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It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death yesterday, Wednesday 13th July 2022, of Mr Seamus Maher, Beechmount, Two Mile Borris, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Pre-deceased by his parents Michael and Nora; Mr Maher passed away peacefully at his place of residence, surrounded by his loving family and following an illness most bravely borne.
His passing is most deeply regretted by his heartbroken family; devoted wife Maura (née Tobin), sons Brian and James, daughter Kate, their partners Eimear, Nicole and Oisín, grand-children Grace, Sean and Aoibhe, sister Eileen (Foster), brothers Bill, Eamon, Michael and P.J., nephews, nieces, brothers-in-law Ronnie and James, sisters-in-law Máire, Anne and Deirdre, Catherine (Perron), Rita (Hackett), Bríd (Delap), Eamon’s partner Yvonne, uncle Paddy, aunt Anastasia, cousins and extended relatives, good neighbours and a wide circle of friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mr Maher will repose at his residence in Beechmount, Two Mile Borris, Thurles, on Saturday evening, July 16th, from 4:00pm to 7:00pm.
His body will be received into the Church of St. James, Two Mile Borris, Thurles, on Sunday morning, July 17th, at 11:30am, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 12:00 noon.
Private cremation will take place on Monday, July 18th.
For the many persons who would have liked to have attended the funeral service for Mr Maher, but due to distance or ill health are unable to do so; same can be viewed online HERE.
[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 Maher 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.
A Remarkable Life, Ended Too Early.
In ár gcroíthe go deo.
Co. Tipperary has third highest number of PCR-confirmed cases in the last 14 days in the Irish Republic.
Figures provided by the Government’s Covid-19 data hub indicate that 1,207 positive PCR results were notified yesterday, together with 2,501 positive antigen test results.
This latest data brings the Covid death toll in the Irish Republic to 7,571, while a total of 1,628,745 cases have been confirmed, since the initial onset of the pandemic.
Figures available as of yesterday morning, indicate that there were 1,018 people in hospital with the virus, with 45 patients receiving treatment in Intensive Care Units across the State.
Co. Laois is the county with the highest number of PCR-confirmed cases in the last 14 days standing at 785.2 cases per 100,000 people. This is followed closely by Co. Waterford at 706.7, and Co. Tipperary at 696.9.
New figures, published in the United Kingdom, show that more than 200,000 people have had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificates, since the start of the pandemic.
Above figures come amid predictions that mask-wearing could return later this year in an effort to further tackle the spread of the killer virus.
Yet more pictures from the highly successful Thurles Musical Festival 2022, which was held in Liberty Square, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, just last weekend.
See anyone YOU know – then share?
You can view some 300 pictures uploaded earlier, all of which can be found HERE – HERE – HERE and HERE.
The last of the pictures to be taken at this event will follow in the coming days, so do stay tuned.
The Minister for Justice, Mrs Helen McEntee TD, has today announced that she is amending her approach to the forthcoming Incitement to Hatred and Hate Crime Bill – the Hate Speech and Hate Crime Bill – to make it easier to secure prosecutions and convictions for crimes motivated by hatred.
The new law will legislate for hate crimes by creating new, aggravated forms of certain existing criminal offences, where those offences are motivated by prejudice against a protected characteristic. It will also update the previous 1989 legislation on hate speech to reflect the current context more accurately; including online hateful content.
Minister McEntee will now include a ‘demonstration test’ in the investigation of hate crimes which will be an additional/alternative test to the ‘motivation test’ as previously outlined in the General Scheme of the Bill, which was published in 2021.
The changes reflect Minister McEntee’s determination that the law is effective and victim-centred – and will result in prosecutions where serious crimes are committed. This was echoed by the Joint Committee on Justice during pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, and by key stakeholders that the Minister has consulted with.
Minister McEntee said: “This is a hugely important piece of legislation which will tell victims of hate crimes that we are determined to help them, and will also let perpetrators know that they will be punished for spreading hate, prejudice and division.
I know how much it means to many groups that we get this legislation right – that it is an effective law which An Garda Síochána will be able to prosecute, and which will allow convictions be secured in the courts.
That is why we must make sure that the Bill is victim centred and effective, and that is why I am making these changes. We must get this Bill right, and it is my intention to publish the full Bill in early September and enact it by the end of the year”.
A motivation test for hate crime requires proof of someone’s subjective motivation for committing an offence – what was in their mind at that exact moment. However, the Minister has now concluded that motivation alone in proving hate crime offences can be difficult to establish and therefore might not result in a conviction.
A demonstration test means simply that a perpetrator demonstrates hatred towards a member of a protected group/characteristic at the time of an offence being committed.
This might involve, for example, the use of hostile or prejudiced slurs, gestures, other symbols or graffiti at the time of offending. In practice, it means that by using a demonstration test, the prosecution does not necessarily have to get inside the mind of a perpetrator to prove the crime but can use a demonstration test as an alternative method of proving a crime committed is a hate crime within the provisions of the legislation.
In addition, the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Crime) Bill 2022 – the full title for the Hate Crime Bill – will repeal and replace the hate speech provisions in the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989.
The Bill will strengthen the law around incitement to hatred by proposing clearer and simpler offences of incitement to hatred than those in the existing legislation.
These new offences will cover inciting hatred against a person or persons because they are associated with a protected characteristic, and also disseminating or distributing material inciting hatred.
The new legislation will set the threshold for criminal incitement to hatred as intent or recklessness. This means a person must either have deliberately set out to incite hatred, or at the very least have considered whether what they were doing would incite hatred, concluded that it was significantly likely, and decided to press ahead anyway.
The legislation will contain robust safeguards for freedom of expression, such as protections for reasonable and genuine contributions to literary, artistic, political, scientific or academic discourse, and fair and accurate reporting.
“Wouldn’t you think Thurles Municipal District Council would introduce cycle lanes here on Liberty Square?” said I to Mikey Ryan. “With ‘foot-fall’ almost non existent, might ‘cycle-fall’ be a good idea”.
We were above at the Thurles Music festival in Liberty Square, Thurles listening to that Tribute Band “AᗺBA“, but Mikey appeared to be preoccupied, staring at a blonde lady, dressed; for all intents and purposes, in a bra and tights.
After giving Mikey a dart in the ribs with my elbow, I repeated the question.
“Oh sorry there”, said Mikey, “I was miles away”, (then in a lower tone), but I swear I went out a few times with that girl’s mother”.
“Now to answer your question the one word that immediately comes to mind is NO“ said Mikey, “most definitely not. This is more of that Green Party propaganda, being put out there in an effort to increase unemployment; destroy the Irish Republic’s overall economy and adding not a whit to the country’s gross domestic product.”
“Let’s be totally honest here”, continued Mikey now in full rant, “Cyclists don’t buy motor cars. They don’t borrow money from Thurles Credit Union to buy motorised vehicles. Cyclists don’t pay car insurance or road tax. They don’t buy petrol or diesel fuel, don’t go out to Tom Harold in Two-Mile- Borris, to have their vehicle properly serviced, or indeed crash repaired.
“Tell me then”, said I, “why have we erected all those chrome “Sheffield Toast Bike Racks” on both sides of the Square?“
“Forget the Toast Bike Racks” , said Mikey, “Worst of all these cyclists types don’t pay for street parking, hence reductions in the salaries of local councillors and their officials. Cyclists don’t even need multi-lane highways, charging hefty tolls.”
“Be jasus, I never thought of it that way Mikey”, said I.
“And I’ll tell you what’s more”, Mikey continued, “them cyclists, by their very nature of riding bicycles, usually remain fitter, healthier individuals, than car drivers, hence they don’t buy medicine; don’t visit doctors surgeries or clog up waiting rooms and trolleys in Limerick University Hospital.
Mikey’s rant continued, akin to a €3k a week, paid Sinn Féin politician, during question time in Dáil Éireann.
“And talking about health, do you see all those chip & burger joints here on Liberty Square? They create untold employment. They will, hopefully, in the foreseeable future automatically, by their very existance, create highly paid posts in the Health Service Executive for Specialists like Cardiologists, Dietitians, Nurses, Junior Doctors and Nutritionists.
“Change your way of thinking now”, said Mikey, “cycle lanes won’t put bread and butter on the table of Thurles businesses, either now or in the years ahead”.
“Still”, said I, “I think Thurles needs cycle-fall as well as foot-fall on Liberty Square, before all we have are out-of-town supermarkets”.
“Shut your face and listen to Agnetha Fältskog”, said Mikey, “Boy wasn’t she top of my ‘to do’ list in me younger days”.
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