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GARDAÍ IN CARRAROE are investigating a fatal road traffic collision in which a pedestrian died yesterday evening.
The incident occurred at Ballinahown, Inverin at approximately 6.30pm on Halloween night.
Gardaí said a male pedestrian in his 60’s was fatally injured when he was struck by a car. He was taken to University College Hospital Galway where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the car was uninjured.
Gardaí said this stretch of road is currently closed to facilitate an examination this morning by garda forensic collision investigators, and local diversions are in place.
Gardaí wish to appeal for witnesses to contact Salthill Garda Station on 091 514720, the Garda Confidential Telephone Line on 1800 666 111 or any garda station.
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Polar vortex heading our way. Most of Europe will be in the minus teens next week. Ireland minus 2 and 3. Hopefully this is the last blast of Winter
@saoirse janneau: what a time to have an airlock in my radiators. Oil must have been nicked from my tank.. it seems it went from half full to empty in 4 weeks and I’m out Mon to Fri 9 to 5. Now I have oil and no radiators working :(
@Peter Cavey: easily enough to fix. Just google the name of the boiler and it usually involves loosening a screw until the oil comes out
@phil: Water comes out, oil doesn’t go into the radiators.
@Peter: Sometimes you need to bleed the boiler. If all of his rads are cold it’s his boiler that’s the problem.
-2° in Leitrim now, this has been a long chilly winter here!
@Dorothy Giselsson: at least it’s lovely though ;)
Next week could see significant snowfall in places. One of the Models took a step back this morning however. It will be bitterly cold with temps struggling to get above freezing during the day. If it snows it will be proper powdery not the wet shite we get from the Atlantic.
@phil: That’a a relief. Can’t be doing with that wet shore. Proper snow is what we deserve.
@phil: yeah cant have another episode of “the wrong type of snow fell” again
@phil: The year of the big snow in 1947 which I often heard the old people talking about, the snow didn’t hit till the end of February. Hopefully we’ll just have a light dusting.
A lot of comments moaning about Met Eireann issuing lots of warnings. I for one appreciate the forcasts and understand they can’t be 100% of the time.
I can’t wait for the yellow warnings when we hit temperatures with double numbers. Break out the sun screen!
God help the homeless! Hopefully all who can will be sheltered.
The beast from the east. However most people don’t believe it. Can’t blame them. Lows of – 10 and heavy snow is predicted. Met office UK gave a 30 forecast other day which was laughable at best considering most reputable weather monitoring stations give ten day forecast.
@James O’Brien: The UK met office always air on the side if caution regarding long range forecast.
@James O’Brien: they couldn’t get clarity 30 days especially after a ssw took place .peoole in east irl uk should prepare it’s going to get very messy this isn’t just 2 days this could last weeks last time we saw ssw was 2013 2010
It’s the Beast from the East!! Where’s Dwayne Johnson when you need him?? I think I’ll hedge my bets and wait and see what happens…. no panic buying on the tins of beans just yet.
I’d rather the porn vortex
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I don’t get why February is considered spring in Ireland. To me it’s considered winter as in the rest of Europe. I don’t expect somewhat warmer conditions until March tbh.
Next 2 weeks of frozen hell?
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