Quotes of the Week

'I shouldn't be sitting here'

A Meath man who lost an arm and leg in a crash in 2018 said he is an example of the life-long impact of drink-driving.

"He was able to navigate around the table and chairs and couches in the house,"

An Athboy family and their Bernese Mountain Dog have shown true resilience and bravery in their pup's short lifetime. Four year-old Alfie tragically lost both of his eyes as a result of being knocked down by a van at the beginning of 2025.

‘The line between coping and not coping is incredibly thin’

Athboy woman Maria Graydon remembers the moment she came frighteningly close to giving up, not because she had a plan, but because, for a brief and terrifying moment, she could not see a way forward.