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Irish Examiner
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Kilmallock edge Na Piarsaigh to earn Limerick SHL glory
Limerick Senior Hurling League final: Kilmallock 0-18 Na Piarsaigh 0-15 Kilmallock are Limerick senior hurling League champions for 2025 after they saw off Na Piarsaigh on an 0-18 to 0-15 scoreline at Claughaun. Conor Staunton starred for 'The Balbec' with an impressive 0-8, his two efforts from play the highlight of what was a contest that never really got going. Both teams were without a litany of starters that one would expect to see come championship in a game that Kilmallock deservedly came out victorious. Pierce Connery got the scoring underway after two minutes but a Ronan Lynch free brought Na Piarsaigh level moments later. Kilmallock, aided by a strong first half breeze, took control from the moment that Graeme Mulcahy put his side back in front. Further scores from Connery and Staunton then saw Kilmallock open a 0-4 to 0-1 advantage with six minutes on the clock. Keith Dempsey stopped the Kilmallock wave with a free but Connery and Staunton restored dominance for the south Limerick outfit. Connery excelled in the first half and his fourth point inside the opening quarter cancelled out a fine Mark Hogan score for Na Piarsaigh. That lead was stretched to five when Kilmallock keeper Conor Hanley-Clarke fired over a long-range free. Oisin O'Reilly made it a six-point lead as the half drew to a close but a Lynch free saw the score at 0-10 to 0-5 in Kilmallock's favour at the break. Lynch kept Na Piarsaigh in touch in the early stages of the second half with a couple of frees but Staunton always had a response for Kilmallock. The lead was at three when the game entered the final quarter but strikes from Mulcahy and Staunton, either side of a Lynch placed ball, handed Kilmallock a four-point buffer. Dempsey (2) and Adrian Breen gave Na Piarsaigh hope as the game headed towards its conclusion but a Staunton free and a superb O'Reilly point from play saw Kilmallock home to victory. Scorers for Kilmallock: C Staunton 0-8 (5f, 1'65), P Connery 0-4, O O'Reilly 0-3, G Mulcahy 0-2, C Hanley-Clarke 0-1 (1f). Scorers for Na Piarsaigh: R Lynch 0-7 (7f), K Dempsey 0-4 (3f), Mark Hogan, G Brown, D Lynch and A Breen 0-1 each. Kilmallock: C Hanley-Clarke; D O'Brien, L English, D Joy; R Egan, A Costello; A Enright; S Quirke, G Enright; S Carroll, C Staunton, G Mulcahy; P Connery, O O'Reilly, S Dowling. Subs: D Woulfe for Carroll (44), P O'Brien for Dowling (49), C Barrett for Mulcahy (58). Na Piarsaigh: P O'Neill; A Dempsey, S Long, P Heaney; A Fitzsimons, R Lynch, T Grimes; J Finn, J O'Keeffe; JJ Carey, K Dempsey, G Brown; Mark Hogan, K Daly, D Lynch. Subs: A Breen for Daly (39), E McEvoy for Heaney (39), Marcus Hogan for Brown (59). Referee: E Stapleton (Doon).
Irish Times
09-05-2025
- Health
- Irish Times
Banning teens from using social media a ‘blunt instrument', health professionals told
Erin Wolfe (17), a fifth-year student from Kilmallock, Co Limerick, is well aware of the hazards of social media. 'I know myself and my friend group, we've all dealt with different things. There's a lot of things that people will mock you for.' But, she says, 'people do use it for good, so they shouldn't cut it off for everyone'. Speaking in the wake of fresh calls to ban teenagers from social media, the secondary school pupil said: 'There's people out here and they're making decisions, and they don't have an iPhone, they don't have a smartphone, they have a landline, and they're calling all these big shots, and they don't know social media.' She was in Dublin on Friday at the launch of a position paper by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland's faculty of paediatrics on 'Engaging in Online Activity: Prioritising and Protecting the Physical and Mental Health of Children and Young People' . The paper calls for a number of actions, including regulations to hold platforms accountable, public awareness and parental support, and added resources for health professionals dealing with impacts of social media use. READ MORE Dr Judith Meehan, consultant paediatrician and co-author of this paper, said: 'We recognise the benefits of online platforms in enabling connection, education and self-expression but we cannot ignore or underestimate the negative health impacts we are seeing among children and young people.' Some of the negative impacts of online activity include anxiety, depression, self-harm, negative body image, disordered eating, unhealthy food consumption, poor sleep, risk of obesity, cyberbullying and a reduction in self-esteem, social wellbeing and happiness. 'I think education, first of all, has a key role to play in terms of knowing how to safely navigate that world,' said Dr Meehan, adding: 'We welcome the establishment of the Government Online Health Taskforce and Coimisiún na Meán's commitment to child safety in the enforcement of the Digital Services Act.' On Thursday, in the Dáil, Tánaiste Simon Harris responded to a question from Independent TD Paul Gogarty, in which he described the high numbers of children using social media as a 'ticking time bomb'. Mr Harris said he believed Ireland should follow Australia's legislative change and seriously consider banning those under the age of 16 from using social media. [ Online safety commissioner 'deeply concerned' at rise of AI-generated child sex-abuse images Opens in new window ] Asked about the proposal, Dr Meehan said 'a ban is a very blunt instrument. I've no doubt that the taskforce are going to be looking at that, and I'd say Simon Harris will wait for the report of the taskforce.' She said: 'We need the Government to step up and enforce mandatory regulation and get these powerful platforms to step up and moderate some of their harmful content, enforce age verification measures and ethically design platforms so that they're minimising excessive use.' She said: 'In clinics all around the country, paediatricians are seeing teenagers who are struggling, and their struggles are heavily linked to their online activity, and this isn't guesswork, there is a huge amount of evidence.' One example is the US Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, which found an association between screen time and worsening mental health, increased behavioural problems, decreased academic performance and poorer sleep, but heightened quality of peer relationships. Some reviews have found that the duration or frequency of social media use was more consistently linked with anxiety and depression in girls compared with boys. 'We certainly don't want to appear to be anti-technology, anti- the digital world. I mean, it's a phenomenal world in terms of its benefits, and it is here to stay. It's really a societal collective responsibility, young people, parents, social media companies, government, policy, healthcare providers. Everybody needs to take responsibility for it,' said Dr Meehan. When asked what one piece of advice she would give to a fellow 17-year-old trying to navigate social media, Erin said: 'Not everything you're going to read is true, and not everything online is real.'
Irish Independent
21-04-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Rank outsider Moorstown Brett wins Killeacle Dowling A1 final for Killmallock owner
The supporting card saw Ardfert owner, Daniel Nolan, score a terrific double (worth €1,400) with Ardrahan Alibaba in an A1 525 race, and his litter sister, Ardrahan Oprah, which won an A1 570 race as a reserve The first thing that must be said about last Friday's meeting at Tralee Track, which honoured the memories of the late John and Mary (Killeacle) Dowling, is that prize money totalled a whopping €14, 540 thanks to sponsorship provided by the Dowling family, principally Liam and Declan. The weather certainly didn't smile on the meeting, with rain during the day and during the meeting itself affecting the going to the extent that it was .20 slow for 325yds, .40 slow for 525yds, 550yds and 570yds, and .60 slow for 750yds. One man who hardly minded the wet weather one little bit was Kilmallock owner, Joseph O'Flaherty, who won the feature event, the John and Mary (Killeacle) Dowling Memorial A1 570 sweepstake (winner, €2,600), with Moorstown Brett, and who also supplied the third greyhound home in Moorstown Knight.
