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Updated 5.32 pm
EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE called to the beach in Kilkee, Co Clare after a car rolled down to the bottom of the steps along the main strand.
An ambulance, a fire brigade unit and the Irish Coast Guard are all involved in the operation to remove the car.
The spot where the car ended up down the steps is directly below the main car park next to the beach and waterpark.
No one was injured in the incident with Coast Guard officials saying the car was unoccupied when it hit the rocks.
Dan Mooney Snr, an eyewitness to the incident, said that people were screaming to others to get out of the way of the runaway car.
“There’s a beautiful area surrounding the beach where there are steps where people picnic and sit around and go in,” he told TheJournal.ie.
So all the steps were pretty much occupied and then I heard a woman scream and I looked up and I see this car. It was in one of the parking slots, and it had got up onto the grass verge and rolled down.
“The drop to the first step is about five or six feet. So it dropped to the first step, and then the second, third, went over the fourth and then nose down onto some rocks on the beach. It was pretty spectacular now.”
It’s amazing that nobody was seriously injured I think one woman was getting attention, it could have been for shock, but people were screaming to get out of the way.
Another eyewitness told the Limerick Leader that two children jumped out of the car as it started moving.
“I was standing just yards from the car when I heard the engine revved up. I saw some kids jumping out the car as it took off,” the eyewitness said.
Mooney added that he did not see the children jumping out of the car but heard second-hand that they may have started the engine accidentally.
“I didn’t see it but shortly afterwards I heard second-hand that they were children of the owner of the car and he was putting something in the boot,” he said.
“It was truly amazing that there was nobody maimed or worse or killed.”
The incident happened at about 3pm when the area was filled with people at the beach.
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I’m on the Wage Subsidy scheme I don’t want it extended – it’s benefiting employers and penalising workers who will end up with a tax bill at the end of the year. Some employers are paying their staff extra to cover the impending tax bill but others are not.
Yes, I get the reasons for it to help employers stay in business but come on, do you think all of the companies availing of it are really in need of it or just jumping at the chance to get free labour?
@Fon_Ellard: : wow. That’s some grade A stupidity there!
Do you not know that if you were taxed at source you’d just have less in your back pocket now? You should calculate what total income for the year will be, find out how much you tax you should be paying monthly and then set this aside if you’re that worried. You’re not being penalised ffs!
I can’t believe this. You shouldn’t have a job based on your mindset!
@Joe: The economy is finished, the EU central bank has estimated that our GDP will contract between 7.5% to 8.00%
This makes the banking crisis look like pocket change. Tell me how we are going to pay back this funny money?
There is no such thing as free money, this government is preparing for the complete breakdown that’s coming, you should do the same, get your house in order
@Fon_Ellard: I’m not really disagreeing with you but one thing I can tell you for sure is workers on the wage subsidy scheme will not be hit with a tax bill later. The wss is paid after tax if you get me. There is no tax due on it. I’ve checked this with Revenue. So … that’s one less thing to worry about.
@Fon_Ellard: I’m not really disagreeing with you but one thing I can tell you for sure is workers on the wage subsidy scheme will not be hit with a tax bill later. The wage subsidy scheme is paid after tax if you get me. There is no tax due on it. I’ve checked this with Revenue. So … that’s one less thing to worry about.
First thing they did was give themselves a rise while we pickup the bill. Pigs at the trough
Promising however not addressing the elephant in the room which is the biggest hindrance to businesses operating is not solely finance but the restrictive measures/guidelines that prevents them from operating at full scale (rightly or wrongly).
@John Egan: they are reviewed and discussed every week….have you been missing the massive media reports on same?
@Canyon: are you mistaking reviewals to allowing businesses to open under the same regulations/conditions as businesses opened in previous phases? Or actual changes to the regulations. Because the only ‘massive media’ report was when they were debating on keeping 2m distancing or reducing to 1m….
Pigs will fly before fine geal implement these
@Richard Doherty: that’s the spirit! Glad you’re keeping an open mind.
Loans with 4.5%+ interest… In a negative yield market!?! Shocking.. No other word
@Nigel o’Neill: The State can borrow from the ECB at close to zero. If they issue loans to businesses at even 2%, it would surely lower their interest bills sign
Only in Ireland does SME stimulus come in the form of debt at about 500% markup on EU average interest rates. Small businesses need CASH, not debt or some nonsense about tax rebates in 18 months time. We’ll be dead and buried by then. RIP SME sector in Ireland.
What about property tax waiver?
Tax reductions for some businesses, but not all I hope. Our local grocery shops that stayed open had a massive boost to their business. Developers used the wage subsidy scheme to slash their labour costs, assuming they will sell their units this will only add to their massive profits and if they get tax reductions I doubt they will lower the house purchase prices to reflect this.. Not all businesses need a helping hand.
I miss Bertie… lol..
Just suppose our Government decided to waive the Tax on the Wage Subsidy for employees, imagine the spending spree that would create. They would get a big %age back indirectly and an awful lot of local businesses would benefit greatly.
Just a thought, definitely a far better option than awarding themselves monster salary increases.
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