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‘We can’t afford another one’ – Heartbroken Irish couple’s home destroyed during Storm Eowyn as they launch fund plea
A COUPLE was left heartbroken after their mobile home was destroyed by Storm Eowyn.
Rickie and Lauren Kavanagh from Cluidrevagh, Co Galway, have issued an urgent plea as they are left homeless – after their home was completely destroyed.
During the madness of Storm Eowyn, their home was flipped and destroyed by the strong winds, leaving the heartbroken couple to salvage their belongings.
Rickie and Lauren were lucky to escape the chaos as they stayed with their friend during the storm event.
The mobile home was only purchased three months ago, before the devastating event occurred.
A GoFundMe page has been created to help the pair rebuild.
The couple is still paying back loans for their mobile home, which they no longer have, and they are struggling to afford a replacement.
Launching the fundraiser page, the couple told their story about their mobile home and how they only want to save money to find their forever home.
They said: “We are still paying back loans for a home we no longer have after Storm Eowyn hit on the 24th of January 2025.
“We can’t afford another one and we just want someplace to call our own so we can have the chance to save for our forever home.
“Unfortunately the storm flipped the mobile over and we’re currently trying to recover whatever belongings we can.
“We’re very grateful that we were staying with a friend on the night storm hit as things could have been a lot worse but we had the mobile home only three months and now it’s destroyed.
“It would mean so much to us if you could help in any way possible and hopefully we reach our goal.
“If any money is raised above the goal amount it will be donated to a charity.
“Thanks so much to everyone helping us.”
GENEROUS DONATIONS
The GoFundMe fundraiser was launched yesterday to raise €10,000 to help the couple get their bearings together and find a new home.
They also pleaded that if the fundraiser exceeds the target, it will go towards a charity.
People have been sharing whatever they can to help the heartbroken couple during difficult times and get them back on their feet.
After 14 hours of the campaign being live, it has raised over €2,600.
A generous person has donated €500, while a handful donated €100 to help them find a new home.
You can donate online to Rickie and Lauren’s GoFundMe campaign.
Separately, a farm based in Galway, was completely destroyed as Storm Eowyn rampaged with 183kph winds.
Raman Singh’s Oranmore Organic Farm, located in Treanlaur, told how his dreams were ripped away as the storm hit.
I’m trolled for ‘dating my grandma’ – haters judge our ‘scandalous’ 37 year age gap love but we’re happier than ever
A MAN who is married to woman a whopping 37 years older than him has revealed that the comments from trolls don’t bother him.
Quran Mccain met Cheryl, who has 18 grandchildren, when he was just 15 years old.
Despite the naysayers the lovebirds are happier than ever[/caption] The couple have faced more than their share of hate online[/caption]Cheryl and Quran often share details of their unconventional relationship online, and in a recent TikTok video revealed that people still comment on their huge age gap.
In the viral clip, Quran can be seen laying on a bed as Cheryl gives him a back massage.
The text over the video reads: “You’re the guy who married his grandma.”
Quran mimed a long the the lyrics “go ahead and tell everybody, I’m the man,” as if to confirm the statement.
And although the couple might not actually be related, they still get a lot of hate for their relationship, which the couple brush off time and time again.
In another clip, Cheryl and Quran can be seen dancing together as the text over the clip reads: “Them: She was 37 yrs old when you was born. [SIC]”
The couple continued dancing together as Quran mouthed along to the song playing in the background: “I don’t give a f**k.”
But people were left convinced that the relationship couldn’t be legitimate because of the large age gap.
One person commented on the viral video: “I don’t think this is something to be proud of bro.”
And a second chimed in: “He really thinks he did something, all you did was bag a grandma dude.”
But others supported their relationship, and many defended them in the comment section of their video.
“How can people hate when they don’t even know you, bless your marriage,” one said.
And another said: “Stay happy and enjoy your life together and enjoy the haters, you’re a great couple.”
SURROGACY DRAMA
owever, because of Cheryl’s age she is unable to conceive naturally – leading the pair who are desperate to complete their family to turn to other methods.
The pair revealed earlier this year they would be going down the surrogacy route and had found a woman who was willing to carry the child after three failed attempts.
The couple were expecting a baby girl, who is due later this year on December 27th.
“Our surrogate is incarcerated and now our baby has a second chance at life”, Cheryl said.
Cheryl and Quran went on to explain that their surrogate is battling drug addiction, something they didn’t know when they asked her to carry their baby.
Quran said: “It’s not good that our baby is in this situation, because we weren’t prepared for the circumstances that came with the surrogate we chose.
“We take accountability for that”.
Cheryl was unable to use her own eggs so the baby would have been conceived with the surrogates egg and Quran’s semen.
But the heartbroken 63-year-old has provided an update and the surrogacy hasn’t gone to plan.
Taking to TikTok Cheryl said: “People are messaging me and wanting to know what’s going on.
Well, the dates have not matched up from the beginning.”
Cheryl explained the baby conception date was March 5th – but there was no insemination from Quran until after March 12th.
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The Kardashian matriarch, 69, met her younger man, 44, at a mutual friend’s 40th birthday party in Ibiza. They’ve been together since August 2014. - Sam & Aaron Taylor-Johnson – 23 years
The director, 57, and actor, 34, reportedly met at a film audition in 2009, and were married by 2012. The pair share two daughters and Sam has two children from a previous marriage. - Rosie-Huntington-Whiteley & Jason Statham – 20 years
The model, 37, started dating actor Jason, 57, in 2010. They were wed in 2016 and have since welcomed a son and a daughter together. - Catherine Zeta-Jones & Michael Douglas – 25 years
Catherine, 55, was introduced to Michael, 80, a film festival in 1996 and engaged three years later. Shortly after their engagement, the couple welcomed a son and married in 2000.
This led the couple to believe the baby was someone else’s.
“She was with her boyfriend trying to tell us that they didn’t have sex, and I was trying to tell my husband that is wrong,” she said.
“So I got tired of all this and her saying that the baby’s his and using his feelings and stuff for it.”
Quran and Cheryl decided the only thing to do was get the surrogate to do a DNA test which they paid for and she agreed to.
But when the day came, the surrogate ‘made up every excuse under the book not to be able to come.’
“So what does that tell us? That’s not our baby,” said a defeated Cheryl.
“My husband is not the baby daddy.
“I’m sorry to say that, but it’s been a blessing, because this has been one hell of a messed up journey.”
Masked Singer fans backtrack on Bush’s identity as they predict huge twist after hitting out at judges
MASKED Singer fans have backtracked on who they think is behind Bush and predicted a huge twist.
Viewers of The Masked Singer last night insisted EastEnders’ legend Natalie Cassidy has been performing as Bush.
But now they’ve made a U-turn and think it’s actually comedian Morgana Robinson playing Natalie.
Morgana, 42, is known for her spot-one impression of Natalie, 41, and fans have taken to social media to predict the twist.
One wrote: “Bush does sound like Natalie Cassidy but would love it to be Morgana Robinson doing her Natalie Cassidy impression.”
Another said: “I was thinking Natalie Cassidy but then I remember Morgana doing a brilliant Natalie impression on her show…”
Someone else commented: “Bush is probably Morgana Robinson doing a Sonia impression.”
And a fourth added: “Bush could not have sounded more like Natalie Cassidy this time. Still a chance it’s Morgana Robinson who can do a great impression.”
Natalie recently opened up about her reaction to Morgana’s hilarious impression of her.
During an episode of her Off The Telly podcast, co-host Joanna Page asked: “What was that like? You know when she did that. Was it just mental?
“To be that well known that someone does an impression of your character and you, it’s just insane.”
Natalie replied: “It is a complete honour.
“Because I do think once that happens to you, you think ‘I am famous actually’.
“Which I don’t really care about, but you go ‘That makes you a bit famous, that’.”
Last night fans blasted Masked Singer panellists Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Maya Jama and Mo Gilligan for “pretending” not to know Bush is “obviously” Natalie.
Someone wrote: “Everyone in the UK knows that Bush is Natalie Cassidy, except these judges apparently.”
And another said: “How do they not hear that it’s Natalie Cassidy?! Especially now with the Dean clue ..Dean Gaffney, come on people! #MaskedSingerUK.”
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Tottenham 1 Leicester 2: Ange Postecoglou on brink as Spurs flops are BOOED off by fuming fans after humiliating defeat
MAYBE Tottenham genuinely ARE in a relegation battle.
Before, it seemed like a sort of sick joke.
Jamie Vardy pointed to the Premier League badge on his arm after scoring against Tottenham[/caption] Richarlison opened the scoring for Tottenham in the first half[/caption] But Bilal El Khannouss scored the eventual winner moments after Vardy’s equaliser to end Leicester’s seven-game league losing run[/caption] It saw Spurs fall into deeper inexplicable relegation worries[/caption] And piled the pressure onto Ange Postecoglou[/caption]One that fans would have a relieved laugh about once they had come through this awful period and got their multitude of crocked stars back.
But that was before they lost at home to Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester side, who had suffered seven straight defeats themselves and scored just two goals in the process.
Jamie Vardy was the man that sparked the shock win, levelling a minute into the second half from Richarlison’s opener, before Bilal El Khannouss’s winner four minutes later.
Now alarm bells really are ringing all throughout N17 because if you cannot beat this lot – scratch that, if you LOSE to this lot – then you can lose to anyone.
The gap is only seven points to the dreaded dotted line and with dreadful, knackered, injury-decimated Spurs without question showing relegation form, would you really rule it out?
It is now one win in 11 league games – and that victory came at doomed Southampton – for Ange Postecoglou, for whom the heat cranked up considerably in the miserable January weather on Sunday afternoon.
The vast number of players sidelined – it was ten here, with ex-Leicester man James Maddison the latest to be ruled out – have severely hampered him.
As has the lack of support this month in the transfer market by Daniel Levy, who was Public Enemy No1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium here.
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But even so, this was a team that finished fifth last season, that are competing in Europe, and are… well, bloody Tottenham Hotspur, one of the bastions of English football.
The fact that they are even being mentioned as a relegation candidate is as astounding as it is embarrassing.
And it is not like you can just turn form on and off like a tap in the Premier League, even when you have your key men fit. It is too demanding a league these days.
Levy may not have backed Postecoglou in the market so far this January, but until now he has supported the Aussie despite the club’s plummet down the table.
There has been a deep desire for it to work for the ex-Celtic manager and an understanding over the spate of injuries.
That faith is about to be given its strongest test yet though after this calamity.
As for Van Nistelrooy and Leicester, this was an unexpected massive boost given how the club were in freefall before now.
One win in 14 league games before this was even worse than Tottenham’s dire record and it only looked to be heading one way.
Ex-Manchester United super striker Van Nistelrooy played with a young Son Heung-min during his year at Hamburg in 2010-11.
He tweeted back then that his then 18-year-old South Korean team-mate was “a massive talent” and that the footballing world should “watch out for” his talent.
It was a solid tip as Son has gone on to be one of the finest players in Tottenham’s recent history and a Premier League centurion goal-scorer.
But fourteen years on and the winger’s poor campaign has been a big factor in Spurs’ problems, with the captain looking no longer the talisman he once was.
This was actually one of Son’s better games, though, at least in the first half, when he came close with two strikes which were brilliantly tipped wide and onto the crossbar respectively by Jakub Stolarczyk.
A rare moment of quality brought about the opener as Pedro Porro swung in a sublime cross which Richarlison guided into the net with a controlled header.
Given Leicester’s hopelessness in front of goal, many would have presumed Spurs – even this Spurs – would go on from there and see out the three points.
But those presumptions proved foolhardy as Leicester turned the game on its head inside the first four minutes of the second half.
First, a good ball across from Bobby De Cordova-Reid evaded both Kinsky and Davies, allowing Vardy to take a touch and smash in a leveller.
The former England striker revived his s***house tactics from the opening day of the season – where he also equalised against Spurs – by pointing to his Premier League badge, to indicate how he had won one title and Tottenham had not.
If that was a setback, what followed was a disaster.
El Khannouss was afforded the freedom of what felt like the Tottenham High Road, or the middle of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium pitch at least, as he raced towards Spurs’ box and curled into the far corner.
The chorus of anti-Levy chants, which had come and gone in the first half, significantly ramped up at that point.
There were incredulous boos when Richarlison was brought off on 54 minutes.
Postecoglou was presumably trying to manage the Brazilian’s minutes given his injury woes this season.
But given the state his side was in, few could fathom he had taken off his goal-scorer.
Neither could they believe when Porro, shortly after striking the bar with a deflected free-kick, opted to shoot towards the near post from the acutest of angles, instead of simply squaring for a wide-open Archie Gray.
Most damning of Spurs and Postecoglou from there was that that was pretty much it for their attacking threat.
Porous Leicester were comfortable and Tottenham were toothless.
The boos at full-time were deafening – save for the cheers of the Leicester fans – as were the ‘We want Levy out’ chants.
A banner was unveiled in the South Stand that read “24 years, 16 managers, 1 trophy, TIME FOR CHANGE”, aimed at Levy.
Frequently in the past, these kinds of scenes have resulted in change – but in the dugout, not the boardroom.