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THE WINNER OF RTÉ’s Super Garden competition has died, just days after winning the national gardening competition.
John Dooley of Woodlands, Castledermot, Co Kildare died on Wednesday, 5 June.
He will be missed by his wife Liz, brothers, sisters, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and a large circle of friends.
He had won the top prize last week and displayed his winning garden at the Bloom festival in Dublin over the weekend.
John’s funeral will take place at noon on Saturday, 8 June at The Church of The Assumption in Castledermot, followed by burial in Coltstown Cemetery.
The family asked that any donations be made to the Irish Heart Foundation.
He grew his own vegetables, and even an orchard. John told RTÉ that gardening was like therapy for him.
His wife Liz applied for Super Garden on his behalf without his knowledge.
On the show, he designed a garden for Daija and her daughters, Amanda and Amelia. Daija has scoliosis and was unable to complete the garden herself.
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#3 and #4 sum up perfectly what is wrong with this counry. Noel Harrington is claiming expenses amounting to more than double the average industrial wage. And the front line guards are being cut to fund this.
I agree 100% with you. It honestly makes me sick. I was driving from Galway to Limerick for work for 2 years, costing me a hundred euro every week. I was earning 26k at the time. It’s such bull sh1t these fellas on 100k a yr get expenses just to come to work! And the unvouched 15 k they get keeps me awake at night. Anyway feck it it’s Fridat. Rant over:-(
It’s absurd. I pay my own way to work… these TDs are no doubt on huge salaries, they should be paying their own way to work too…
Well, I’m goin on the piss. Have a nice weekend.
Enjoy,and if you give the Healy-Ray family a shout they will send a driver around to bring you home.
The whole island is an open prison.
*Friday*
Do they mean all the prisoners have escaped from the Dail?
Biggest open prison in Dublin.
Full of gangsters.
have your say