EDEamon Doggett

1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Eamon Doggett

   Ireland urged to ‘get with the times’ as driving school boss calls for change (opens the original)

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   Ireland needs to get with the times if we are to become a nation of safer drivers. This is the view of the head of a driving school, who has become exasperated by the Government's failure to incorporate simulator training into driving lessons. On Tuesday, Minister for Road Safety Sean Canney called for the driving test to be changed to include an assessment of a person's competency on motorways. At present, learner drivers cannot drive on motorways, even with a qualified accompanying driver, and

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2. Article · Aug 22, 2026 · Eamon Doggett

   Irish jockey airlifted to hospital after heavy fall at Killarney Racecourse (opens the original)

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   Irish jockey Gary Noonan was airlifted to hospital after suffering a heavy fall at Killarney Racecourse on Saturday afternoon. The Limerick rider fell from the Eoin Christopher McCarthy-trained Je Suis Celebre at the third-last flight of a maiden hurdle. Noonan is said to have initially been unconscious following the fall but left the racecourse in a conscious state before being airlifted to Cork University Hospital. The incident saw the subsequent handicap hurdle at the Kerry venue delayed by 5

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