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The Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Mr Patrick O’Donovan, has announced the approval of Tipperary County Council’s application under the Office of Public Works’ Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme.
Under this scheme, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has approved funding of €77,400 to construct a new, 315-metre-long surface water storm drain, including manholes, chambers and civils works, with outfall to existing open drain at Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
The Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme was introduced by the Office of Public Works back in 2009.
The purpose of the scheme is to provide funding to Local Authorities to undertake minor flood mitigation works or studies to address localised flooding and coastal protection problems within their administrative areas. The scheme generally applies where a solution can be readily identified and achieved in a short time frame.
Under the scheme, applications are considered for projects that are estimated to cost not more than €750,000 in each instance. Funding of up to 90% of the cost is available for approved projects. Applications are assessed by the OPW, having regard to the specific economic, social and environmental criteria of the scheme, including a cost benefit ratio.
Works that are normally the responsibility of the local authorities will generally not be considered for OPW funding. Where such works would also mitigate the risk of flooding to properties, partial funding may be considered by OPW.
The Local Authorities must be satisfied that the works will not have a significant impact on flood risk elsewhere.
The commencement and progression of any works, for which funding is approved, is a matter for each Local Authority concerned.
The Department of Health, here in the Republic Of Ireland, today has confirmed 2,370 new cases of coronavirus; same figure comprising 1,149 PCR-confirmed cases, while 1,221 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.
This morning, the number of patients with Covid-19 in hospitals has been reduced to 412 today, with 36 patients receiving treatment in intensive care units.
In Northern Ireland, their Department of Health has confirmed a further 355 positive cases of the virus in the past 24-hour period. There were 348 Covid-positive patients in hospital, with 4 patients in intensive care units.
Sadly, 2 further deaths have been reported in Northern Ireland, all of whom had previously tested positive for Covid-19.
It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death yesterday, Wednesday 27th April 2022 of Mrs Josie (Johanna) Hickey (née Noonan), Bawnavrona, Mullinahone, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
In her 95th year, after a short illness most bravely borne, and pre-deceased by her loving husband Mikey, son Tom, brothers Jim, Danny and Paddy, sister Maura and daughter-in-law Theresa; Mrs Hickey passed away peacefully, while in the care of staff at Clonmel University Hospital, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.
Her passing is most deeply regretted by her loving sons Paddy and Mick, daughter Kate, sisters Biddy and Nonie, grandchildren Samantha, Valantina, Michaela, Damien, Mikey, Sasha and Patrick, great-grandchildren Charlie, Noah and Kai, daughter-in-law Christine, son-in-law Mike, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mrs Hickey will repose in St. Michael’s Church Mortuary, Mullinahone, Thurles, Co. Tipperary on Saturday next, April 30th, from 4:00pm with prayers at 7:00pm.
Requiem Mass will be celebrated on Sunday morning, May 1st, at 11:30am, followed by interment immediately afterwards in the nearby Graveyard.
[NB: Due to C-19 virus fears; those attending will continue to observe strict adherence to social distancing, face covering, with no hand shaking.]
The extended Hickey family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time and have made arrangements for those wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.
Suaimhneas síoraí dá h-anam dílis.
The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD has noted today’s publication of the latest statistics on victims and suspected offenders of serious crimes recorded by An Garda Síochána.
The latest release from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) covers Recorded Crime Victims 2021 and Suspected Offenders 2020, and includes statistics showing a rise since 2018 in the proportion of victims who are women in crimes including attempts/threats to murder, assaults, and harassment offences.
Minister McEntee said, “The new national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence – which I will bring to Government in the coming weeks – will have a particular focus on prevention, and on ensuring victims are better supported.
It will set an overall goal of zero tolerance for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and will ensure that people, particularly women and vulnerable people, feel safe and are safe in our communities.
I am also focused on strengthening legislation in this area. Last week I secured Government approval to draft legislation to make stalking and non-fatal strangulation standalone offences, and I will publish a new Hate Crime Bill which will introduce new, specific aggravated offences with enhanced penalties for crimes motivated by prejudice against certain characteristics, including gender”.
The CSO report shows that four out of five victims in sexual violence cases in 2021 were women, and the Minister also noted the drop in the proportion of sexual violence incidents that were reported within a year of them occurring – and urged people to report these heinous crimes as quickly as possible to assist An Garda Síochana in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Minister McEntee added, “We know that these statistics do not paint the full picture of sexual violence in this country, as it only relates to people who have come forward to report what has happened to them. We know that it a sad reality that there are many more victims of sexual violence out there.
We need to know the true extent of this problem and that is why we agreed to the development and delivery of a significant new national survey on the prevalence of sexual violence in Ireland by the CSO. The survey will look in detail at the experience of sexual violence and abuse for both women and men in Ireland.
The No Excuses campaign that my Department ran from 2019 until the end of 2021 underpins the message that sexual harassment and sexual violence will not be tolerated. It highlights that, as a society, we all have a role to play in preventing sexual harassment and sexual violence.
We are currently in the process of developing a further campaign to raise awareness of the meaning and importance of consent.
Also, through the Justice Plan and Supporting a Victim’s Journey, I am working to reform the criminal justice system at every point in which a victim comes into contact with it, and to help victims and vulnerable witnesses in sexual violence cases”.
To date, a number of key actions have been delivered as part of implementing Supporting a Victim’s Journey including:
- The introduction of preliminary trial hearings;
- The nationwide rollout of Divisional Protective Services Units (DPSU);
- The first cohort of staff at a new sexual offences unit in the Director of Public Prosecutions office formally took up their roles last year;
- Work to advance the training for all personnel who come into contact with vulnerable victims is underway
The Department has also agreed to the development and delivery of a significant new national survey on the prevalence of sexual violence in Ireland by the CSO. It will look in detail at the experience of sexual violence and abuse for both women and men in Ireland.
The full statistics can be accessed at: www.cso.ie
Sadly, with a further 26 deaths reported here in the Irish Republic today (April 27th); according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), despite our welcome current downward trend in virus infections, it is expected that the Irish mainland will see yet another surge in Covid-19 infections, within the coming four to six week period.
Dr. David Nabarro the World Health Organisations special envoy on Covid-19, warns that hospitals in Ireland are likely to face quite a lot of illness yet again, as case numbers begin to trend upwards once more.
He further warned that we can expect new surges possibly every three months.
The Department of Health, here in the Republic Of Ireland, today has confirmed 2,307 new cases of coronavirus; same figure comprising 982 PCR-confirmed cases, with 1,325 positive tests logged on through the HSE portal.
This morning, there were 436 people in our Republic’s hospitals, with the virus, a welcome decrease of 43 patients since yesterday, with 38 positive cases currently in our intensive care units (ICU), latter an increase of 5 since yesterday.
Northern Ireland today reported a further 365 new Covid cases and sadly 1 more death.
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