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Irish Times
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
AIL awards: Dan Goggin named Division 1A player of season
The former Munster centre Dan Goggin has been named as the Division 1A player of the season at the annual Energia All-Ireland League awards after a superb first season with St Mary's College. Goggin helped the newly promoted club earn a home semi-final in their first season back in the top flight after a seven-year absence. As well as his big ball-carrying and try-scoring exploits in his customary position of inside centre, Goggin underlined his value when moving to number eight for his team's run-in. The Men's and Women's Coach of the Year Awards went to Quenton O'Neale of Old Belvedere, the runaway Division 1B champions, and Jason Moreton of Wicklow respectively. Eilís Cahill from UL Bohemian was awarded the Women's AIL Player of the Year to augment her match-winning in the last play of the final against Railway Union. READ MORE The other divisional players of the year awards went to Nenagh Ormond's Kevin O'Flaherty in 1B, Instonians' Bevan Prinsloo in 2A, Wanderers' Jamie Kavanagh in 2B and Midleton's JB Du Toit in 2C. The Energia Possibilities Award went to Lansdowne FC, who recovered from a difficult start to win the Bateman Cup in January, which in turn was the launching pad to their surge into the semi-finals, where they lost 17-15 away to eventual champions Clontarf. Young Munster's Cathal Quaid was awarded the Community Hero Award for 2025. Along with many other jobs within the club, Cathal is the minis coach to the under-8s, assistant secretary, and was pivotal in structuring a pathway for the under-21s team for next season. The Ireland Women's team head coach Scott Bemand and Women's Scrum Coach Denis Fogarty, along with the Ireland Men's and British & Irish Lions Assistant Coaches John Fogarty and Andrew Goodman, were among those in Bective Rangers clubhouse to announce the recipients of the Energia All-Ireland League awards. Awards & Winners: Energia All-Ireland League Women's Division Player of the Year 2024/25: Eilís Cahill, UL Bohemian Energia All-Ireland League Men's Division 1A Player of the Year 2024/25: Dan Goggin, St Mary's College Energia All-Ireland League Men's Division 1B Player of the Year 2024/25: Kevin O'Flaherty, Nenagh Ormond Energia All-Ireland League Men's Division 2A Player of the Year 2024/25: Bevan Prinsloo, Instonians Energia All-Ireland League Men's Division 2B Player of the Year 2024/25: Jamie Kavanagh, Wanderers Energia All-Ireland League Men's Division 2C Player of the Year 2024/25: JB Du Toit, Midleton Energia AIL Coach of the Year Awards Energia All-Ireland League Men's Division Coach of the Year 2024/25: Quenton O'Neale, Old Belvedere Energia All-Ireland League Women's Division Coach of the Year 2024/25: Jason Moreton, Wicklow Energia AIL Community Hero Award Cathal Quaid, Young Munster Energia AIL Referee of the Season Dan Carson Energia AIL Possibilities Award Lansdowne FC
BBC News
24-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Lancashire surgeons celebrate 1,000th robotic prostate surgery
A team of surgeons at a hospital trust are celebrating performing their 1,000th prostatectomy using robotic Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been using the Da Vinci Xi robotic system for complete or partial prostate removals since 2017. Surgeons at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital conducted the milestone surgery on patient James Smolski, his consultant urologist, said he was pleased to say "it all went as planned". The Da Vinci Xi system was largely funded by a £1.25m donation from Rosemere Cancer consultant urologist told BBC Radio Lancashire: "Compared with the previous ways of doing surgery robotic surgeries have got significant advantages."Procedures could be quicker, but the main aspects are that we can do it through only tiny few incisions of the abdomen."He said that "meant less pain, less blood loss, quicker recovery" and patients being discharged within 24 hours. "In the longer term we know the patient will have a better rate of continence and often erectile functions as well," he said. He added more than 90% of patients will have a very good continence rate after surgery. Mr Goggin said he was pleased to have the procedure using the technology, "particularly as... the old way sounded quite awful in terms of recovery time". Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Artist Uses Footprints to Craft Giant Moose Mural in Canada Snow
An artist spent three hours creating a giant mural of a moose on a snow-covered lake in eastern Canada. Drone footage captured by graphic artist Eric Goggin in early February shows Goggin creating the mural by stomping on snow covering Washademoak Lake in New Brunswick. 'You can't mistake a moose, and it's such a Canadian symbol, representative of the great outdoors,' Goggin told CTV News. In the report, Goggin said he used the drone's monitor to guide him as he kicked the snow from the lake's icy surface. He tied fishing line to a stake to guide him in creating the perfect circle seen at the beginning, Credit: Eric Goggin via Storyful
