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GARDAÍ HAVE ARRESTED a man after they seized €500,000 worth of cocaine in Maynooth, Kildare, this afternoon.
Officers from the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau targeting serious criminal activity in the Dublin and Kildare regions stopped a vehicle at around 1.30pm this afternoon.
Cocaine, subject to analysis, was seized with an estimated street value of €500,000.
A garda spokesman said: “A 19-year-old man was arrested in connection with this investigation and is currently detained at Leixlip Garda Station under the provisions of Section 2- Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.”
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I suppose it’s difficult to know whether the state is correct or not in turning of the life support equipment. Obviously each case is different and you have to wonder if it is right to have the child in horrendous pain and suffering just so the family can live in hope. I really feel sorry for this poor family.
Doctor told me, you have six months to live, seven months later. Still breathing….
@Karl Doran: continued breathing to you Karl. People beat predictions all the time.
Heart breaking for mum and dad. I don’t know how I would cope.
I see his little face,and I want to cry.As a parent I can only imagine what his family are feeling.My instinct would tell me to fight with my life for him.But in the end what life will he have in the future.I hope for a miracle.I truly do.
What exactly is the issue in allowing the parents to transfer their child to the hospital in Rome?
State is becoming too involved in these types of decisions…
@Jimmy Ryan: The state is probably picking up the tab. Do you remember the manhunt for the family that ended up having to kidnap their child from a UK hospital to bring them to France I believe for proton therapy to try cure cancer. The hospital wouldnt let them, they were happy to leave the child die.
@Jimmy Ryan: The clinicians from Rome have agreed with Alder Hey’s prognosis and have not offered a treatment solution for Alfie. They have offered to take him to their hospital but agree there is nothing they can do to help or improve his condition. Looks like it will prolong his suffering.
Heartbreaking. In such a scenario there are no winners.
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