, Geraghty with PwC and Nolan with Deloitte. They each moved back with their parents to save on rent, and there was no going out. Geraghty also accepted any offered overtime. 'We really pushed the boat out because I really wanted that house.' Finally, they purchased their 2,480 sq ft, newly built four-bedroom detached house in Castlepark Square. 'From living with our parents and before that in student accommodation in DCU together, we couldn't get over the amount of space,' she says. ADVERTISEMENT Today, they know they got in just under the wire. 'The next phase saw the prices rise by €50,000,' Geraghty says. Since then, property prices have more than doubled. In 2017, they had their first child, Nathan, who is now eight. They've since had three more children, Nina (six), Sam (four), and Lilla (three). 'I used every maternity leave to redecorate the house,' says Geraghty. 'We're not great people for going to the pub. Our thing is the house, and we're constantly repurposing and redecorating it. I'll often wake up and say, 'I'm so bored today, let's change the furniture around,'' she adds, laughing. 'If Mark was going to the shop on a Friday night and wanted to treat me, he would buy me an interiors magazine.' With the addition of their children, they quickly realised they needed a boot room. It has a drop-down clothes horse that extends down from the ceiling at the press of a button, called a Foxydry, a cupboard for coats and even a drawer for odd socks. 'Storage is the key to our happiness. It's where we dump all the clutter, and it's become the engine of our home.' In 2017, they extended the kitchen/living/dining space at the back and hired a friend who runs Opus Interior Design to design the kitchen. 'She recommended Crittall–style windows and we painted the kitchen navy and added burnt orange stools at the island. I've gone off navy now because everyone has it, but we were quite ahead of our time.' The island counter here is nine-foot long and made from a single piece of quartz. It fits six high stools, but originally there were five. 'We planned to have three children originally. When we had the fourth, I had to get another stool.' Earlier this year, they collaborated with designer Lorna Pringle, who advised on changing the colour of the kitchen units to Portland Stone by Little Greene. This combined well with the gold rims of the stools, which have been reupholstered in cream, and the brass sink tap. The flooring is chevron-style laminate. 'For me, the kitchen is the jewel of the house,' says Geraghty. 'It's great for entertaining.' There's a separate sitting room at the front, the walls of which have been painted French Gray by Farrow and Ball. 'It's where we go for some peace and quiet. With the kids being young still, I felt we needed that,' she says. On the other side of the hall is the playroom, which was previously an office and before that, a gym. During the pandemic, the couple found themselves working from home, so they converted the attic to make two offices with storage cupboards under the eaves and an en suite bathroom. Upstairs are three double bedrooms, two of which have en suite bathrooms and one generously-sized single room. The master bedroom has a laminate floor and a large en suite bathroom. The back garden has been designed as an outside room with a patio area, artificial grass, and foliage. Maynooth is a 40-minute drive from Dublin city centre. 'It's a really cool place,' she says. 'It's got a number of nice restaurants and coffee shops, and it's a vibrant community.' Now, they've bought another home five minutes' drive away in the countryside. 'We're looking forward to having more space for the children, and maybe a vegetable patch." Sherry FitzGerald Brady O'Flaherty seeks €1.09m.
Time Out
08-07-2025
- Time Out
A three-Michelin-starred restaurant is taking over a stunning waterfront Sydney spot this month
Ready for an extraordinary experience? Norway's three-Michelin-starred restaurant Maaemo – located in Oslo and known for its innovative Norwegian cuisine and zero-waste philosophy – is heading Down Under this July for its second residency at Sydney's Berowra Waters Inn. Australian-born executive chef Jay Boyle will join Berowra Waters Inn owner and executive chef Brian Geraghty to serve an exceptional 14-course menu of Maaemo dishes, reimagined using local ingredients, at the fine diner located on the picturesque Hawkesbury River. The pop-up will run for four days only – July 24–27 – with just 250 seats available. I'd say run, don't walk, but you can only reach the waterfront restaurant by seaplane or boat. If you're due for a go-hard-or-go-home outing, this is it. The menu will feature a mix of signature Maaemo dishes, including 'Oyster Tradition 2010', which will see Norway's Bømlo molluscs swapped for Hawkesbury oysters, as well as a handful of yet-to-be-revealed plates. Boyle says: 'It's a major and slightly terrifying challenge to recreate these dishes without a single item from the Maaemo pantry – there's a whole alphabet of ingredients we need to replace – but it's very exciting to recreate and even elevate dishes through a purely Australian lens.' 'Dishes will closely resemble those served in Oslo, but will also be completely bespoke, taking on the unique flavours of Australia, cooked up by a couple of Australian chefs at the top of their field, in an iconic Australian setting,' says Geraghty. Hailing from Newcastle, Boyle is one of only three Aussie chefs running a three-Michelin-starred restaurant globally, alongside Matt Abé (Restaurant Gordon Ramsay) and Brett Graham (The Ledbury). YTB. Boyle will be sourcing top Aussie produce to reimagine the dishes. Instead of king crab and hazelnuts, there'll be Hawkesbury mud crab in macadamia milk. Wattle seeds will replace coffee in the smoked Atherton raspberries and brown cheese dish. There'll be pistachio miso in place of pumpkin seed for the lamb course, and marron will sub in for langoustine. Other native ingredients being celebrated include emu egg, bunya nut, Atherton raspberry, Geraldton wax, Australian tamarind, sunrise lime, Davidson's plum, cinnamon myrtle, rosella flower and rye berry – sourced via local suppliers including Tinja Farms and Newcastle Greens. Geraghty adds: 'This is our second Maaemo x Berowra Waters Inn collaboration in two years, and with this uniquely all-Australian version of the menu highlighting incredible native ingredients, we're expecting it to be even more special than the first.' The Maaemo x Berowra Waters Inn 14-course tasting menu is $420 per person, with two optional wine pairings at $220 and $340. Book here. Can't make it this time? On a related note, Jack Brown – proud First Nations man and head chef at Berowra Waters Inn (ex- The Zin House) – has created the July menu now available at Two Good Co Café in Darlinghurst. Designed to spotlight native ingredients, the menu features dishes like a pastrami Reuben with a lemon myrtle mayo-mustard spread; Warrigal greens soup with smoked ham and native dukkah; and wattleseed and macadamia blondies. Find out more here.
The Age
01-07-2025
- The Age
Three-Michelin-starred Maaemo returns to Sydney with an all-Australian menu
Geraghty is working with a network of local producers including Tinja Farms and Newcastle Greens, as well as native food expert Nathan Lovett from the National Indigenous Culinary Institute to source rare, wild and native ingredients for the menu. Among the produce sourced will be Atherton raspberries, which will replace Norwegian strawberries in a dessert of dried and rehydrated berries with native herbs and edible flowers. 'Dishes will closely resemble those served in Oslo, but will also be completely bespoke, taking on the unique flavours of Australia, cooked up by a couple of Australian chefs at the top of their field, in an iconic Australian setting,' says Geraghty. Originally from Port Stephens, NSW, Boyle first met Geraghty in 2010 while working in the kitchen of Sydney's Bilson's restaurant. Boyle left just a year later to join Maaemo, and today is one of only three Australian chefs leading a three-Michelin-starred kitchen anywhere in the world — alongside Brett Graham from The Ledbury and Matt Abe from Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.
