Stressed life affects love
Concerns have also been raised about An Bord Pleanala’s decision to clear its expansion on Aughinish Island.
This allows it to raise the mud lake height where the bauxite residue is dumped to 44 metres, the “hazardous” salt cake disposal cell to 35 metres and blast rocks to extend the ‘borrow hole’.
Locals fear blasting could send waste sliding into the sea, sparking an environmental crisis.
Futureproof Clare’s Sinead Sheehan said:
“The Shannon Estuary is a Special Protected Area and we cannot comprehend how rock blasting and accumulating even more toxic red mud can be justified.”
STRESS can make people focus more on their lover’s bad habits — even for married couples still in the “honeymoon” period, warns a new study.
The new study shows a stressed person is more likely to notice their spouse’s negative behaviour, such as breaking a promise or criticising.
Dr Lisa Neff said: “Individuals experiencing more stressful life events outside of their relationship were likely to notice if their partner behaved in an inconsiderate way.”
TONY Dempsey’s loss of his sister and mum in the last 18 months of his life came as a “devastating blow” and deeply affected him, his funeral heard yesterday.
Mourners gathered at St Bernadette’s Church in Crumlin, south Dublin, to pay a final farewell to the 28-year-old, two weeks after his body was found.
The young man’s remains were discovered in a ground-floor property of Kevin Barry House on
Coleraine Street in Dublin on September 12.
He had been beaten to death in the building, branded a “drugs den’’ by locals, but gardai believe his body may have laid there for at least a week.
It is the third tragedy to hit the family in 18 months, after Tony’s sister Chloe died in March last year and his mum dying the following July.
The priest told mourners: “Above all, he loved his family.
“And the recent tragic death of his sister Chloe, we also celebrated her funeral Mass here only a short time ago, came as a terrible blow to Tony.
“And I remember talking with him on that occasion and how deeply he was affected by it because of course the two of them were very close. And the passing of his mam would have come as a devastating blow for Tony as well.”
The priest told how Tony’s death and the circumstances surrounding it “stunned” and “upset” people throughout the county.
Nightmare
He added: “For his family, this event is more a nightmare from which you would hope to wake up from.
“The terrible and tragic nature of Tony’s death leaves us stunned by grief.”
Although Tony had a troubled life, the priest said he always could rely on his family.
“But that’s why family and friends were so important to him and he remained positive with a wonderful dry sense of humour and a glint in his eye that could light up a room,” he added.
A tribute from Tony’s sister Queenie said: “You’re a brother who is irreplaceable. You will always be dearly missed. You meant so much to her, you were a brother who was so special. You made her laugh, you brought joy and happiness into her life.”
Following the service, Dempsey’s remains were brought to Mount Jerome Cemetery for cremation.
A murder probe being led by gardai is continuing.