Confirmation from Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan that Bobby McCaul has suffered a recurrence of his ACL tear.
The 20-year-old summed it up best in his own Instagram post: ‘Nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain.’
No doubt he will be back stronger than ever.
"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.
Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.
One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.
Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.
Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"
"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."
He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."
The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."
Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.
But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,
"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."
So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.
Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."
Let this story reach more hearts....
Credit: Mary Nelson
Next week will be the 2nd anniversary Brian Grimley lost his son Patrick in a car accident. His son Niall lift Sam Maguire last year. Tonight, his children guided Madden to their first ever championship & Ryan helped Loughmacrory to theirs in Tyrone.
A magical night, for a very special family❤️
The regulator the FCA has today announced its intent to move to an industry-wide mass redress scheme for car finance claims, ie you’ll be paid automatically. Here’s how it’ll work and what we know so far…
Our girls @NaomhTreasa going again with the 100 club. Sells out every year so get in quick. Great work from the senior team. All Irelands don’t just happen
Beautiful jersey in memory of Damian Casey ready for pre order. Would make a lovely Christmas present.
Proceeds from sales will go to the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust
Option of having the two club crests, hurling and camogie ,on it or neither crests https://t.co/6CoZKnaKOm…
After the All-Ireland final was over, Armagh's Niall Grimley dropped to his knees. Speaking to media afterwards, he paid a moving tribute to his brother Patrick, a father of 3 tragically lost his life in a car accident last year.
"That was for him and I just wish he was here to see it. He wouldn't believe it. Every night I was turning out to train, I was just doing it for him.
"I just wanted to put a smile on his children’s faces because they deserve it."
Quotes via https://t.co/zawj8oPOQS
I must be one of a handful of @Armagh_GAA fans not scrambling for a ticket. I don’t want nor deserve one. I’ll be shouting at a tv like I have done since 2017. Point is if you’ve been to 1/2 games this year and come across a ticket do the right thing. Armagh 4 Sam 🧡🤍