Galway: 3-year-old boy dies after becoming trapped in a lift

Pic: Andrew Downes

 

A three-year-old boy has died after becoming trapped in a lift.
Gardaí were called to the scene at the Hynes Building on St Augustine’s Street in Galway city centre at about 3pm after the child became stuck.
It is understood no one else was trapped with the youngster.



He had been in the building with his siblings and his mother, who is originally from Nigeria but has been living in the city for a few years, when the accident happened.
Gardai, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and building management are to carry out investigations into the cause of the incident.
Investigations centre on whether the boy may have crawled into a gap below the lift floor as it came a stop.
Local gardaí, fire crews and ambulance and paramedic staff were called to the scene where the boy was pronounced dead and his body was removed to University Hospital Galway where a post-mortem examination was to be carried out.
The Hynes Building was closed to allow for full investigations with inspectors from the HSA and gardaí examining the scene tonight.
It houses a number of offices including some of the city’s Department of Social Protection divisions and staff, and is home to the regional RTÉ office.


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The "Mint" countries - Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey identified as emerging economic giants

Economist Jim O'neill has recognized the "Mint" nations - Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey as rising economic goliaths.

The Today programme's Evan Davis and Newsday's Nkem Ifejika spoke to business people in Nigeria who let them know that the nation still have their crucial issues.

They demonstrated that infrastructures still remained an issue to the country's economy yet that the issues of power and electricity had been resolved.

Education was additionally noted as an issue, with the enterpreneurs explaining that it was fundamental for organizations to invest in staff.

They additionally illustrated that corruption had turned into "a cultural thing" in Nigeria.

*I find it totally preposterous and utterly ridiculous that someone would come out and say that the issue of power and electricity in Nigeria has been resolved. Even though the private sector has taken over the functions of providing electricity to Nigerians, things are still more or less the same in terms of electricity supply. There is still irregular power supply and nigerians still depend on generators for their electricity...spending alot on fuel for generators, not to talk about the devastating effects of these generator fumes on the environment.

If Nigeria could be seen as a rising giant despite these crucial setbacks, imagine where the country would be when  the issues of corruption, electricity, security and infrastructure are resolved. Something must be done!

Golden Globes Awards...Full list of winners + Red carpet photos!

 

The evening started on a rather damp note when a sewage pipe burst and the red carpet flooded at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at the 71st Golden Globes.

 

GOLDEN GLOBES 2014 WINNERS LIST

Top prize: Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years A Slave

BEST DRAMA
12 Years A Slave

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
American Hustle
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams, American Hustle


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICALLeonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Frozen

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Great Beauty

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Her - Spike Jonze

Extreme role: Matthew McConaughey was named Best Actor in a Drama for Dallas Buyers Club

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Alex Ebert, All Is Lost

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
U2 Ordinary Love, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Breaking Bad

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Robin Wright, House Of Cards

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Behind The Candelabra

Great Cate: Blanchett bagged Best Actress in a Drama for Blue Jasmine

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

But Reese Witherspoon, Taylor Swift, Amy Adams and Amber Heard managed to brighten up any lingering soggy spirits with a rainbow of stunning gowns on Sunday night.

American Hustle nominee Amy looked particularly eye catching in a plunging two toned Valentino red gown teamed with a chic braided updo while Reese Witherspoon cut a simple but sophisticated sight in a sleek Calvin Klein aqua sleeveless gown.

 

A rainbow of dresses: Taylor Swift, Amy Adams, Reese Witherspoon, Amber Heard were the leading brights on the red carpet at the Golden Globes Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday night
 

But Amber Heard plumped for a darker number, sporting a navy blue one shouldered Versace gown split to the thigh with her hair backcombed into an big updo.

 

The leading ladies seemed to manage to avoid getting their long gowns wet after the pipe sprayedwhat The Hollywood Reporter described as 'black sewage and water on the carpet.
Luckily, the spill was dealt with after around 15 minutes according to the report, with the Beverly Hills Fire Department finishing the job with air blowers and wet vacuums.

Lady in red: American Hustle nominee Amy Adams sported a two toned plunging gown and chic braided updo at the Golden Globes Awards on Sunday at the Beverly Hilton

Two shades of red: Amy Adams took the plunge in a sleeveless gown with full skirt at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday night

Amazing in aqua: Reese Witherspoon sported a sleek sleeveless Calvin Klein gown which showed off her svelte figure

 

Navy blue beauty: Amber Heard opted for a one Versace shouldered dress split to the thigh with big hair

Flooded: Several hotel workers had to deal with a disastrous burst sewage pipe on the carpet at around midday in Los Angeles

E! red carpet host Ryan Seacrest tweeted two snapshots of the flood. 'Huge water leak on #goldenglobes red carpet. Bev Hills fire trying to clean up: 'Could be bad for long gowns.'
Accident-prone Jennifer Lawrence managed to avoid any huge mishaps following her infamous Oscars trip last year.
She sported her favourite Christian Dior, appearing in a strapless gown with black band detail. 'I decided to shock them all,' she sarcastically said of her choice of designer, after wearing Dior to all the major award ceremonies last year.

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Central African Republic: Cannibal called 'Mad Dog' drags Muslim off bus, sets him alight and eats his leg 'to avenge murder of pregnant wife'

• The victim was attacked by a militia of around 20 machete-wielding men
• Ouandja Magloire - also known as Mad Dog - reportedly ate part of the man
• Witnesses did not intervene but filmed the attack on their mobile phones
• 'The scene made many people vomit and cry out in horror,' one witness said
• Sectarian violence has been rife recently in the Central African Republic

Horrific footage has emerged of a cannibal eating the leg of a Muslim slaughtered by a rampaging Christian mob in the Central African Republic.


The victim was hauled from a bus, battered and then stabbed before being set on fire in the capital city Bangui, according to the BBC.


In the aftermath of the incident, one of his attackers grabbed hold of his leg and then began to devour it.

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Violence: People throw stones at a car transporting two children of an ex-Seleka colonel at the 'UN crossroad' on Sunday in Bangui



Men brandish machets and knives to threaten Muslim people in Bangui



The cannibal, Ouandja Magloire - who also calls himself ‘Mad Dog’ - told a BBC reporter that his action was revenge for the murders of his pregnant wife, his sister-in-law and her baby.

He claimed that Muslims were responsible and he was angry with them.   

‘Mad Dog’ spotted his victim on a minibus and gathered a crowd of about 20 Christian youths who forced the bus driver to stop.

Witnesses did not intervene but recorded the footage on mobile phones, including the act of cannibalism.

Witness Jean-Sylvestre Tchya told news agency AFP: 'One of the individuals took hold of an arm and went and bought some bread and starting chewing on the flesh, along with his bread.

'The scene made many people vomit, and some cried out in horror.'

Another witness, Alain Gbabobou, said he watched a man wrapped the head up and proclaim that he would 'feast on it'.

According to The Sunday Telegraph, this may not have been an isolated incident, with a source speaking of more than one person being eaten.

An aid worker told the paper: 'They were taking machetes to people and burning the bodies and eating them.'

 

 

Graphic: Christians attack muslims in sectarian violence in CAR

Sectarian violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been rife in the past month and flared up again following the resignation on Friday of president Michel Djotodia, the first Muslim to rule the Christian-majority nation.

So far it has claimed around 1,000 lives, with the reports of cannibalism bringing to mind the macabre tales associated with Jean Bedel Bokassa, who ruled the CAR with an iron fist between 1966 and 1979.

He was regarded by many as a brutal dictator and was accused of eating human flesh, incorporating it in meals for visiting officials and feeding slain opponents to animals.

He died in 1996 and received a posthumous pardon in 2010.

Some Christian fighters believe that human flesh makes them invincible and put chunks of it in amulets that they wear.



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Kim Kardashian 'in tears' over taking Kanye West's surname ......''She will be known as Kim West. My wife will bear my name only!" - Kanye West insists

Rap-star Kanye West has reportedly insisted his fiancee drop her famous last name when they tie the knot


Down time: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West get food to go in Beverly Hills
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She's built an empire on her name but reality star Kim Kardashian could be set to drop her surname when she weds rapper Kanye West.

According to the National Enquirer magazine, Kanye has insisted Kim drop 'Kardashian' entirely when they tie the knot.

The glamorous star previously said she will be known as Kim Kardashian-West.

The spat with rapper Kanye apparently caused upset among Kim's family including mother Kris during a recent get-together.

A source told the National Enquirer magazine: "Everyone at the table gave a thumbs up, except for Kanye.

"He sat quiet and stern-faced, then blurted forcefully, 'She will be known as Kim West. My wife will bear my name only!"

The source added: "By the end of the night Kim was in tears because all the way home he kept ranting that he was furious about her even considering to keep the Kardashian name."

Kimye, who got engaged in October, are parents to seven-month-old daughter North, known as Nori.

They have recently been snapped enjoying a festive break on the slopes with family in Utah.

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