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A SLIGO GARDA has been hailed as a hero after he jumped into the Garavogue river to rescue a man who’d jumped from a bridge in the middle of the town.
The incident happened yesterday afternoon when Garda Stephen Fahy was on patrol in his patrol car and spotted the unfolding incident.
A man, believed to be a foreign national, was seen jumping into the river at Hyde Bridge with a large number of people gathering to see what was happening. A number of those present recorded the incident on their mobile phones.
Garda Fahy then proceeded to swim out to the man with the help of local barman Adam McGoldrick.
Between them they managed to drag the man to the safety of a boat that was provided by another garda.
The man was then brought to Sligo University Hospital where he is recovering.
Speaking today following the incident, Garda Ray Wims of the local Garda Representative Association said that the actions of Gard Fahy are indicative of the kind of heroism gardaí engage in as part of their jobs.
“Every day of the week young guards like Garda Fahy, and other guards around the country and in Sligo, they go out and they do their job. This is the fourth or fifth rescue from the Garavogue river that guards have assisted with this year,” he told TheJournal.ie.
“Irrespective of what comes out or what controversy hits An Garda Síochána, you will have guards like this that will come in on a sunday afternoon like Garda Fahy and will go and jump into a river and swim out to rescue someone he doesn’t know.”
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European post to Ireland seems to go through the UK first, causing enormous delays. Why? Ireland is part of Europe, not Britain – why does it use their service.
Also – they need to work on raising awareness in Europe that the REPUBLIC of Ireland (‘le Sud’) is not part of the UK. I have to explain it every time I post a letter in France and Belgium. (‘We’re not the Royaume Uni – we don’t have a King!)
@Amanda Reid: Some mail goes through the UK, but that would be bagged and all they do us forward it. Parcels would be shipped differently.
The guts of six weeks to post from the North to Spain. Joke.
@Kevin Rooney: at least he/she received, I ordered a big commercial fridge in the mid of Sep last year, “it’s still on the way” the supplier told me
You’re not kidding, a birthday card from the UK posted on December 11th arrived yesterday.
@Danny Poyner: Has it a first or second class stamp on it or is it an international stamp.
This afternoon, BBC radio news are reporting that Royal Mail have suffered a cyberattack, and are advising UK users not to post any international mail items, so don’t expect any improvement soon.
My parcel from the US was handed over to An Post on Dec 21st at the latest. They informed me by letter that customs charges needed to be paid on Jan 6th, by which stage I had already paid them (on the 4th), having done the research myself and getting info from USPS, really shouldn’t have to be doing that work myself. As of 11th the package has still not been delivered. The last piece of tracking information is my customs payment on Jan 4th.
What on earth has this got to do with the Royal Mail, An Post are capable of providing terrible service all by themselves.
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