Latest news with #O'Shea
Irish Independent
a day ago
- General
- Irish Independent
Cork carers will receive €2,000 next Thursday as part of the Carer's Support Grant
The annual Carer's Support Grant is available to all carers in Cork who provide full-time care to an older person or a person with a disability regardless of their means or social insurance contributions. This year's grant has increased to €2,000 from €1,850 in the last Budget. Fine Gael TD for Cork North West John Paul O'Shea said carers 'do some of the valuable work there is' and are a 'huge benefit to society.' 'This grant should assist carers to provide the best care possible, to reduce the risk of injury, to help family carers cope with the emotional and psychological aspects of their role,' he said. Cork carers who provide for two or more people will receive a grant in respect of each person being cared for in order to tackle the expense and challenges associated with caring for multiple people. 'If you are already in recipient of Carer's Allowance (full rate or half rate), Carer's Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance, there is no need to apply, you will automatically receive the grant. 'However, if you are not receiving any of this payment but are a full-time carer, you can still apply for the grant,' Mr O'Shea added.
RTÉ News
2 days ago
- Health
- RTÉ News
Cork first responders increase awareness of workplace safety
A group of voluntary first responders is spending the week running between towns and villages in west Cork, delivering talks and presentations on workplace safety in order to increase awareness about the risks of farm accidents. West Cork Rapid Response members have been providing critical emergency medical care at accident scenes in some of the most isolated parts of the country since it was established 17 years ago. It has 36 trained emergency care volunteers and, because they live in different communities in west Cork, they often arrive at accident scenes and begin treating casualties before ambulance personnel can get there. That makes a critical difference and, every year, West Cork Rapid Response volunteers are credited with saving the lives of around 25 people in west Cork. The talks and presentations are a novel way of educating as many as possible about the risks of farm accidents. Electrician and vintage car enthusiast Densie O'Shea, from Drimoleague, knows all about those risks now. Thirteen years ago, he fell from the bucket of a loadall while fitting a light to a farm shed. He fractured his femur, his hip and his wrist. He also ruptured his bowel and fractured his pelvis in six places. Today, he preaches about safety on the farm too. "I have seen people doing similar acts to what I did," Mr O'Shea said. "I was in a bucket [of the loadall] with no safety gear on and I have seen people doing it since. It shocks me to see them at it. It absolutely shocks me. They don't realise that one split second and the whole lot is over." Billy Barry, is farmer from Toormore near Schull. Two years ago, he was attacked by a cow that had just calved. He suffered 10 fractured ribs and fractured his pelvis, shoulder and collar bone. He ruptured his spleen and punctured his lung. Mr Barry is also a farm safety advocate and his message is a simple one. "You can't be careful enough - you can never be careful enough," he said. Dr Jason van der Velde, a consultant in emergency medicine, saved the lives of Mr Barry and Mr O'Shea. He's one of the West Cork Rapid Response volunteers trail running around West Cork this week, spreading the farm safety message on this week's Beara Way Challenge run. "Farming still remains the most dangerous occupation in Ireland," he said. "Over 55% of all workplace-related incidents are farming related. It is absolutely imperative that we get on top of an epidemic of trauma on farms." The Beara Way Challenge has been running over seven days.
Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Ernest Cantillon: 'An empty restaurant, built to have lots of people enjoying themselves. It was strange, haunting'
Electric on the South Mall, an art deco building, built in the 1930s by the O'Shea brothers who came back from Chicago after the 1929 crash. I bought it in 2009, and O'Shea Brothers renovated it for me. It had a lot of history – for me, an emotive place. I opened it as a bar and restaurant in 2010, I was 27, my biggest undertaking before or since. Quite quickly, it became a big business. We were open all hours – at its busiest, we had 60 employees. I lived nearby, on the Grand Parade. Effectively, I lived in Electric for 13 years – everything bar slept. I adored it. My father's office was two doors down, my grandfather was a GP next door – they used to live over the surgery. We have a phenomenal history with that part of town. My mother, brother, and sister were in and out multiple times a day. I met my wife, Sally, there in 2011. My family, Sally's family, ate there every Christmas Eve. So, Electric was more than a job, there was a big emotional connection. We were very busy, vibrant, heading into covid – we never really emerged out of covid. It was like turning around a ship – I couldn't re-ignite it, could never seem to catch up. So the 24-hour period: December 23, 2023. I didn't necessarily know that day it would be the last day. Our plan was to close from Christmas into January while I assessed what to do. I knew something dramatic would happen: it was no longer going to be Electric with me at the helm. It was the end of a chapter – I was no longer the best person to run that business, I was out of ideas. That last day was bittersweet. Bizarrely, it was a very nice day. By that time in December, most people are on holidays, everyone's in good form. That day every year, lots of people home for Christmas would call in. Hundreds worked there over the years – we took on lots of college students in the summer – so people back from Dublin, the UK, would call in. But it was a highly emotional day. There were staff who'd been there since it opened. We were a crew who enjoyed working together, and I was breaking that up. My life was so interconnected with it – routine-wise my default was to go to Electric. It would be strange not having that anymore. I was very proud of Electric, my name synonymous with it. It was scary, terrifying – someone would come the next day and the door would be closed. There was a feeling of having let down colleagues. There was also relief. I wasn't going to have to keep slogging on – it had been a hard slog since covid. My family came in for dinner, my three sons too – the last time we'd eat there as a family. Walking out, 9pm, Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side' playing, Sally and I stopped. In that moment, I knew I was walking out on a chapter that had dominated my life for 13 years. Even covid, while initially stressful, I knew the world couldn't fail. Whereas now, we were the only ones closing. On your own, it's a very public failure, particularly when your identity's tied up in it. I was on top of the practical side – I had good advisors, accountants. It was: What will I do with myself? I felt people's perceptions of me would change. There was a period when I was almost embarrassed, self-conscious, walking down the Mall. It was almost like the death of a friend, like losing a bit of yourself. It took a year to sell the building. An empty building takes lots of maintenance – I went in most days. Definitely not good for the soul. An empty restaurant, built to have lots of people enjoying themselves... It was strange, haunting. Supporters of the Cork City Hospital's Children's Club gathered at the Lough, Cork, to announce details of their upcoming fundraiser, "Lap the Lough," where a trail of coins will circle the Lough on June 2nd. Included are John Looney, Mick Finn, Ernest Cantillon, Pat Fitzgibbon, Emer O'Mahony and Eimear McCarthy. Picture Dan Linehan. The staff of Electric were so unbelievably understanding and supportive, all of them so concerned for me. Small acts of kindness meant a massive amount. People sending messages, saying they'd got engaged there, brought their parents when they'd got their first job, people with fond memories of summers they'd worked there, picking up glasses – those messages were hugely consoling. I'm disappointed Electric failed. Knowing I gave it my best shot – just all my ideas had run their course – makes it easier. And I'm still here – involved in other business projects, less encumbering, less stressful. There's a whole other part of you besides your job, your business. My life's happy, I have healthy children. I like what I do. Losing Electric is one of the biggest bad things to happen to me, which puts it in perspective – makes me realise how happy my life has been. Getting back up, dusting yourself off – I didn't know I had resilience. I discovered I've a bit of steel in me. If I'd known at the outset, 'I'll have 12 great years with Electric and on the 13th I'll fail', I'd say all day long: I'd do it again. It was worth it, I wouldn't change it. Ernest Cantillon is an organiser with the 'Lap The Lough' fundraiser in aid of Cork City Hospitals' Children's Club taking place this Bank Holiday Monday, June 2, 11am to 2pm. The fundraising event aims to create a full circle of Euro coins in a ring of hope to help bring sick children to Disneyland Paris. Donate here. Read More Bernard O'Shea: Five things Peppa Pig needs to know about having three siblings in the family
The Advertiser
26-05-2025
- General
- The Advertiser
'Touch and go': firies in daring rescue with makeshift raft, dogs and darkness
A Fire and Rescue NSW crew has pulled off an amazing rescue near Kempsey during the NSW mid-north coast floods. The crew rescued two people and their working dogs from a flooded, isolated farm near Kempsey, on the Mid North Coast. Strike Team Charlie was sent to help the residents, who were stranded for three days on the property near old Burgess Creek, about 10 kilometres from Kempsey. The crew included leading firefighter Scott O'Shea, senior firefighter Gavin Smith, along with firefighters Michael Murphy and Patrick Burrows. A triangulation navigation app was used to identify the farmstead after local landmarks were flooded. The crew paddled in a rescue boat to reach the man (Troy) aged in his 60s, and a 32-year-old woman. Upon arrival, senior firefighter Smith said there was not a "dry bit of land anywhere" and two dogs were "on top of the roof of a kennel". The man (Troy) didn't want to leave his six working dogs behind, so the crew used a makeshift raft created by a bamboo fence to help in the rescue mission. They used firefighting cords to create leads for the dogs and tied the raft to their inflatable flood boat. With the man also on the raft to calm his dogs, they began the trek back. However, they had to improvise again after leading firefighter O'Shea said the raft became "an anchor with the extra weight". As a surfer, leading firefighter O'Shea has experience with stand-up paddle boards, so he volunteered to paddle it. Facing a two-kilometre paddle at night, the firefighters identified their next challenge; finding their way back in pitch black conditions. Their team leader, back at the temporary base of operations, radioed another fire crew from Wauchope, trained to use a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) or drone, to assist. The drone was flown to meet the in-water crew and their passengers. Its in-built spotlight was activated to guide the paddlers through the flooded bush to the safety point. "It just made it a whole lot safer, and we knew once that drone was in the sky that everything was gonna be ok," leading firefighter O'Shea said. "It was touch and go there for a while." The return journey to safety took around two hours, while the journey to the couple and their dogs took around 30 minutes. The couple was then transported to Kempsey Hospital in another fire truck for treatment. Strike Team Charlie Leader, Inspector Gaven Muller, said the resilience and resourcefulness of the firefighters was outstanding. "I'm so proud of this team and the way it cared for those trapped people and their animals," Inspector Muller said. "Speaking over the radio, I told them, 'the drone is up, I've got you in my sights, just follow the light'. "They said it was like a beacon and they knew they were heading in the right direction. "Before long, they had reached safety and we managed to get the pair to the hospital." The man suffered mild hypothermia and the dogs were taken to Kempsey Showground. A Fire and Rescue NSW crew has pulled off an amazing rescue near Kempsey during the NSW mid-north coast floods. The crew rescued two people and their working dogs from a flooded, isolated farm near Kempsey, on the Mid North Coast. Strike Team Charlie was sent to help the residents, who were stranded for three days on the property near old Burgess Creek, about 10 kilometres from Kempsey. The crew included leading firefighter Scott O'Shea, senior firefighter Gavin Smith, along with firefighters Michael Murphy and Patrick Burrows. A triangulation navigation app was used to identify the farmstead after local landmarks were flooded. The crew paddled in a rescue boat to reach the man (Troy) aged in his 60s, and a 32-year-old woman. Upon arrival, senior firefighter Smith said there was not a "dry bit of land anywhere" and two dogs were "on top of the roof of a kennel". The man (Troy) didn't want to leave his six working dogs behind, so the crew used a makeshift raft created by a bamboo fence to help in the rescue mission. They used firefighting cords to create leads for the dogs and tied the raft to their inflatable flood boat. With the man also on the raft to calm his dogs, they began the trek back. However, they had to improvise again after leading firefighter O'Shea said the raft became "an anchor with the extra weight". As a surfer, leading firefighter O'Shea has experience with stand-up paddle boards, so he volunteered to paddle it. Facing a two-kilometre paddle at night, the firefighters identified their next challenge; finding their way back in pitch black conditions. Their team leader, back at the temporary base of operations, radioed another fire crew from Wauchope, trained to use a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) or drone, to assist. The drone was flown to meet the in-water crew and their passengers. Its in-built spotlight was activated to guide the paddlers through the flooded bush to the safety point. "It just made it a whole lot safer, and we knew once that drone was in the sky that everything was gonna be ok," leading firefighter O'Shea said. "It was touch and go there for a while." The return journey to safety took around two hours, while the journey to the couple and their dogs took around 30 minutes. The couple was then transported to Kempsey Hospital in another fire truck for treatment. Strike Team Charlie Leader, Inspector Gaven Muller, said the resilience and resourcefulness of the firefighters was outstanding. "I'm so proud of this team and the way it cared for those trapped people and their animals," Inspector Muller said. "Speaking over the radio, I told them, 'the drone is up, I've got you in my sights, just follow the light'. "They said it was like a beacon and they knew they were heading in the right direction. "Before long, they had reached safety and we managed to get the pair to the hospital." The man suffered mild hypothermia and the dogs were taken to Kempsey Showground. A Fire and Rescue NSW crew has pulled off an amazing rescue near Kempsey during the NSW mid-north coast floods. The crew rescued two people and their working dogs from a flooded, isolated farm near Kempsey, on the Mid North Coast. Strike Team Charlie was sent to help the residents, who were stranded for three days on the property near old Burgess Creek, about 10 kilometres from Kempsey. The crew included leading firefighter Scott O'Shea, senior firefighter Gavin Smith, along with firefighters Michael Murphy and Patrick Burrows. A triangulation navigation app was used to identify the farmstead after local landmarks were flooded. The crew paddled in a rescue boat to reach the man (Troy) aged in his 60s, and a 32-year-old woman. Upon arrival, senior firefighter Smith said there was not a "dry bit of land anywhere" and two dogs were "on top of the roof of a kennel". The man (Troy) didn't want to leave his six working dogs behind, so the crew used a makeshift raft created by a bamboo fence to help in the rescue mission. They used firefighting cords to create leads for the dogs and tied the raft to their inflatable flood boat. With the man also on the raft to calm his dogs, they began the trek back. However, they had to improvise again after leading firefighter O'Shea said the raft became "an anchor with the extra weight". As a surfer, leading firefighter O'Shea has experience with stand-up paddle boards, so he volunteered to paddle it. Facing a two-kilometre paddle at night, the firefighters identified their next challenge; finding their way back in pitch black conditions. Their team leader, back at the temporary base of operations, radioed another fire crew from Wauchope, trained to use a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) or drone, to assist. The drone was flown to meet the in-water crew and their passengers. Its in-built spotlight was activated to guide the paddlers through the flooded bush to the safety point. "It just made it a whole lot safer, and we knew once that drone was in the sky that everything was gonna be ok," leading firefighter O'Shea said. "It was touch and go there for a while." The return journey to safety took around two hours, while the journey to the couple and their dogs took around 30 minutes. The couple was then transported to Kempsey Hospital in another fire truck for treatment. Strike Team Charlie Leader, Inspector Gaven Muller, said the resilience and resourcefulness of the firefighters was outstanding. "I'm so proud of this team and the way it cared for those trapped people and their animals," Inspector Muller said. "Speaking over the radio, I told them, 'the drone is up, I've got you in my sights, just follow the light'. "They said it was like a beacon and they knew they were heading in the right direction. "Before long, they had reached safety and we managed to get the pair to the hospital." The man suffered mild hypothermia and the dogs were taken to Kempsey Showground. A Fire and Rescue NSW crew has pulled off an amazing rescue near Kempsey during the NSW mid-north coast floods. The crew rescued two people and their working dogs from a flooded, isolated farm near Kempsey, on the Mid North Coast. Strike Team Charlie was sent to help the residents, who were stranded for three days on the property near old Burgess Creek, about 10 kilometres from Kempsey. The crew included leading firefighter Scott O'Shea, senior firefighter Gavin Smith, along with firefighters Michael Murphy and Patrick Burrows. A triangulation navigation app was used to identify the farmstead after local landmarks were flooded. The crew paddled in a rescue boat to reach the man (Troy) aged in his 60s, and a 32-year-old woman. Upon arrival, senior firefighter Smith said there was not a "dry bit of land anywhere" and two dogs were "on top of the roof of a kennel". The man (Troy) didn't want to leave his six working dogs behind, so the crew used a makeshift raft created by a bamboo fence to help in the rescue mission. They used firefighting cords to create leads for the dogs and tied the raft to their inflatable flood boat. With the man also on the raft to calm his dogs, they began the trek back. However, they had to improvise again after leading firefighter O'Shea said the raft became "an anchor with the extra weight". As a surfer, leading firefighter O'Shea has experience with stand-up paddle boards, so he volunteered to paddle it. Facing a two-kilometre paddle at night, the firefighters identified their next challenge; finding their way back in pitch black conditions. Their team leader, back at the temporary base of operations, radioed another fire crew from Wauchope, trained to use a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) or drone, to assist. The drone was flown to meet the in-water crew and their passengers. Its in-built spotlight was activated to guide the paddlers through the flooded bush to the safety point. "It just made it a whole lot safer, and we knew once that drone was in the sky that everything was gonna be ok," leading firefighter O'Shea said. "It was touch and go there for a while." The return journey to safety took around two hours, while the journey to the couple and their dogs took around 30 minutes. The couple was then transported to Kempsey Hospital in another fire truck for treatment. Strike Team Charlie Leader, Inspector Gaven Muller, said the resilience and resourcefulness of the firefighters was outstanding. "I'm so proud of this team and the way it cared for those trapped people and their animals," Inspector Muller said. "Speaking over the radio, I told them, 'the drone is up, I've got you in my sights, just follow the light'. "They said it was like a beacon and they knew they were heading in the right direction. "Before long, they had reached safety and we managed to get the pair to the hospital." The man suffered mild hypothermia and the dogs were taken to Kempsey Showground.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Player of the season - what fans are saying so far
We asked you to pick your player of the season after our Ipswich fan contributor narrowed it down to Liam Delap, Dara O'Shea, Omari Hutchinson and Jens Cajuste. Here are some of your comments on your selection, as well as some more names thrown into the ring: James: While Liam Delap is the obvious choice - and would be a worthy winner - my vote goes to O'Shea for his consistency of performances across a difficult defensive campaign for Town. I can't recall a poor display from O'Shea, who is your typical '7 out of 10' performer. He isn't afraid to put his head in where it hurts and has led by example, also improving the performances of those around him. I hope we manage to hold on to O'Shea for the 2025-26 Championship season and build our defence around him in our bid for an immediate return. Mathew: Been a tough season but Delap has been by far and away our best player. Hope he will stay but can't blame him if he chooses to go elsewhere. Defo future senior England striker! Rob: Cam Burgess has been player of the year, for me. Cost about £500K and every time we go up a level he steps up as well. Never outmuscled and surprisingly good with positioning and pace. Significantly better consistency than some of the more costly recruits. James: Cajuste. Some loan players come and go with little impact or buy-in, but he has taken to it easily. Alex Palmer also has done well and I wonder if he had been at the club from the start how the season would have panned out. Russell: Why didn't Julio Enciso get mentioned in player of the season shortlist? He was one of the most outstanding players this season. Don't forget to make your selection here
