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EQUALITY ACTIVIST AND entertainer Rory O’Neill, aka Panti Bliss, has been honoured at this year’s Rehab People of the Year Awards, along with two Garda whistleblowers.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the annual ceremony was presented by Gráinne Seoige and broadcast live on RTÉ One television from Dublin’s Citywest Hotel this evening.
The other winners included:
O’Neill, who performs as drag artist Panti won the award for, according to judges “his courage and defiance in fighting for freedom of expression and breaking down barriers to equality”. British actor, campaigner and broadcaster Stephen Fry – who had previously praised Panti’s Noble Call speech at the Abbey about oppression – flew in to give over the award:
Maurice McCabe and John Wilson were awarded for “their bravery in speaking out to ensure the law was upheld and that the public receive the police service that it requires”.
“McCabe and Wilson’s desire to tell the truth was met with resistance on many levels and on many occasions, yet they pursued the issues with integrity and bravery, ultimately leading to increased scrutiny of practices within public bodies, as well as a full review of Ireland’s police force.”
Aged just 17, Owen Condon is the recipient of this year’s Everyday Hero award after he courageously saved the life of Gerry O’Connell.
Owen was washing cars at the local petrol station on a Saturday morning when Gerry suffered a massive heart attack while stopping to buy petrol. Owen, along with the help of another customer, performed life-saving CPR on Gerry for seven minutes while they waited for an ambulance. Gerry went on to have a quadruple bypass that night and made a full recovery.
Owen’s bravery was all the more remarkable for the fact that he had tried to save a young friend who got into difficulties swimming a few months earlier. Owen performed CPR on his friend but sadly, his pal died.
“To think he went through that trauma, and still did what he did for me,” said Mr O’Connell last night.
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My dishwasher is ok, needs an odd roar at her now and again but I dont think she would set fire to anything :-)
Keep roaring at her, and she might ;-)
Yeah, probably you David.
Now now Brendan I hope you arent having mental images of me in one of them aprons that looks like in a semi naked woman :-D
Well I wasn’t….
It can cook the dinner and wash the plates at the same time.. Nice one
Nice, something that has water running through it can catch fire
When it’s drying the dishes there’s no water running through it.
Yeah I do know that. Unfortunately my dishwasher has forgotten how to do that little task
My dishwasher likes to give out to me for not putting my socks in the wash basket and also likes watching soaps when there is champions league football on.
No fear of my Dishwasher going on fire !!
Marshmallow.
no, there’s a chance she might overheat though! :)
She hasnt overheated since the wedding night Martina…
well Marshmallow! your doing something wrong then! you might need to fiddle around with some of the dials and make sure your pressing the start button correctly!! ;)
HOTPOINT …..what a name !
Cheers for concern but my dishwasher is just fine! it has a tap, a sink and I don’t overheat too much. :)
I had a Hotpoint DWF30 dishwasher a few years ago that went on fire. Thankfully I was there at the time. I noticed the flames inside the panel first, but in the short time it took to pull it out the flames had melted the top away. Guarantee you I wasn’t the only person with this particular model that went on fire. Last resort for these companies is a product recall.
The DWF30 has been identified in UK forums as also having this problem – same dodgy printed circuit board fro Bosch.
This was highlighted on the consumer show two weeks ago!
Showed the results of dishwasher fire in a woman’s kitchen, catastrophic!
That was BOSCH not hotpoint.
BOSCH made dishwashers for Indesit, Hotpoint etc. Also it seems (don’t know for sure) that Hotpoint may have made machines in their own factory in UK but likely used components and the printed circuit board under suspicion from BOSCH.
I didn’t specify manufacturer, the results of a fire from any dishwasher would be the same!
Not a nice thing to come home too, if your house has been ruined by an electrical appliance catching fire!
This information has been given out because of the programme, until it was highlighted the manufactures were not going to issue either a warning notice in the country!
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