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Founder of suicide prevention charity commits suicide (due to fraud investigation) https://www.thesun.ie/news/5084652/paul-kelly-found-dead-suicide-console/

81 year old Larry Gogan, who retired from RTE last week, has died https://www.rte.ie/amp/1104730/ Almost as big a name as Marian but this wouldn't be as unexpected clearly

Officially, they aren't paid at all. All voluntary, graceful amateur game (that's incredibly violent) and all that Reality is they get expenses, grants and sponsors delivered to them if they're top level.

All hurlers are nominally amateur as the GAA bans professionals; there are a few who live entirely off sponsorship and others with very very spurious jobs with sponsors.

Looks in pretty good nick at a press event https://www.broadsheet.ie/2019/07/22/she-is-among-us-36/

Particularly awful (at his job) former Taoiseach (Irish PM) Brian Cowen is in intensive care for an unspecified reason. Was notably drunk on air at least once, with his party and particularly the rural elements of his party being known for hard drinking...

Getting married after 32 years, shades of Ken Dodd possibly?

A major contemporary died today, who I thought was dead for maybe 20 years and also wouldn't have got a QO for here; but really one of the last light entertainment presenters from Gay's era left and may hit him a bit. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/bunny-carr-former-rté-presenter-dies-aged-91-1.3635577

Not recovering well although still off chemo http://www.thejournal.ie/gay-byrne-cancer-treatment-4043592-May2018/

Still in the wheelchair, two years on from the accident. Still drinking. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42701430 Wouldn't give him more than a few years.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/martin-mcguinness-receiving-treatment-for-amyloidosis-1.2933722 Never even heard of this before

He's Scottish. And a former footballer / 80s TV presenter.

Wouldn't think a UK obit is 100% nailed on, should it hit a heavy news period. Was the C4 showings of an edited Late Late and his time on Granada 50 years ago enough?