Ciara

#LoveMyBabyBoy

[EireX @lastman3344]

Just over a year ago, I nearly became another statistic.

On 18 March 2025 in Waterford City, I was the victim of a serious knife assault.

Like many victims, I trusted that the criminal justice system would do its job. I believed that once someone was charged in connection with such serious violence, public safety would be the priority.

Today, another family is grieving the loss of a 21 year old man following a separate fatal stabbing incident that is now the subject of an active Garda investigation.

Out of respect for that investigation, I will not speculate on guilt, innocence, or outcomes. Those matters belong to the courts.

But I do believe there are questions that deserve answers.

How are individuals charged with serious violent offences monitored while on bail?

The individual charged in connection with the assault on me was arrested, charged, and subsequently released on bail with conditions that included not entering Waterford City, This was after months of him hiding in the UK and bragging about the attack on TikTok saying if he gets jail he gets jail so what.

THIS IS PUBLIC IMFORMATION AMD ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND COURT HAS BEEN ADJOURNED!

reports indicate these bail conditions were ALLEGEDLY breached on multiple occasions, including attendance at events in the city all posted on social media.

That same individual is now ALLEGEDLY main suspect in a separate murder investigation involving another stabbing, with investigations ongoing.

This raises serious questions about bail decisions and monitoring of individuals charged with violent knife crime, especially when multiple victims were stabbed in one night in the same city.

What happens when bail conditions are allegedly breached?

Are victims and the wider public being adequately protected from repeat violence?

These are not political questions.

They are public safety questions.

I know what it is like to be on the receiving end of serious violence. I know how quickly lives can be changed forever.

My thoughts today are with the family of the young man who lost his life, and with every victim of violent crime who has been left wondering whether more could have been done.

Ireland deserves a justice system that protects innocent people, supports victims, and takes violent offending seriously.

Public safety must remain the priority.

[Catholic Arena @CatholicArena]

Blessed Feast Day of Our Lady of Fatima 🙏 🇵🇹

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough 🎉❤️

The broadcaster who changed how we see the natural world.

#DavidAttenborough

[Steven Bonaventure x @absolutegazelle]

It’s 10 years today since Gemma Collins wanted her shoes back in Celebrity Big Brother and Tiffany Pollard delivered *that* iconic rant.

[Fr. Paddy @frpaddybyrne]

Very soon!

[Fr. Paddy @frpaddybyrne]

Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us.

[John Crotty @itsjohncrotty]

Works of art

Ireland obtained independence in 1921 but did not get its own coins until 1928 after a lengthy process

While many national coins sought to portray national strength, like America’s Eagles, or authority and subjectude, like Britain’s sovereign, at the first opportunity to express itself in coins the Irish reverted to a long standing love of land, nature & rural life.

The coins included the horse, wolfhound, salmon, bull, hare and hen with chicks, with the harp a universal image on the reverse. Many had connections to Gaelic Ireland.
The harp was styled on the Brian Boru harp.

In later years, rarities like a special ten-shilling Padraig Pearce coin was minted in 1966, the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising

They were in use until 1971 when decimalisation came into effect. The later Irish Punt coin echoed the animal style with a red deer

#Ireland #irishhistory

[Ricky Hatton Foundation @HattonFDN]

Laughing, joking, boxing, connecting — that was Ricky. 💙
His personality touched everyone around him. That same energy will now help others through The Ricky Hatton Foundation, giving support, confidence, and hope.
#NoOneFightsAlone #rickyhattonfoundation

[Giga Based Dad @GigaBasedDad]

This might be the most incredible thing I have ever witnessed in my life

Incredible

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

Little brother is more excited for elder brother's birthday, that's pure love 😂❤️

[T. Bernadetti @MrsRoyKeaneo]

😂😂😂😂😂😂🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[Vince Langman @LangmanVince]

This guy loves his job 😂

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

When Dad watches his kids 🤣

[This Account Makes You Happy @FeelYouHappy]

The boy who never missed a chance to wave at his favorite team's bus finally got the surprise of his life.

[DAZN Boxing @DAZNBoxing]

A tribute to the one and only Ricky Hatton 🩵

[IFL TV @IFLTV]

A wonderful tribute to Ricky Hatton at today’s Manchester Derby 👏

[Sun Sport @SunSport]

Ricky Hatton's heartfelt message to bullied boy days before boxer's death

[IFL TV @IFLTV]

Ricky Hatton’s ring entrances were just special 💙

[Common Sense with Joey Barton @Common_SensePod]

The world champion that was one of us.
RIP Ricky Hatton

@Joey7Barton

[IFL TV @IFLTV]

One of the greatest nights in British boxing history.

You'll never be forgotten Ricky 🩵