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Updated, 10.39am
THE BODY OF a teenager has been pulled from the water off the Wexford coast, after a car crash that sent the vehicle into the sea.
Two other teens managed to swim to safety after the accident at Courtown Harbour.
The car in which the three young men were travelling hit a wall at the harbour at around 10.30 last night, then went into the water.
The Coast Guard and the Courtown RNLI crew launched a search for the 19-year-old victim. A short time later his body was recovered from inside the submerged car, and taken from the water. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
His body was taken to Waterford Regional Hospital, where a post mortem is due to be carried out.
The RNLI said they also carried out a thorough search of the harbour, but it was hampered by a large amount of debris in the water after two days of heavy rain washing into local rivers.
Gardaí have issued an appeal for any witnesses to the incident. Anyone with information should contact Gorey garda station on 053 943 0690.
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I bet the sale of black market fags are up by a similar amount.
€5 a pack is the current price apparently. God knows whats in them.
possibly, they would need to publish the figure on matches and lighters to show up the true picture
I got a hand written note in the door this morning. 200 cigarettes for 30 euro.
That’s just because I gave up.
Me also.
Me too
Gave up the filthy smokes 11 months ago after 15 years. never been more pleased with myself for sticking to it. hopefully sales keep going this way
I remember some years back an article in the Readers Digest that said that a particular brand of rolling tobacco had 20% of the UK market even though it was not even sold over the counter by the company that made it. It was all smuggled in and was costing the Exchequer a small fortune in lost duty and taxes.
Combination of increased black economy and less smokers I would think. If they put more duty on cigarettes at budget time, the black economy will be laughing.
Good news on the lung cancer front
You think so? I’d have thought people smoking unfiltered rollies or god knows what’s in them illegal imports would be more, rather than less, susceptible to lung cancer…
And that’s before we factor in the reduction of the subsidy that smokers pay towards everyone’s health service…
If everyone’s starts smoking again the economy would re bound in no time, massive revenues, fewer pensioners you know it makes sense. Mines a benson and hedges. One rule you can only buy cigarettes if you have private health insurance from a uk or German insurer.
Give me a pack of Goldflake or Players any day
The issue is pretty universal see:-
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0336.pdf
Tips ( no pun intended) for the Finance Dept.
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