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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Yahoo
Crypto Torture, Kidnapping Suspect's Bathrobe Came Undone During Arrest
The man suspected of kidnapping and torturing an Italian man over a crypto dispute suffered his own indignity when he was arrested -- his bathrobe came undone. Photographer and street vendor Ciaran Tully was minding his own business Friday when John Woeltz was removed from his fancy NYC apartment wearing only a robe. As he was escorted down the stairs, Tully says his robe came undone, so cops spared him the embarrassment and bundled him back up. Woeltz -- a 37-year-old man from Kentucky -- was arrested Friday in New York City after Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan -- a crypto trader worth millions -- had escaped from his apartment, flagged down a cop and told the harrowing story of being held captive for 2 weeks. Woeltz reportedly was trying to get Carturan's password to his crypto account and used brazen tactics to get his way. He was also allegedly tased while his feet were in water and threatened with an electric chainsaw. A woman was reportedly taken into custody as a possible accomplice, but the D.A. declined to file charges pending a further investigation. As for Woeltz, Tully says he's disgusted that the guy allegedly did this over money. As Tully said, if he could afford to rent the apartment for $40K a month, he didn't need money that badly to do what he's accused of doing.
Agriland
26-05-2025
- Business
- Agriland
Senator claims suppliers in Co. Cavan will have to ‘slash' prices for new Tesco store
A senator has told the Seanad that suppliers based in Co. Cavan will have to 'slash their prices' if they want to provide produce to the supermarket group Tesco, which is taking over the lease of a former SuperValu store in Virginia. Sinn Féin Senator Pauline Tully detailed in the Seanad that she been 'informed that all local suppliers have been told they must be prepared to give a 40% margin immediately on their goods' if they want to supply the new Tesco store. Senator Tully said: 'This is just going to hammer local suppliers. 'They were supplying SuperValu and, if they want to continue to supply Tesco, they have to slash their prices. They cannot afford to do that. 'They are already barely keeping their head above water. They have families to support, transport costs, production costs and so on. They are providing fresh meat, some of which is organically produced, and fresh fruit and vegetables'. Senator Tully told Agriland that some Co. Cavan suppliers have contacted her and are 'very angry' that this is the approach that Tesco has taken, The senator said she is also concerned about the impact this could have on local farmers and businesses. According to Senator Tully it is vitally important to protect the people that 'grow produce' and who work on and invest in the land and she wants to ensure that farm families and producers who are supplying to supermarket groups such as Tesco are protected. 'What we are seeing is a decline in the number of people who are providing that sort of food in this country because of this practice. 'It is time the government introduced a ban on below cost-selling. 'What is happening is devaluing the goods farmers work so hard to produce,' the senator added. She has called on the Seanad to raise the issue with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon. Tesco A spokesperson for Tesco confirmed to Agriland that it had 'recently acquired a long-established store in Virginia, County Cavan which will soon re-launch as our third Tesco store in the county'. The spokesperson added: 'We are currently in the process of refreshing and refitting the store under the Tesco brand. 'As the world's biggest retail buyer of Irish food and drink, we are proud to partner with over 500 local Irish suppliers nationwide who provide the best quality products for our customers. 'We have already initiated conversations with a range of existing local Cavan suppliers to explore new opportunities for them with Tesco, both in the Virginia store and more broadly across all our stores'. The spokesperson also stated that 'contracts and supply agreements are negotiated in a fair and transparent way'. They added: 'We are proud to have been named the retailer of choice for nine years running by the Irish supply base in the Advantage Survey, which is testament to the strong relationships we build with our supplier partners'.
ABC News
23-05-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Tully Sugar Mill celebrates 100 years of cane harvesting amid floods and cyclones
Determined not to let back-to-back disasters crush their celebration, Australia's wettest town is preparing for its 100th sugarcane harvest. A sour start to 2025 threatened to overshadow the sweet milestone for Tully in Far North Queensland after successive tropical lows brought months of flooding rain during the peak growing season. Despite a significant reduction in the size of the crop, the growers say they are hopeful there's another 100 years ahead for the Tully Sugar Mill. Over the past two weeks multiple events have been held to mark the occasion, including the development of a historical site and mural. Tully Sugar chief executive Andrew Yu said it was a special time for the town and the industry. "The theme of the celebration is called 'growing together for 100 years'. That's very true because without the community support, without the growers, there wouldn't be a mill." He said every time he heard the factory noise or saw the smoke coming out of the stack it made him excited. For canegrowers like Anthony Silvestro and Hardeep Singh this season is extra special. Even though both are expecting lower yields on their farms south of Tully due to the floods, their spirits remained high. "It's a good legacy what the mill has done for the district and the growers. It's been good to see that it's kept our community going," Mr Silvestro said. Cane growing is an industry used to overcoming extreme weather, like Tropical Cyclone Larry in 2006 and Tropical Cyclone Yasi in 2011. In 1925, Tully received more than 3,600 millimetres of rain. In 2025 it reached that figure in the first five months. That is just 100mm shy of the total for the same period in 1950, the wettest year on record, with 7,898mm. It is the reason the town's famous Golden Gumboot is 7.9 metres tall. Even so, Mr Singh feels confident there are good years to come. "I can see the mill going for 100 more years with the next generation and yeah, it's great to be a part of a good community," he said. Sugarcane has been grown in Tully since 1865, but it was not until November 1925 the town got its own mill. It quickly became successful — by 1927 it was the first Australia sugar mill to crush more than 200,000 tonnes in a season. By 1931 the Tully Co-Operative Sugar Million Association Limited was formed and local canegrowers bought the mill off the government. It remained a grower-owned co-operative until 1990 when it became a public company known as Tully Sugar Limited. In 2011 Chinese agribusiness company COFCO took over the mill which this year expects to crush at least 2.3 million tonnes of cane. The celebration is about more than looking back. For Danielle Skocaj, who joined the industry 20 years ago, it was also about the future. Now principal researcher for Sugar Research Australia (SRA), she said when she first started there were only two or three female extension officers employed by the company. "Whereas now you look at a lot of our advisory staff — not just in SRA but other industry organisations — its researchers, technicians [have] got to be at least 50-50, if not more a female than male ratio," she said. SRA Burdekin district manager Terry Grandshaw said both the people and the technology had come a long way since cutting cane by hand. "We've got to remember our fathers and grandfathers, they made real step change in the industry," he said. "I think it's really important to understand we went from hand harvesting to mechanical harvesting, to trash blanket, to green cane harvesting." Ms Skocaj is thrilled to see the mill continue to thrive today. "The mill is the centre of our town," she said. "It's a large industry, employs a lot of people, and to have withstood the last 100 years for all the different challenges is something definitely worth celebrating."
Irish Examiner
20-05-2025
- Irish Examiner
Oldest survivor of Tuam mother and baby home to purchase first home after fundraising appeal
The oldest survivor of the Tuam mother and baby home has begun the process of purchasing her first home from Galway County Council thanks to a successful fundraising appeal launched in her name. Chrissie Tully, from Loughrea, Co Galway, was incarcerated in the notorious religious-run home for unmarried mothers twice, first at 18 and again aged 23. She was told that her first child, a boy, had died at birth, while her second son, Patrick, was adopted without her consent. With concerns raised by survivor communities over baby trafficking to the US at the time, as well as the regular falsification of birth and death certs, Ms Tully fears her first son — Michael — may have been adopted to the US without her knowledge. She never got to see either his death cert or a grave. 'He's either alive with no clue about me and his brother, or he is buried in that hole in Tuam,' she told the Irish Examiner. 'I don't know. It hurts me very much. I don't know where he is, but I am living with that all my life. For years I could accept he died, then when the mass grave in Tuam was discovered, that haunted me. 'I can't sleep at night, is he dead or alive? I have this image of the children all stuck in a pipe in that awful place in Tuam and my son is with them'. Following an appeal in the Irish Examiner earlier this month, which was picked up by The New York Times, a GoFundMe campaign raised almost €72,000 to help Chrissie buy her council home where she has been a tenant for more than 20 years. Chrissie Tully 91 from Loughrea with her son Patrick Naughton. Picture: Hany Marzouk Now, the 94-year-old, who never married, has submitted her application to Galway County Council to begin the purchase of the house in Loughrea, which was valued at €50,000 last year. 'I still don't believe all that money is there,' she said. 'I never owned a thing in my life. I had very little. I will believe it when I see the final papers. 'I asked for help and strangers helped me. There are some good people in the world. 'My other son Patrick who lives in England came home for a few days to help. 'I keep thinking someone will come and take all that money back and this is not real'. Ms Tully was sent to the Tuam home by a local priest in Loughrea when she was just 18 years old in December 1949. She suffered extreme pain during labour and was rushed to Galway Central hospital by the nuns where her boy, who was a breech baby, was taken away by doctors immediately. Ms Tully never saw his face and never held him in her arms and when doctors returned, they said he had died. There is one record she received under Freedom of Information that states the little boy, who she named Michael, died at birth and the hospital record says, 'Return to Tuam'. 'Those three words have haunted me since I got the record a few years ago,' said Chrissie. 'I don't know if he was returned to Tuam or sent away, you can't believe anything you are told by the nuns'. Ms Tully now awaits the exhumation of the Tuam babies' site which begins next month along with other family members. She is believed to be the only surviving mother from the Tuam home. 'That's the second part to this horror story, there is the generosity of people helping me to leave my son my house if he is alive, and the dread of what is to come out of that pit in Tuam next month. 'But I do want people to know that I am so grateful for their support. I am so shocked I haven't been able to take it all in.' Read More Just over €65m paid out in mother and baby home redress scheme
South Wales Guardian
13-05-2025
- South Wales Guardian
Son of Tuam survivor ‘over the moon' to secure funds to buy mother's home
Patrick Naughton, 70, from Ealing, west London, was taken from his mother, Christina 'Chrissie' Tully, from the Tuam mother and baby home in Co Galway in 1954, just weeks after she gave birth to him aged 24. Mr Naughton, who moved to the UK with his adoptive parents aged 13, was reunited with Ms Tully, now 93, in 2013. In a bid to help his birth mother, whom he said 'never had anything in her life', Mr Naughton set up a fundraiser to help her buy her council home, which was valued at 50,000 euro (£42,000). Last week Ms Tully's story was picked up by the New York Times and since then their fundraiser has reached more than 71,000 euro (£59,000), hitting their target. 'Chrissie is stunned – the penny hasn't dropped yet,' Mr Naughton told the PA news agency. 'She never believed it would happen in her lifetime. 'I just can't thank everybody enough. It means the world and the earth to both of us. 'We had a wonderful woman in San Diego who was moved by our story and she donated 50,000 dollars (£37,000). I'm just over the moon.' Ms Tully, who had given birth to another boy in 1949, when she was 18, via Caesarean section, was told by doctors at the time that he had died. But she believes her son, whom she named Michael, is still alive. As many as 68,000 people went through the religious-run mother and baby homes. Women's babies were forcibly taken from them and adopted. Up to 9,000 children died in institutions across the country, in appalling conditions. Mr Naughton said he had set up the fundraiser to buy her home from Galway council in case Michael ever returned like he did. He said he and his mother have searched 'high and low' in recent years for records of her first child, but have been unable to find anything. He said Ms Tully received a record from a Freedom of Information request that said the baby had been 'returned to Tuam home' after he died. In 2014 it was revealed that hundreds of babies had been 'indecently buried' in a sewage tank at the Tuam mother and baby home. The research by local historian Catherine Corless found that 796 babies and young children had died and been 'indecently buried in a defunct sewage system' at the home between 1925 and 1961. Ms Tully, who said 'he could be in that pit in Tuam, but he could also have been adopted', said she wanted to keep her home for after she had died, in case he came looking for her, like Mr Naughton. After they hit their fundraising target Mr Naughton said: 'We will get a plaque and we will put it up over the door and call it 'Michael's home'.' Mr Naughton, who regularly travels to Ireland to visit his birth mother said: 'I am so happy because all of her life she's never had or owned anything. 'She worked in a priest's house for 13 years and then she worked in another home for 26 years simply because they were live-in jobs as she had nowhere to go. 'That's the icing on the cake is that she can spend the last few years of life knowing that she's an equal. 'Thanks isn't enough for the people that have done this. 'I just hope and pray to God Michael does come back.'
