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Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Brace from Amond helps dominant Waterford to win over Galway United
SSE Airtricity Premier Division: Galway Utd 2 (Walsh 59', McGuinness 74') Waterford 4 (Noonan 31', Amond 47', 77' (P), Leahy 72') On a night of consequence at the bottom of the table, Waterford asserted their dominance. After beating Cork in the RSC, they dispatched Galway United on their own turf, putting four past a once mean defence. The critical blow came after the restart. A routine ball over the top caused paralysis in the United defence. Pádraig Amond glided through and finished with coolness and class. In the past, United dictated the terms against Waterford and impose their physicality. This time, Waterford went on the front foot, encouraging Conan Noonan, Amond and Tommy Lonergan forward at every chance. The interplay of the three allowed for Noonan to fashion some space and drill home from the edge of the box in the 30th minute. Their positivity yielded other big chances in the first. Waterford were quick and crafty on the break. Amond was played clean through at one point, but Evan Watts saved brightly. The 'keeper had earlier spilled a cross, but the Blues couldn't convert. There was some drama at the Clubhouse End too as United got to grips with the game. Stephen McMullan scrambled to save an Aaron Bolger lob. There was a decent penalty shout too waved away. The 'keeper saved a Rob Slevin header comfortably too. A couple of substitutions at half-time indicated that all wasn't well on the home front. David Hurley and Dara McGuinness made some impact, but it was veteran striker Stephen Walsh who hauled them back into the contest. There was then a flurry of goals, three in six minutes. Bolger turned one into his own net after a Noonan cross. Debutant McGuiness pulled one back at the other end. The decisive intervention came when Alan Patchell gave a debatable penalty to the visitors. Amond scored to restore order. It was little more than his side deserved and sufficient for them to see it out.
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Automotive
- News.com.au
‘Look up': Elon Musk responds to Aussie's foul-mouthed power rant
An Australian miner's expletive-laden rant about the future of coal-burning has caught the attention of Elon Musk, who had a one-line response to the man's declaration our country will be 'f***ed' without it. Travis Ricciardo, the co-host of mining podcast Money of Mine, shared footage of an Epiroc interview with Gerry Noonan, who founded engineering and constructing contracting business Geotech in 1972 and is currently technical manager at Mining Equipment Safety (ME Safety). 'What does the future look like regarding electrification and battery(-operated) electric vehicles in your mining operations?' Mr Noonan was asked. 'Well, we have coal, because we have the biggest coal deposits in the world, but we're not allowed to burn the f***ing stuff, so the world's rooted, really,' he responded – before really letting loose. 'It's alright to be idealistic, but you have to be realistic. And until the lights go out, the idiots that want to be green on everything and not do mining and not do coal, not do anything, they're going to have to go back and use candles and live in tents.' Addressing his interviewer, Mr Noonan continued, 'You might f***ing laugh, but it's true.' 'You understand what I'm talking about – I'm not talking bullsh*t. I'm talking reality. If we don't get realistic, we're f***ed. It's as simple as that,' he said. 'We're not allowed to use uranium, we've got the biggest uranium deposits in the world in Australia and we're not allowed to mine the f***ing stuff. So, it's all f***ed. When half these c***s die, the world will be a better place, and those of us that survive will get going again. 'My next-door neighbour, I was talking to him, he's a lawyer, so he's not an idiot – well, he is a f***wit but that's, but that's another problem – he said, 'Oh that's alright, you just put (electric-vehicle charging) plugs along the highways'. 'And I said, 'But if you haven't got a f***ing source from a power station, plugs on the highways aren't going to do f***, jacksh*t', right? 'The people don't understand, they think the electricity comes out of f***ing space. But if you haven't got a charging system, which is a steam, coal-burning power station, how the f*** can you change your batteries? … A lot of the c***s don't (understand), and that's the problem with the world.' The video was shared by lawyer and failed Liberal candidate Katherine Deves, who wrote: 'What he said. 10 f**ks. 2 c**nts. 1 f**kwit. 1 BS. 1 r00ted. 'People don't understand, they think the electricity comes from out of f**king space.'' Mr Musk – whose company Tesla is inarguably the most prolific electric vehicle manufacturer in the world, and who has long declared that solar power 'is so obviously the future for anyone can do elementary math' – then replied to Ms Deves' post. 'If he looks up, he will see something called 'The Sun',' he remarked. To which Money of Mine's Mr Ricciardo responded: 'Coal is ancient solar power, compressed over millions of years. A natural wonder that affords reliable energy when the sun goes down.' He then described Mr Musk as 'not an idiot, but he is a f***wit'. Clean Energy Regulator (CER) data provided to The Guardian this week revealed there had been an 'off the charts' surge in home battery installations since the Albanese government's $2.3 billion Cheaper Home Batteries program opened for connections on July 1. At least 1000 batteries were being installed each day around the nation, CER said, totalling more than 11,500 in the past 24 days. 'It underlines just how hungry households are for solutions that can help them manage their energy costs,' Energy Efficiency Council chief executive Luke Menzel said. Mr Menzel also pointed to Australia being a world leader in the adoption of rooftop solar panels (of which there is now upwards of four million installed on homes nationwide). 'The early interest in home batteries echoes the early ramp up in solar,' he said. 'This is a sign that with the right support the suburbs will step up again to invest in the efficient, electric technologies that will help them drive down their bills.'
Irish Daily Mirror
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Easy win for Rovers as they begin FAI Cup campaign with a stroll
With 65 minutes on the clock, Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley turned to his bench and changed half his outfield players. Five substitutions at once isn't something you see too often in competitive games. But with First Division Wexford making life difficult for Bradley's Premier Division table-toppers, he obviously felt the need to shake things up. It wasn't long before two of those changes, Graham Burke and Danny Mandroiu, combined to finally put the game beyond their visitors. A third, Rory Gaffney, embellished the scoreline with a late strike, while Mandroiu also got on the scoresheet in the 90th minute. From former Ireland striker Stephen Elliott's point of view, his stomach must have sunk when he saw Rovers' five substitutes assembling on the touchline. Burke, Mandroiu ,Gaffney, Dylan Watts and Matt Healy would make some five-a-side team. Forget a goalkeeper, you wouldn't need one with their ability to keep the ball. Elliott's players had done so well to frustrate the Hoops, while they didn't look too shabby going forward either. Aji Oluwabiyi left Rovers for Wexford earlier this month and he was a livewire on the left. Eager to show his old employers what they were missing, he wasn't far off a goal nine minutes into the second-half, wh en he cut inside from the left, onto his right foot, and curled the ball inches wide of the far post. At this stage, Rovers were ahead through Victor Ozhianvuna's eighth minute goal. He hooked a classy volley into the roof of Paul Martin's net from 12 yards, connecting sweetly with Darragh Nugent's right-wing delivery. Conceding so early, you feared for Wexford, but they held firm and displayed plenty of attacking ambition of their own. Oluwabiyi's pace caused plenty of problems and he forced Lee Grace into a block in the 25th minute. Bradley handed a first start to recent signing from Dungannon Swifts, John McGovern, and he was just a foot wide of the upright with a header from an Ozhianvuna centre. McGovern linked up well with 16-year-old Michael Noonan, who should have added a couple of goals to his tally so far this season. However, Martin in the Wexford goal was in great form and he thwarted a number of Rovers attacks. He saved from Noonan in the 27th minute, and raced from his line to deny Jack Byrne from a tight angle shortly before half-time. Then twice early in the second-half he got the better of Rovers' brilliant teenage striker; advancing to parry Noonan's drive after a McGovern through-pass, and then, moments later, getting his hands to the ball when Noonan attempted to go around him. If your mega-talented starting-11 can't seal the deal, and you can bring so many outstanding players off the bench, why not throw five pairs of fresh legs onto the pitch? Gaffney was the first of the quintet to test Martin. He thought he'd done enough when he got his head to Nugent's cross at the back-post, but Martin somehow kept it out. It was a sore one for the goalkeeper, as he collided with his post in making the save. He played on after receiving treatment, but could do little to stop Rovers' subs from going goal-crazy in the closing stages. With 75 minutes on the clock, Burke played the ball to Mandroiu, who sent Nugent galloping down the left. His pull-back was controlled by Burke, who finished from 12 yards. Gaffney made it three in the 83rd minute when he hooked home a Grace header from close range. Sub Watts was involved in that one, as it was his corner that found the former Wexford defender's head. And when Gaffney laid the ball off to Mandroiu in the 90th minute, he made no mistake with his finish.
RTÉ News
15-07-2025
- Health
- RTÉ News
Calls for Blood Bikes to be given access to bus lanes
Blood Bike volunteers are calling for the ability to use bus lanes and be exempted from road tolls under a new bill that will be debated in the Dáil. Blood Bikes assist the health service by transporting essential goods for patients, often while the patient is in the operating theatre. Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh tabled an amendment to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill that would extend exemptions from road tolls and the right to use bus lanes, which currently apply to ambulances, to also cover Blood Bike services. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Blood Bike volunteer, Michael Noonan, said that the current legislation slows down their work. "As it stands, gardaí have increased their high-profile policing, and they've doubled their fines in the last year on the use of bus lanes," he said. "While our vehicles are marked, and gardaí are quite good with us in that regard, we use vehicles for palliative care which are unmarked and that just creates delays and complications." Mr Noonan said Blood Bikes transport medication, scans and medical equipment. "An ambulance will transfer a patient, anything to do with that patient could be transferred by a bike. "It could be their scans, it could be their medication, it could be any form of critical information required, it could be medical equipment," he added. "We often move stuff where people could be in theatre, and they discover that they're short something and may be required to be got from another hospital." Mr Noonan described the work of Blood Bike volunteers as an "insurance policy for the HSE". "When a critical call comes in, we can react instantly to their calls and get what they want, and what we do is actually quite incredible and unknown." The Department of Transport said that it does not support the request for blood bikes to be given permission to use bus lanes. In a statement, the Department claimed that any addition to the categories of vehicles permitted to use the lanes would inevitably reduce their efficiency for performing their original purpose. However, Mr Noonan said that there are only six Blood Bike volunteers on duty a day in Dublin and argued that allowing for them to use bus lanes would "have no effect at all". "There are six vehicles moving around that could lose their license within half an hour, so the bottom line is very simple: the level of vehicles that are required is minimal," he said. Mr Noonan added: "300,000 a day go across the M50, so from that point of view, it would have no effect whatsoever; the bike doesn't hold up traffic in a bus lane, they're quite discrete."
Sydney Morning Herald
15-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- Sydney Morning Herald
How a tiny workers' cottage in Petrie Terrace became a luxe five-bedroom award-winner
Architect Andrew Noonan and his family of five live in a renovated 1880s workers' cottage on a steep street backing onto Suncorp Stadium. They have five bedrooms and three bathrooms in a house occupying just 196 square metres on a 240-square-metre block. If that sounds like a tight squeeze, consider what came before. 'I was painting the hallway and the front door was open, and someone pulled up out the front and was staring,' Noonan recalled. 'He said, 'I used to live here when I was young.' His parents bought it in the 1930s, and there were 12 of them living in 75 square metres.' The '39S House' is one of 10 architect-designed residences across the city opening their doors to the public this weekend for Brisbane Open House 2025. Noonan approached its renovation with the aim of demonstrating that sustainable high-density living can be a beautiful thing. 'Most 400-square-metre blocks, it's all grass and not doing anything except giving you a chore like mowing the lawn,' he said.
