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Brexit And Climate Change Among
2019 Teenager Dies After Taking Substance Greatest Risks Facing Ireland, Says Report

7th, At Cork Indiependence Festival Brexit, climate
August A young man who was happened. sudden deaths, An Garda change and inter-
national
trade
taken to Cork University “I think everybody wants to Siochána are investigating any tensions have
| been identified as
Hospital after consuming a lend their support to the family pre-existing medical conditions the biggest risks
EXAMINER Music Festival has died. offered their “immediate rounding the matter.” facing Ireland
on this really tragic occasion.”
and the circumstances sur-
substance at the Indiependence
Indiependence organizers
this year.
An Indiependence festival
The 19-year-old has been
The govern-
named as Jack Downey from
spokesperson previously con-
thoughts and those of all the
IRISH Clonmel, Co Tipperary. festival-goers” to the “family, firmed over the weekend they ment’s annual
risk assessment
relatives and friends” of Jack.
He presented to the medical
were aware of the matter.
staff at the festival in They added: “As with all “Chief Medical Officer report helps identify problems and develop strategies to tackle
Mitchelstown, Co Cork, before William Wade has confirmed them in the weeks and months ahead.
being transferred to the CUH. that on Friday evening a 19- The report was developed through a public consultation,
A special Mass was being year-old male was transferred which saw more than 650 submissions received from organiza-
held for Jack in Clonmel on to CUH having received treat- tions, civil society groups and members of the public.
Monday evening. ment from the onsite doctor, The majority identified climate change and biodiversity as the
The Mayor of Clonmel paid he remains in CUH where his most important risk for the public in terms of priority.
tribute to Jack saying the “area condition is being monitored. There was a strong focus on the potential risk of a no-deal
is in shock.” We have no further informa- Brexit and the impact that could have on the Irish economy and
Mayor Garret Ahern said: tion at this time,” the stability in the North - as well as concerns the economy could be
“Jack was a lovely 19-year-old, spokesman said. approaching a point of overheating.
a young boy who had a future The music festival is in its Perceived rural and regional imbalances, education and skilled
ahead of him. 10th year at Deer Farm, labor shortages were all discussed.
“It’s a really sad time for his Mitchelstown and INDIE19 The report examined the impacts of Ireland’s ageing popula-
parents. Everyone had high was the biggest event to date, tion across a range of sectors, including pensions, healthcare, edu-
hopes that things would with almost 15,000 people cation, and housing. C
improve over the weekend attending. Headliners included
when we heard the sad news Bastille, Biffy Clyro, Lewis Dublin Man In Court After Discovery
but unfortunately that hasn’t Capaldi and Gavin James. C Of 60 Guns In Car At Dover
A 37-year-old man has been
remanded in custody after
appearing in court in connec-
tion with the discovery of 60
firearms in a car arriving in the
UK from France.
Robert Keogh, from Dublin,
appeared at Margate
Magistrates’ Court on Monday
charged with illegally importing firearms.
His case was sent for trial at Canterbury Crown Court with a
preliminary hearing to be held on September 2.
A spokeswoman for the court said that Keogh did not indicate
a plea at the magistrates’ court hearing.
Keogh was charged after Border Force officers stopped a
Volkswagen Passat arriving at the Port of Dover from Calais on
Friday August 2 and found a Sig Sauer P226 blank firing handgun
with a barrel converted to fire live ammunition.
Subsequent searches found another 59 firearms concealed
inside the car’s bumper and both rear quarter panels, according
to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
The find is believed to be largest seizure of lethal purpose
weapons at a port in the UK. C

Calls For Surrogacy To Be Regulated In Ireland

There are calls for surrogacy to be regulated in Ireland.
The Assisted Human Reproduction bill was first introduced in
2017.
But concerns are being expressed that the yet to be passed Bill
falls short of modern legislative standards.
Dr Brian Tobin, a law lecturer in NUIG, said that currently the
woman who gives birth to the child is recognized as its legal
mother.
He said that this can be altered with adequate surrogacy legis-
lation.
“Without regulation, the intending mother cannot be recog-
nized as a legal parent of the child under Irish law as it currently
stands,” said Dr Tobin.
“She can be left without parental rights in respect of the child
so it is quite significant.” C