In her 88th year and pre-deceased by her parents Charles and Brigid Mc Laughlin, husband Denis, granddaughter Niamh, sisters Bernadette, Patricia, Brid, Marie Therese, Roisin and Colette and brother John; Mrs Dwan passed peacefully while in the loving care of her family and the staff at Acorn Lodge Nursing Home, Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
Her passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her sorrowing family; daughter Colette, sons Marty and Denis, grandchildren Sarah, Brian, Charlie, Jamie and Anna Mai, daughters-in-law Eleanor and Helena, son-in-law Michael, brothers-in-law Kevin and Liam, sisters-in-law Kathleen, Helen, Anne, Breda and Lucy, nephews, nieces, extended relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.
For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Mrs Dwan, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.
The extended Dwan family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.
Lyrics: Songwriter guitarist and former member of ‘Sidewalk Prophets’Ben McDonald; songwriter and producer Benjamin Glove; lead singer and founder of ‘Sidewalk Prophets’ Dave Frey. Vocals: American contemporary Christian music band from Nashville ‘Sidewalk Prophets’.
Come to the table.
We all start on the outside, The outside looking in, This is where grace begins. We were hungry we were thirsty, With nothing left to give, Oh the shape that we were in. Just when all hope seemed lost, Love opened the door for us. He said come to the table, Come join the sinners who have been redeemed, Take your place beside the Saviour, Sit down and be set free, Come to the table. Come meet this mighty crew of misfits, Liars and these thieves, No one unwelcome here. That sin and shame that you brought with you, You can leave it at the door, And let mercy draw you near, Come to the table. Come join the sinners who have been redeemed. Take your place beside the Saviour, Sit down and be set free, Come to the table. Come to the table. To the thief and to the doubter, To the hero and the coward, To the prisoner and the soldier, To the young and to the older. All who hunger all who thirst, All the last and all the first, All the paupers and the princes, All who fail, you’ve been forgiven, All who dream and all who suffer, All who loved and lost another, All the chained and all the free, All who follow all who lead, Anyone who’s been let down, All the lost you have been found, All who have been labelled right or wrong, To everyone who hears this song, Come to the table. Come join the sinners you have been redeemed, Take your place beside the Saviour, Sit down and be set free, Oh, sit down and be set free, Come to the table. Come to the table. Just sit down there and rest awhile. Just sit down and rest awhile. Come to the table.
Predeceased by her parents John and Ellen, sisters Mary (McDonald), Gertrude (Martin) and brother Hugh; Her passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her sorrowing family; brother James, sisters Alice (Burke), Johanna (Ronan-Meighan), Eileen (Sommer-Ronan), Kathleen (Treanor) and Ann (Gibbons), brothers-in-law, sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended relatives and a wide circle of friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Ms Ronan will be received into the Church of St Michael, Mullinahone, Thurles, on Monday, September 30th at 12:00 noon to repose for Requiem Mass, followed by private family cremation.
The extended Ronan family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.
Note Please: Family flowers only, donation in lieu, if desired to Peter McVerry Trust.
Suaimhneas síoraí dá h-anam dílis i dteannta na Naomh agus na n-aingeal.
Oscar-winning character actress Dame Ms Maggie Margaret Natalie Smith (Maggie Smith)[Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) and Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)] (Dec. 28th 1934 − Sept. 27th 2024), has sadly passed away while in the care of staff at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, aged 89.
The talented British actress; best known for her outstanding roles in ‘Harry Potter’(portraying the wise and formidable head of Gryffindor House) and ‘Downton Abbey’(portraying the Dowager Countess of Grantham, Violet Crawley, together with her Academy Award-winning performance in ‘The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie’, and her Best Supporting Actress role in ‘California Suite’, passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning.
Moments that made Maggie Smith in ‘Downton Abbey’.
The intensely private lady, passed away surrounded by close friends and family, leaving behind two sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens and five loving grandchildren all devastated by the loss of their extraordinary talented mother and grandmother.
Born in Ilford, Essex, on December 28, 1934, Ms Smith began her career in the early 1950s with notable performances in theatre. She gained recognition in ‘The Royal Family’ and won her first Oliver Award, in 1971, for her performance in ‘The Private Ear/The Public Eye’. Her film debut began in 1958 in the crime film ‘Nowhere to Go’.
She was also Oscar-nominated for ‘Othello’ (1965), ‘Travels with My Aunt’ (1972), ‘A Room with a View’ (1985), and ‘Gosford Park’ (2001).
Ms Smith received an early BAFTA award for Promising Newcomer in 1959 for ‘Nowhere To Go’. This was followed by BAFTA nominations for ‘Young Cassidy’ in 1966, ‘Death On The Nile’ in 1979, ‘California Suite’ in 1980, ‘Quartet’ in 1982, ‘The Secret Garden‘ in 1994, ‘Tea With Mussolini’ in 2000, ‘Gosford Park’ in 2002 and ‘The Lady In The Van’ in 2016.
She also won Best Actress Awards for ‘The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie’, ‘A Private Function’ and ‘The Lonely Passion Of Judith Hearne’.
One of her final roles included ‘The Miracle Club’, which follows a group of women from Dublin, Ireland, who go on a pilgrimage to the French town of Lourdes.
Ms Smith married actor Robert Stephens on June 29th 1967. They had two sons, Chris (b. 1967) and Toby (b. 1969), and they were divorced on April 6th 1975. Ms Smith married playwright Alan Beverly Cross on June 23rd 1975, at the Guildford Register Office. They remained married until his death on March 20th 1998. Once, when asked in 2013 if she was lonely, she replied, “It seems a bit pointless, going on, on one’s own, and not having someone to share it with”.
Almost 100 cases prosecuted under Coco’s Law have now been published.
Legislation criminalising the sharing of, or threatening to share intimate images without a person’s consent, and distributing, publishing or sending a threatening or grossly offensive communication to another person, introduced in 2021 has been reviewed.
Almost 100 cases have been prosecuted by the DPP over the review period, with charges from An Garda Síochána increasing year-on-year.
Success of national awareness campaigns in informing public of the legislation.
The legislation criminalises the sharing of, or threatening to share intimate images, without a person’s consent, with or without intent to cause harm to the victim.
The Act also seeks to target other areas of harmful communications by creating a new offence of distributing, publishing, or sending a threatening or grossly offensive communication with intent to cause harm and to extend the current offence of harassment to deal with communications about a person, as well as communications to a person.
The review was carried out by the Department of Justice and found positive early indicators in terms of prosecutions taken, the number of reports of intimate image abuse made to a hotline for illegal content, and general awareness of the legislation.
The review found that the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions had taken a total of 99 cases in respect of section 2, 3 or 4 of the Act, between its commencement and the end of 2023. This included:
A total of 23 cases prosecuted on indictment in the Circuit Court.
The DPP consented to summary disposal on guilty plea for eight cases.
The DPP directed summary disposal on 68 cases.
One case was prosecuted on indictment in the Central Criminal Court.
The review also found that the number of charges issued by An Garda Síochána had risen between commencement in 2021 and the end of 2023. In 2021, there were 22 charges brought. In 2022, that rose to 95, and in 2023 it rose again to 113.
The review noted independent research from August 2021, which found that 69% thought it was against the law to share intimate images without consent, and 51% thought it was against the law to threaten to share intimate images.
A follow up piece of research conducted in November 2023 found that those figures had jumped to 97% and 96%, after the public awareness campaign.
As part of the awareness campaign, the Department of Justice partnered with Hotline.ie to provide a widely accessible reporting mechanism for victims of intimate image abuse. Once illegal content is reported to Hotline, their experts assess the report and decide on next steps.
Any online service provider served by Hotline.ie with an intimate image abuse notice is responsible for removing the content at source.
The review found that, between September 2021 and December 2023, almost 1,500 reports were made to Hotline.ie, which, after assessment, were found to be intimate image abuse.
Some 1,006 of these were images or videos shared without the person’s consent via publicly accessible web-locations;. Hotline.ie was able to get 92% removed.
Hotline.ie also received more than 400 reports relating to threat to share intimate images. This included 366 cases of sexual extortion and 27 threats to share intimate images for harassment purposes.
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