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A Killarney mother has described how her first aid training saved her son’s life.
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First aid expert saves her infant son’s life
By Sean Moriarty
A Killarney mother has described how her first aid training saved her son’s life.
Selina Looney is a post and pre-natal expert and runs the local Mama Movement, an organisation that provides health support to recent and expecting mothers.
Her one-year-old Theo Ashe began choking last Thursday at their Castle Park home.
Selina’s experience is first aid was the key to his survival.
“Instinct, memory and adrenaline took over and I swiftly turned him over, delivering back slaps in an attempt to dislodge what he was choking on, flipping him over and checking and back to deliver more back slaps, while making my way to the front door to call for help from the neighbours,” she told the Killarney Advertiser.
It was the second time she had to use her skills to save one of her three sons. Less than three years ago her middle son Noah, who was only eight months old at the time, began choking while on a family holiday in Spain.
The horrors of the previous incident came rushing back last Thursday.
“In that moment all I could hear were my own thoughts, screaming, no, no, no, not again and for a split second I was paralysed by fear,” she added. “Fear that I couldn’t save him and fear that this time my baby would die.”
She is encouraging local mothers to take First Aid classes and will run an on-line course via her website www.themamamovement.ie.
The next course is scheduled for June 29 and can be booked via the website.
Frustration mounts over morning gridlock at Coolcorcoran
Mounting traffic gridlock at the Coolcorcoran junction onto the N22 Killarney Bypass is causing daily delays for commuters, with local motorists calling on Killarney Municipal District and elected representatives to take immediate action.
Early morning traffic coming from the Tralee side has become severely backed up past BG Motors during the peak 8.15am commute.
Motorists attempting to enter the bypass from the Coolcorcoran side face long queues and increasing frustration as they struggle to join the main road.
Local drivers point to a specific design issue at the exit, where a raised kerb and a section of unused footpath prevent left-turning vehicles from merging smoothly into the traffic flow.
Road users are requesting a simple layout modification to resolve the bottleneck: converting the exit to left-turn only, removing the kerb obstruction, and directing driver traffic to loop via a U-turn at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre roundabout. Similar left-turn measures were previously implemented at the nearby Lewis Road junction to improve safety and traffic flow.
The request comes as broader plans for the N22 bypass upgrade and new link road infrastructure remain under progression by Kerry County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
Motorists wishing to share their views on local road issues can email info@killarneyadvertiser.ie.
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