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Irish Independent
2 hours ago
- Irish Independent
‘Frightening' amount of fish found dead in Cork river
The cause of the fish kill is not yet known, but the extent of it has been described as 'frightening' by a member of the Mallow Trout Anglers. Safety officer and former chairperson of the Mallow Trout Anglers, John O'Connell, said evidence of the kill can be seen from Lombardstown Bridge to Lover's Leap. 'When you consider the catchment area would be up to Lombardstown Bridge, there are dead fish up as far as that, right the way down as far as Lover's Leap, which is about five or six miles. 'It is a huge catchment area and is significant and detrimental as there is thousands upon thousands of fish destroyed. 'I am receiving messages from club members who are walking about, and it is frightening,' Mr O'Connell said. The catchment area of the fish kill attracted a lot of visitors in June as it hosted the Four Nations International angling competition. 'When you consider in June, the Mallow Trout Anglers hosted the Four Nations International, and where the fish have been killed is where the competition was held. 'It is absolutely frightening,' Mr O'Connell stressed. The Mallow Trout Anglers were notified of the kill yesterday when a passer-by informed club president Kevin Healy. 'We were first notified of it yesterday, and our president Kevin Healy was notified by a man who was walking his dogs down the paddock, and he noticed the fish and called Kevin. 'Unfortunately, we had a funeral yesterday for one of our long serving members and there was a guard of honour, and it became apparent that it was getting more serious and bigger,' Mr O'Connell added. Labour TD for Cork North-Central, Eoghan Kenny, told The Corkman that he has been in contact with the Mallow-based club and the next port of call is contact the state bodies. 'I have been in contact with the [Mallow] Trout Anglers, and the job today is to contact the state bodies – Irish Water, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), just to get them to investigate. 'There is concern from the Trout Anglers that there has been dead fish there previously, perhaps not to this extent, but that is the real issue here. 'That is where the state bodies must come in and investigate as they are the experts in this, and they are the ones who need to be examining and take water samples, and I will be led by them,' Deputy Kenny said. It is understood that two teams from the EPA will begin their investigation today. A spokesperson for the IFI told The Corkman that they are 'currently assessing the extent of the affected area.' 'Inland Fisheries Ireland(IFI) is investigating the possible infection of salmonid fish in the River Blackwater between Mallow and Roskeen Bridge (Lombardstown), Co Cork. 'IFI is currently assessing the extent of affected area. 'The Marine Institute is supporting IFI and will undertake sampling to identify the possible infection. 'IFI urges anglers to wash, clean and dry all equipment - and avoid crossing catchments with tackle to minimise the risk of spreading any possible infection,' IFI said. The EPA has been contacted for comment.
Irish Examiner
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
'At no time did I think I would be playing with Limerick again' - Keeper Josh Ryan on miraculous return to football after leg break
The unlikely goalkeeper. The grateful goalkeeper. The I-don't-want-to-be-in-here-forever goalkeeper. Limerick football teams appearing in championship deciders of any hue are a rare enough occurrence. Collating such lists is not a menial task. It is a task requiring no more than a few minutes. At senior inter-county level, tomorrow's Tailteann Cup final is just the second such final appearance of the past 15 seasons. The other was the 2022 Munster decider. Josh Ryan wore No.14 that Munster final Saturday. This coming Saturday, he'll wear No.1. Truth be known, he is thankful to be in a position to pull on any jersey at all. Given the incident is almost three-years-old at this stage, you may or may not be familiar with the story of Josh Ryan's leg break. October 16, 2022. Limerick SHC semi-final. Doon versus Kilmallock. Seven minutes elapsed at Bruff. Crack. Snapple. Pop. The half-back's tibia lay in smithereens, broken in three places. The leg break was so severe that for a small window there were fears of the leg possibly being lost. Indeed, when Ryan was first put on an operating table and opened up, they didn't have a nail long enough to secure the smashed tibia. An external fixator was instead employed to keep the leg straight and prevent any movement. Against Wicklow in the Tailteann Cup semi-final three weeks ago, and three years on from his top-scoring 2022 summer, he stopped a 57th minute Oisin McGraynor penalty at a time when Limerick trailed by the minimum. Ten minutes later, the Mallow-based Garda landed a massive two-point free - the kick travelled 63 metres - to cement another championship final involvement for the Treaty. What went between was suffering, self-doubt, and far too much sitting around. 'With the injury and the extent of it, did I think I'd see the day again that I would be wearing a Limerick jersey? Not really,' Ryan admits. 'I might have seen the day of wearing a club jersey, but at no time did I think I'd be playing with Limerick again. I am extremely grateful for that.' Ryan celebrates scoring a two-pointer from a free late in the second half during the Tailteann Cup semi-final against Wicklow at Croke Park. File picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile Surgery was October 2022. It was five months later before the crutches were given their P45. The early days of weight bearing kept his cup of worry filled to the brim. The leg would be swollen after just 20 unsupported minutes. He trained the Oola footballers for the 2023 season where he was sidelined. He literally trained them from the sideline. 'You'd be sitting down training the lads and shouting as much as you can to get them to do things. But it is very hard when you are sitting down and static. The days are very long when you are sitting at home. You just want to be active,' the 27-year-old says in reflection. Once he began properly loading, he began walking three and four kilometres just to get some bit of movement into the for-so-long dormant leg. The pain roared. So too did his lungs. Breaks were required 300 and 400 metres in. 'That all just put so much doubt in my mind as to how am I ever going to run again when I am struggling to walk. From being involved in teams my whole life and playing since I was four, I was saying to myself, 'Jesus, am I ever going to get the chance to play sport again or am I going to be sitting on my leg coaching teams at 24 and 25 years of age? Not knowing was the toughest part.' December, 2023. The leg break and surgery are 14 months in the rearview mirror. Only now has he reached the point where running can be attempted. But even at that, his return to running must be attempted within the safety structure of an anti-gravity treadmill. There began a tortuous 13 weeks inside in the UPMC sports medicine clinic on the TUS campus. 'Getting used to impact and foot-striking again was really difficult. You'd look at the anti-gravity machine and say, this will be handy. But then you'd get off it and you'd be drowned in sweat. It was incredibly tough. There was a lot of blood, sweat, and tears throughout the whole course of rehab because you just don't know if you are ever going to play again, never mind wear a Limerick jersey.' March 16, 2024. Exactly 17 months to the day since the disastrous Limerick hurling semi-final. He has again in his possession a Limerick jersey. Mind you, the number on the back is the last one he ever envisaged wearing. Donal O'Sullivan's retirement the previous winter had left a sizable void. In the pre-season McGrath Cup, Aaron O'Sullivan and Jeffrey Alfred were auditioned. For the opening five rounds of their Division 3 League campaign, O'Sullivan held first-choice status. But facing a tricky breeze in the first half of their Round 5 fixture at home to Clare, O'Sullivan struggled from the kicking tee and was replaced by Jack English three minutes before the break. For Round 6 in Aughrim, Josh Ryan was a most unexpected selection between the sticks. His first inter-county game since the last-12 qualifier defeat to Cork in June 2022. He kept a clean sheet and converted four frees in a 0-9 to 0-8 defeat. He was back. He's started 21 of their 22 games since. He doesn't want to stay there. 'Obviously I took the hands off the lads when they asked me to play in goals because I wasn't in a position to play out-field as I was still getting pain in the leg. Playing in goal is great, but the end goal is to get back out the field with Limerick.' For now, the No.1 shirt, and indeed all green shirts, is in good hands. 'Everyone in the panel gets on so well, there are no egos, and everyone is there for the betterment of Limerick football. We are all there because we want to leave Limerick football in a better place than it was for the next generation.' Read More Oisin McConville extends stay as Wicklow boss
Irish Examiner
30-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
102-acre North Cork farm guiding €9,500/acre
A 102-acre holding in the co-operative heartland of North Cork is new to the market with Mallow-based auctioneers Murphy Browne. The farm is at Brookpark and Finnanfield, just off the historic Butter Road, 8km from Millstreet and 33km from Mallow. 'We're guiding it around €9,500 per acre,' says selling agent Pat Murphy of the property, which is separated into two parts by the public road, with one section across the public road from the other. 'There are 68 acres in one block, with the farmyard and the residence, and on the other 34-acre block, there is another farmyard with a three-column shed and cattle crush. The house is a four-bedroom farmhouse which is in need of modernisation.' The holding enjoys a great deal of road frontage, making it ideal even as an outside farm. 'For over half of the lands, we'd consider it good grazing ground,' said Mr Murphy. 'The remainder of it would need some work but it has good potential… In the main bulk of land, the yard includes a few nice stone outbuildings, a barn, lean-to and feeding bins, an old milking parlour and cattle crushes. 'A lot of the interest is local interest and we'd expect interest from farther afield as well, given that it's such a large block of land and the price guide is reasonable.'
