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A THREE-YEAR old girl has died after sustaining fatal injuries in a crash on the M20 near Patrickswell, Co Limerick.
The girl’s twin brother who was also travelling in the car, was taken by ambulance from the scene to University Hospital Limerick, where his condition is believed to be stable.
The boy is said to have sustained “minor head and facial injuries”.
The twins’ mother who was driving the car is understood to have swerved to avoid another vehicle, travelling in the opposite direction of the motorway, after it had mounted the road’s central reservation barriers.
This car ended up crashing into the steel pole barriers separating the northbound and southbound lanes of the motorway.
The car carrying the two children and their parents “went into a barrel role” according to sources at the scene before coming to a rest on its roof.
Emergency first responders performed CPR on the toddler in their best efforts to save her, however she was pronounced dead at UHL tonight.
The deceased girl’s parent and brother are being treated in hospital for minor injuries and shock.
Three occupants of the other car are also being treated at UHL.
It’s believed the car that crashed onto the central reservation steel pole barriers had severed to avoid a third car.
No one else was seriously injured in the incident.
The collision occurred around 5pm.
Both the northbound and southbound lanes of the motorway are closed between the Adare and Patrickswell interchanges.
Diversions are in place which is causing severe traffic tailbacks.
Gardai have closed the section of the motorway where the crash occurred, for a technical examination of the scene by officers from the Garda collision Investigation unit.
Gardaí are appealing for witnesses. Anyone with information is asked to contact Roxoboro Road Station on 061-214340 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
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I think this is Ireland’s first photograph I’m open to corrections though
http://www.irishhistorylinks.net/pages/OldDublin/HardwickStreet_1848.jpg
Sorry it’s 1848
We are publishing a book in the coming weeks and has a picture of Ireland from 1843, the earliest we believe to be late 1830′.
Any evidence?
Or this one from 1860 of O’Connell St again I think the long exposure gives the impression of no people / horses etc
Thanks for posting those Robert, fascinating photos.
Fantastic pictures Robert!
What about the two men sitting at a table on the right??
How do you know they are men? Women didn’t have much rights back then but they were allowed sit at tables.
I imagine them sitting at a table playing cards or dominoes, this would’ve been a predominantly male pastime. Then again there’s no mention of these people so it’s likely my eyes are playing tricks on me!
Where what pic ?
Very well spotted Fiona!!
How about some of the very first colour photos from the Albert Kahn Collection. http://www.albertkahn.co.uk/photos/Europe/Ireland_1.jpg
They did a collectors edition book called the wonderful world of Albert Kahn, it has a whole bunch of photos from all over the world, amazing to see the cultures preserved in it. The time period is just before the world wars and the collection of photos is worth checking out.
How about the first ever photograph: View from the Window at Le Gras, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, ca. 1826
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/windows/southeast/joseph_nicephore_niepce.html
So apparently, there was a massive jump in quality from inception in 1826 to 1860 and then no discernible improvements until the introduction of colour in the 1960s-1970s.
Incorrect … The exposure & development processes dramatically changed and speeded up…
I was on about the end product more than the process.
I hate the way that the Americans have hijacked this term but this is AWESOME dude
This was taken just six years after the events depicted in Hugo’s Les Miserables.
Very interesting photos thanks for posting. I follow Historical Pics on Twitter which is usually very good as well.
Thanks for the tip Simon
Just followed it and looked at the all their photos very interesting !
So the first ever photo of people came 12 years after the first ever photo?
What did everyone do in the pub for those 12 years, if they weren’t Instagramming the shite out of each other’s cocktails/food or takin selfies every 3 mins?
And to think photography has come so far that we now filter pictures of our dinner….
This was shown on QI ages ago….
So?
This photograph has been known for a very long time. It is written about in ‘The Photograph’ by Graham Clarke, published in 1997. And I’m sure I have seen it in earlier texts.
So it seems this isn’t really news. Or perhaps the news is that someone has tweeted about an old, famous, photograph.
Save the Bah Humbug for Christmas , Neil. It isn’t even Halloween yet, mate.
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