"I was left for dead on the side of the road"
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What local issues does LiveLine introduce before the hit-and-run interview?
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Good afternoon. You are very welcome to Live Line. After talking about the Orange Order and Israel yesterday, we're talking rubbish today. Quite literally rubbish. There was a protest last night outside Dublin City Hall. Residents of Dublin 7, they don't want wheelie bins. They want to stick with the bin bags that you leave out in the street. They say wheelie bins are going to block up the footpath. They're going to wreck their houses and they want to leave things as is Dublin City Council. They want wheelie bins because they say those bin bags lead to an increase in vermin and... errant behaviour from seagulls. So we're going to get into that issue. Obviously, if you're living in that part of Dublin or if you're living anywhere in the country and you've had to deal with this issue, we'd love to hear from you.
51551 is the text number. You can send an email to liveline at rte.ie. Traffic is on the agenda as well today because somebody got in touch overnight with us. They say that the traffic is so bad where they live in Gorry and where they work, live and work in the same town, that it's better for them to walk six kilometres, spending an hour walking six kilometres to and from work than driving. So two hours commuting when they live and work in Gorry and across and half the country, they're in the same town. And it's better spending two hours on foot than driving and trying to find a parking spot. I can't imagine that is just gory. So again, if this is a problem in your area, how bad is it? When did it start?
Why is it so bad? What is the solution? 087 484 888, the WhatsApp number and water as well. We're going to get to water because again, somebody else who got in touch with us, Terry. Terry lives in Tipperary Town and Terry, as well as 5,000 other people, have been on a boil water notice since the 12th of February. 33 weeks. 33 weeks of having to boil the kettle every time you want to have a drink of water. 33 weeks of having to buy five gallon drums of water in the supermarket, asking somebody in the supermarket to carry it to your car. And then as Terry does, bringing it home and calling into the neighbours to ask one of them to carry it into her house. 33 weeks and no end in sight. No timeline given by Irish Water in terms of a solution.
They are working on it, but no solution. I mean, tip as well, when you look into it in tip. You've had problems recently in Ross Gray, in the Galti scheme, in Ardfinnan, Golden to Cashel, Dundrum, Lockervilla, Anacarty, Clonulty, you name it, there have been problems. And that's just in tip. So wherever you are in the country, if you are experiencing problems like this with Irish water, boil water notices or what have you, as always, give me a call on 0818 715 815. Before any of that, before rubbish, traffic or water, I want to talk to Manix Flynn. Manix, of course, you'll all know him well as an independent councillor on Dublin City Council. But Manix, can you tell me what happened, not in Dublin, but in Kerry to you on Saturday the 8th of August?
Well, thank you very much, Ciarán, and thank you very much, listeners. Look, what happened was that I was down in County Cowdy in Cloughlin. I was coming out of a shop. I was walking along a footpath.
How was Mannix Flynn hit by a car and left injured in County Kerry?
I was crossing an entrance to a housing estate. When I was upended by a car, thrown into the air and left on the side of the road for dead, I looked and I saw the driver. He'd stopped and he looked at me and I said, what's going on? He drove on, he stopped and he looked at me and I says, can you help me? And he just drove straight on. I looked at my arm. My arm was basically, my wrist was hanging out, very badly damaged. I didn't know what other injuries I had. I was completely and absolutely shocked. I was in complete pain. I then realized I'd been hit and ruined. The car came out of nowhere onto the wrong side of the road, coming off a main road, you know what I mean?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What local issues does LiveLine introduce before the hit-and-run interview?
0:01–3:37
2
How was Mannix Flynn hit by a car and left injured in County Kerry?
3:37–6:26
3
Why did being left at the roadside make Flynn feel vulnerable and anxious?
6:26–10:18
4
How does a hit-and-run cause trauma beyond the physical injuries?
10:18–16:18
5
Should Irish law impose tougher penalties for hit-and-run drivers?
16:18–22:20
6
How has the crash affected Flynn’s mental health and confidence as a pedestrian?
22:20–26:20
7
How is Flynn coping with the emotional fallout and uncertainty of prosecution?
26:20–30:07
8
Why is Mannix Flynn opening up about trauma and seeking support?
30:07–32:52