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A polar bear makes the most of the new polar bear facility at Copenhagen Zoo today. (Photo: Stine Bidstrup/POLFOTO)
HERE ARE THE things we learned, loved and shared today.
THINGS WE LEARNED
#WICKLOW: A post-mortem is to be carried out this evening on the body of a man found in woodlands in Wicklow this morning. The body is believed to be that of missing Arklow man Philip O’Toole who was last seen on 7 January, but his identity has not yet been officially confirmed.
#HORSE BURGERS: Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said the latest tests on meat at the Silvercrest facility in Monaghan have shown no sign of horse DNA, and that every effort is being made to restart production at the plant. However Fianna Fáil has criticised the Minister for not bringing “clarity or certainty” to the situation.
#QUINN FAMILY: Seán Quinn’s daughter Aoife has told the Commercial Court that she has no records of how she may have spent €370,000 on a credit card in just over a year, RTÉ News reports.
#CROKE PARK: The organisation representing Garda sergeants and inspectors has withdrawn from talks with government officials over the extension of the Croke Park Agreement because of a disagreement about cuts and allowances.
#JUDGE: The Irish Traveller Movement has said it is “deeply concerned” about reports that a District Court judge used the word “knacker” when sentencing two Travellers for burglary.
#WATCH OUT: South Africa has intensified a massive operation to round up thousands of crocodiles which escaped from a crocodile farm in the north of the country during torrential downpours earlier this week. Around one thousand crocodiles have already been caught – but staff at the farm have said they have no idea how many of the 15,000 reptiles escaped.
THINGS WE LOVED
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THINGS WE SHARED
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Lucky to be alive after getting a smack from a train. Very lucky.
I hope he us not too seriously hurt
In Japan the train company sues the family for damages if someone commits suicude by jumping under a train. It sounds like this guy was somewhere where he shouldn’t have been and as a result ruined the evening of thousands of people. It may be harsh but there should be consequences.
Fools own fault, trespassing
What was he doing trespassing on the line, very lucky he wasn’t killed!
Are there not two train tracks on this line? Close the one the victim was on but switch the traffic to the other track to allow passengers to travel on, I’d think?
Martain
The traveling public are not allowed to see a dead/injured person after been hit by a train.
Id imagine it wouldn’t be too safe for the emergency workers having a train passing by so close to them either.
By all means James but once the clear up operation has been done, why inconvenience or endanger everyone else from getting home or on to where they need to be?
It might sound facile but a bloke here once drove his car onto a train line to commit suicide and nearly succeeded in killing others in the resulting crash. Worth thinking about here is the traumatic impact on the train driver in seeing someone dilerbrately putting themselves in such harms way without any chance of avoidance?
Yeah, James, imagine if some commuter chose that moment to flush. Brown mist, not nice.
Even if they did that It’s still gonna slow down the line Martin
Lost his nerve at the last second? Hope he gets help if that’s the case.
Poor boy. I hope he gets the help he needs. Before people start moaning about the inconvenience, think how he must have been feeling. To think throwing yourself under a train can be the answer it would have to be a very black day indeed.
Sounds strange. Got hit but didn’t suffer any life threatening injuries. Surely could have been dealt with faster possibly ?
Presumably there still has to be a health & safety investigation for any workplace accident involving a member of the public, plus possibly a Gárda investigation. Facts have to be ascertained with a view to seeing if similar incidents could be prevented.
God help this young lad. To feel there is no way out but this is horrendous. I hope he gets the help he needs. Take care young man and remember
H -hold
O – on
P – pain
E – eases
HOPE xxxxxxx
Was on a train to Heuston this afternoon. We got delayed in Athy for about an hour due to the incident. It could have been worse I guess.
Exactly
All I will say is I’m glad he survived , it must be first ever incident where someone actually survives after that. I was stuck in delays but it wasn’t too bad especially knowing the reason why. I usually feel very bad for train drivers, if that boy would of died how would you live with yourself knowing you killed him, but all good hes alive !
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