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Eoin English
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Eoin English
@EoinBearla
Communications Officer for Cork City Council. Award-winning former journalist.
- He acted when others froze. He saved the girl from drowning first. Then he grabbed a life buoy. He went back and saved a second life. He’s 14. Well done Shay! #Cork #Ballincollig @BallincolligRFC @colaistechoilm @CorkWaterSafetyShy Shay shrugs off ‘heroism’ tag after receiving award for river rescue ift.tt/2mIbBt9
- Cillian Murphy's dad Breandán told An Saol Ó Dheas: “We don’t like to make too much fuss about him, he’s got a job like the sons & daughters of other people - the difference, he gets a lot of publicity. All the same we’re so happy for him.” Pure #Cork
- On board the first of 3 Air France flights leaving @CorkAirport for Paris today to meet some of the thousands of Ireland rugby fans travelling to tomorrow’s huge #RWC2023 game against South Africa #IRE
00:00 - Met this little fella outside #Cork Penny Dinners early this morning waiting for his owner. Before the man went in, he tied the dog carefully to a pole, took his coat off, put it on the ground and placed the dog on it. “There now. That’s for warmth, for you,” he said.
00:00 - Cleaning out and found this. Now trying to explain to the kids how, once upon a time, we had to walk to a shop, find the box on a shelf, hire it for the night, walk home and stick it into a box to watch a movie on the telly
- I saw a vascular surgeon arrive on foot at CUH this morning with a ruck sack & sleeping bag on his back. He’s prepared to stay at work for as long as is required #BeastFromTheEast #Cork
- Meet the heroic twins who saved a woman from drowning in #Cork last night. "I feel flattered that people say we are heroes, but heroes is a very big word," Pablo said. "We need to be good humans. I hope others would have done the same," Santiago said.
- Meet Belgian fisherman Farid Langens - one of 3 men who dived into the freezing Lee today to save a woman whose car entered the water in #Cork city. “I didn’t hesitate. There was no time,” he told me. irishexaminer.com/news/munster/a…
- Worked my last shift for @irishexaminer today after 25 years on the paper. Thanks to my brilliant colleagues & to all who trusted me to tell their story. Been a privilege to contribute in a small to the paper’s legacy of impactful journalism. New chapter starts in Sept #Cork
- For the women who trusted me to tell their stories and to those who support them. Humbled to win a @LawSocIreland Justice Media Award with colleagues @Elaine_Loughlin @aoifegracemoore and @anewshack for our work on Mother and Baby Homes. Congrats to all the winners #JMA21
- Nine people in 4 separate parties who were all trapped by icy conditions on the Devil’s Ladder, Carrauntoohil today were rescued by #Kerry Mountain Rescue Team. The team says all routes should only be attempted by those with winter mountaineering experience and the right gear.
