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Sunday World
27-05-2025
- Sunday World
Canadian tourist amongst women killed in weekend of road fatalities
The woman was allegedly cycling with a tour group when she was involved in a collision with a tractor Any witnesses to the crash are urged to contact gardai (PA) It is understood that a Canadian tourist is amongst the women who lost their lives on Irish roads over the weekend. The woman, aged in her 70s, was allegedly cycling with a tour group when she was involved in a collision with a tractor in Toonagh, Tulla, on Saturday, May 24. The woman has not yet been named, but the Sunday World understands she was on holidays in Ireland as part of a cycling group touring County Clare. Councillor Mary Howard, Leas Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, said the County was celebrating the lack of road deaths so far this year when tragedy struck. 'On Friday we were kind of clapping ourselves on the back, saying we had no road deaths – you'd get a chill when you think about it,' Cllr Howard said. 'This woman came to Ireland on holidays, she was enjoying her vacation. This is a nightmare for her family and friends and the rest of the tour group, I can imagine. 'My thoughts and prayers go to her family and her friends who were here with her. There are truly no words.' Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene following report of the collision, which occurred on the L3180 at approximately 12.45pm. The woman was pronounced deceased at the scene and her body was removed to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick. This fatality marks the first death on Clare roads this year. Investigations are ongoing.
Irish Examiner
26-05-2025
- Irish Examiner
Canadian tourist killed in Clare collision among four women who died on the roads over the weekend
A Canadian tourist was among the four women who lost their lives in road collisions across the country over the weekend. The woman, who was in her 70s, had been cycling with a group when she was in a collision with a tractor at Toonagh, Tulla, on Saturday afternoon. She has not yet been named but is understood to have travelled to Ireland as part of a cycling group touring Clare. Cllr Mary Howard, a Fine Gael councillor with Clare County Council, said her death was the first road fatality in Clare this year. 'We send our condolences to her family in Canada and to her colleagues who were with her on their vacation," she said. "It is a horrendous way for a holiday to turn out.' Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene following report of the collision, involving a tractor and a bicycle, which occurred on the L3180 at about 12.45pm on Saturday. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and her body was removed for an autopsy at University Hospital Limerick. Investigations are also continuing into the death of a woman in her 20s in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. The woman, who has also not yet been named, died after she was also hit by a car, on the R702 in Curraghgraigue, Enniscorthy, at about 3pm on Saturday. She was removed to Wexford General Hospital, where she later died. The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, received a medical assessment at the scene. Meanwhile, the woman who died after being hit by a car on Saturday evening in Ashbourne, Co Meath, has been named locally. She was Theresa Morgan. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. In Donegal, the community of Lifford is in mourning for 82-year-old Bernie Cranley. Ms Cranley was the driver of a silver Toyota Vitz that was involved in a collision with a blue Suzuki Vitara over the weekend. The incident took place on the Mellon Road between Omagh and Newtownstewart near the Ulster American Folk Park at about 12.30pm on Saturday. The other driver, a woman in her 70s, was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment for serious injuries. PSNI inspector Cherith Adair, from the collision investigation unit, said: 'Our inquiries are ongoing into the circumstances of the collision, and we would like to hear from witnesses or anyone who may have captured dash-cam footage which could assist us.' There have been 65 fatalities in 62 collisions on Irish roads so far this year. The number has fallen from 63 fatalities in 68 collisions in the same period last year.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
The primary menu for June 17: Heavy on the state races and a first time for Petersburg
PETERSBURG – Now that the deadline has passed, we have a clear picture of who is running and where they are running in the June 17 party nomination primaries across our area. Because nomination races for lieutenant governor and attorney general are being contested, every single locality across our area will have an opportunity to vote. However, some of them also feature battles on a more local level, such as state delegates and constitutional officers. Around here, though, there appears to be only one contested primary for a constitutional officer, and that is in Petersburg. Incumbent Brittany Flowers and challenger Mary Howard are vying for the Democratic nomination for commissioner of the revenue. The rest of the constitutional office contests will be on the November ballot. Under legislation from the General Assembly that went into effect last year, candidates for council and constitutional offices – commissioner of the revenue, sheriff, commonwealth's attorney, treasurer and clerk of the Circuit Court – have the option of seeking a political party nomination for the office they seek. Last year, the only local candidate with party backing was Darrin Hill, Petersburg's vice mayor who received the Democratic nomination for his Ward 2 council seat. That does not stop anyone from running for local office. It just means they would do so as an independent candidate. VA Comicon: Social Butterfly snap-happy while cosplaying at pop-culture gathering At the statewide-office level, there will be Democratic and Republican primaries for lieutenant governor, and a Democratic primary for the state attorney general. For lieutenant governor, two state senators and a former Richmond mayor are among the six names on the Democratic primary ballot. They are state Sens. Ghazala Hashmi of Chesterfield and Aaron Rouse of Virginia Beach; former Richmond mayor Levar Stoney; northern Virginia attorneys Alex Bastiani and Victor Salgado; and Prince William County School Board member Babur Lateef. On the GOP side, the candidates are northern Virginia business consultant John Curran; Fairfax County supervisor Pat Herrity; and former Richmond radio personality John Reid. Incumbent Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is running for governor as a Republican against former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat. Both secured their parties' nominations after no one else qualified for the ballots. Petersburg Councilor Marlow Jones is running an independent bid for lieutenant governor and will not be in either primary. For attorney general, incumbent Republican Jason Miyares was unopposed in the party for a second term. His Democratic opponent will be either former Del. Jay Jones of Norfolk or Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor. Richmond 'Hands Off' rally: What the protestors said in protest of Trump Only one House of Delegates seat – the 75th that covers Hopewell, Prince George and portions of Chesterfield County – will feature a primary. Democrats Lindsey Dougherty, Stephen Miller-Pitts and Dustin Wade will square off for the right to face GOP incumbent Carrie Coyner. Dougherty and Miller-Pitts have run against Coyner in 2019 and 2023, respectively. The district is majority, but not overwhelmingly, Republican-leaning. Over the last three elections, Coyner has won with no more than 55% of the vote. Virginia Democrats have targeted Coyner as one of 12 'vulnerable' Republicans as they try to intensify their majority lead in the House, as well as the state Senate. One of the others deemed vulnerable is Del. Kim Taylor of Dinwiddie County, whose 82nd district stretches from eastern Dinwiddie through Petersburg and Prince George to Surry County. Taylor, running for a third term, will face Democrat Kimberly Pope Adams in a repeat of the expensive 2023 contest. That race came down to a court-mandated recount and was won by Taylor with a whisker-thin margin of 53 votes. Taylor and Pope Adams were both unopposed for their nominations. Other local House races on the general election ballot include Republican incumbent Mike Cherry of Colonial Heights defending against Democrat Jonas Eppert of Chester in the 74th House District covering Colonial Heights and part of Chesterfield; and Otto Wachsmann of Stoney Creek facing former Emporia Mayor Mary Person in the 83rd. The 83rd runs north-south from Dinwiddie County to the state line, and east west from Isle of Wight to Brunswick counties. Thousands march in Richmond to protest Trump, joining 'Hands Off' rallies nationwide Bill Atkinson (he/him/his) is an award-winning journalist who covers breaking news, government and politics. Reach him at batkinson@ or on X (formerly known as Twitter) at @BAtkinson_PI. This article originally appeared on The Progress-Index: Who will be on Tri-City area ballots for the June 17 primary
