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The racing world is no stranger to risk, to fragility, to the sharp awareness that promise and peril often travel side by side. Yet nothing can soften the blow of a loss as cruel and sudden as that of Paul Kavanagh, a young Galway jockey whose life was taken far too soon in a car accident last week. He was only 20, but in that short time he managed to leave an imprint far deeper than many who live much longer lives.

The racing world is no stranger to risk, to fragility, to the sharp awareness that promise and peril often travel side by side. Yet nothing can soften the blow of a loss as cruel and sudden as that of Paul Kavanagh, a young Galway jockey whose life was taken far too soon in a car accident last week. He was only 20, but in that short time he managed to leave an imprint far deeper than many who live much longer lives.

Moate-native, Jamie O’Rourke, has been selected as a finalist in the Virgin Media Discovers & Screen Ireland Short Film competition for his film ‘Calf’, the script telling the story of a near fatal farm accident that leaves teenager Cáit with a terrible decision to make in order to do what she must to protect her family.

This being the time of the year when the children start school or go back to school, it prompts memories of our own days behind the desk, ‘the happiest days of our life’ as they are referred to.