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A BRIDGE IN Wicklow is to be named in honour of Ciarán Jones, the Garda who died tragically during flooding in October last year.
The bridge at Ballysmuttan near Manor Kilbride in Blessington will be officially opened and dedicated this afternoon, at the suggested of area councillors in West Wicklow.
Members of Garda Jones’ family will be present and are expected to play some music. The Garda Commissioner and Cathaoirleach Sylvestor Bourke will speak and a plaque will be unveiled to commemorate his bravery.
The 25-year-old was off-duty at the time and was trying to help people affected by the floods when he was pulled into the River Liffey. His body was recovered at Ballyward Bridge at Manor Kilbride.
Sylvestor Bourke told TheJournal.ie that Jones was very well liked in the area and was well known as a senior county footballer.
Bourke said the tragedy must be heartbreaking for his family and he confirmed that members of the family will provide musical accompaniment during the commemoration ceremony. Jones is survived by his parents and his brother and sister.
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the Justice Minister Alan Shatter were among the mourners who attended his funeral last October.
The scene at Ballysmuttan Bridge in County Wicklow in October 2011 where young off duty garda Ciaran Jones was swept to his death in a surge of the River Liffey across the bridge as he tried to warn a motorist not to cross.Photo: Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
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Is that really supposed to help? Or am I missing something?
@Dave Thomas: when the lawsuits for Facebook come, he can just say I’m not the CEO, that guy/gal is!
@Dave Thomas: yeah I’d say you’re missing something alright – that it’s not supposed to help anything (apart from themselves)
@Dave Thomas: I think it’s about acknowledging the social media website is sinking and not wanting the companies name to forever be tethered to a product that’ll eventually be the new MySpace or Bebo.
@Dave Thomas: The world is changing the majority of 40-50 year olds (probably 30)don’t do Facebook anymore. Mark Zuckerberg has a plan and he’ll deffo get richer.
They seem to have looked at all those sc fi movies with the weirdly named evil corporations and decided to choose a similar name.
@john smith iv:
Anagram for ‘meat’.
@iohanx: and team or mate
@iohanx: and team or material
I’m sure there’s a Metabolics joke in there somewhere and if there isn’t then there should be…
@William Tallon: this comment deserves more likes
@William Tallon: there should have been, but you metabolics of the opportunity
Just a reminder of all the metadata being collected lol
Groundbreaking stuff, this should definitely stop people being angry towards people they’ve never met for no reason.
Ah yeah parent companies sister companies whatever he wants to call it.this is to break it up so he won’t be hit for to pay as much tax.
Thought they would have gone for Skynet
@Handsome McWonderful: I think Elon Musk owns that URL!
Given the PR they have had recently the name Mica would have been a better choice!
Surely the domain name meta.com was already purchased before them. I hope who owned it made a fortune. Meta sounds like a dreadful idea.
@Madra: Zucks wife bought the company Meta back in 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170127013741/https://meta.com/
@Madra: its probably Meta.Edu.Tz , solid and trustworthy
Such a charmless b…..d Zuckerburg, Sacha Baron Cohen does very informative presentations on the goings on with facecrook and his shenanigans on his platform. Marks metamorphosis isn’t to the worlds or it’s people advantage. You can take that to the bank…..
Metaboll*x
My thinking aswell, doesn’t seem to be to much detail in this or did I forget to read something??
but will Meta be betta.
Facebook has been around for over a decade and still has absolutely NO educational features but sure, let’s make a big deal about changing the name. Like it makes any difference to anything.
Haven’t Meta user they can’t screw over yet.
It’s all too with the Metaverse which Zuckerberg spoke about earlier this month.
Feta has a better ring to it
It does sound like a laxative I was made take back in the 1980’s when I was kid in the Regional Hospital in Limerick.
Im a real metacritic
It’s still Facebook.
It’s all to do with the Metaverse which Zuckerberg spoke about earlier this month.
@The Tec Dr: And as you said two minutes ago.
@lelookcoco: If you look at my first comment you will notice that I made a typo.
@The Tec Dr: still, if you’re trying to enlighten people, I hate to break it to you, I think the whole world knew that already bud
Clever hashtag #facemask very clever
Really is he for Real.If he thinks rebranding face book will help then he is sadly mistaken
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