Carl O'Malley Irish Times Journalist Dead

highly1111

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/irish-times-sports-journalist-carl-o-malley-dies-suddenly-at-36-1.2120326

This is so sad. Carl O'Malley the IT sports journalist died last night playing a football match. He was only 36. He's 3 young kids - was on paternity leave as his son is just 7 days old.

Such a tragedy. Thoughts are with his wife and family. RIP.

Kristopherus

Sincere condolences to his family. RIP.

Banjo String

Condolences to his wife and kids.

RIP.

daRobot

That's terribly sad news.

RIP

My name is URL

I can't access the article because of that new pay-wall the IT has but RIP and condolences to his family.

Here's the last article he wrote - http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/jamie-heaslip-to-miss-england-but-may-face-wales-1.2106141 for anyone that has a subscription

Roger Hassenforder

when you see the bull**** threads around this one, makes you think a bit.
RIP

Grid.

Thats awful....condolences to family and friends, RIP.:(

Littlekittylou

Good Lord. Very very young.

RIP.

Poor family. And a child at just seven days. Good lord.

Midnight Sundance

Aw that's awful news! Deepest sympathies to his wife and family

Lovely Bloke

He died playing football in the same place where the Boards team has played many seasons, and is a good friend of one of our players.

It's shocking to think that a young man, out playing a game of football with his mates, is not going home to his young family.

Rest in Peace.

Karl Stein

RIP and condolences to his friends, family and loved ones.

I love a game of 5/6-a-side myself and the idea that something like that could happen on the pitch is disturbing.

conorh91

Have to admit I'm not familiar with him, but he must have been a talented sports writer to have gotten a gig with them straight out of college.

Anyway, that's beside the point. My thoughts go out to his family. We all think we're permanent. Just plain odd to think of how suddenly we can slip away.

Baby Jane

Getting ill suddenly during something totally run-of-the-mill and then dying shortly thereafter, at the age of 36 - the universe can really suck at times.

anncoates

It's something that is scarily resonant for many: a young man, father, playing ball with friends. An awful thing to read. RIP.

SEPT 23 1989

This is why i dont play sport anymore

too much pressure on the old ticker

RIP terrible loss for his family

biko

Oh man, RIP. 36 is way too young to be taken

Karl Stein

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

This is why i dont play sport anymore

too much pressure on the old ticker

But.. but shirley not playing sports is worse for the ticker?

SEPT 23 1989

Karl Stein wrote: »

But.. but shirley not playing sports is worse for the ticker?

There is a happy medium

gentle exercise

Baby Jane

But playing football with your pals isn't extreme exercise.
Any death triggered by physical exertion (even e.g. those ultimate marathons) is exceptionally rare.

buried

RIP to the man and my condolences to the people closest to him

AndonHandon

Jesus, 7 day old kid along with two other young kids. Poor family, what a tragedy.

Karl Stein

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

gentle exercise

Making pancakes is it? :pac:

The physical and mental benefits far outweigh any risks.

A study done by Prof Peter Krustrup and his team ... found that soccer as a whole provides .. health and fitness effects that are at least as pronounced as for running, and in some cases even better.

..one study asked 47 men with high blood pressure to either play soccer or to run for an hour twice a week for three months. It turned out that playing soccer was the smart move, because those who played it saw their blood pressure fall by an average of twice as much than those who decided to run.

...cholesterol levels fell in the soccer group – an effect not found in the running group. Another study even found that bone density increased twice as much playing soccer as in running.
A clear victory for soccer but the benefits don’t just stop there.

..according to yet more of Prof Peter Krustrup’s research ...men and women playing soccer .. experienced an overall high level of 'flow' during the experiment.

If you’ve not come across the term ‘flow’ before, it’s essentially the optimal state that arises when you are fully immersed in a challenging task. It is the feeling you get when you are fully focused, engaged, motivated and happy in whatever the activity is that you’re doing.

www.5-a-side.com/fitness/mental-benefits

thelad95

Karl Stein wrote: »

Making pancakes is it? :pac:

The physical and mental benefits far outweigh any risks.

Does it really matter here to be honest?

When you're hear news like this, it puts a lot of things into context. RIP, I can't imagine what his family are going through right now.

Karl Stein

thelad95 wrote: »

Does it really matter here to be honest?

As tragic as this death is the risk of playing sports is far outweighed by the benefits. The reason this is so shocking is because it's incredibly rare. If it was a BASE jumper it wouldn't be so shocking because the element of risk of death is a given.

Buttercake

very sad was in school with him, met him recently at Christmas, in fine spirits with his kid on the way

Lapin

Christ that's sad, and with a young family too.

Life can be a right bastard at times.

R.I.P.

cloud493

Much too young to go, poor sod. Rest in peace.

Birneybau

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

This is why i dont play sport anymore

too much pressure on the old ticker

RIP terrible loss for his family

Idiocy to be honest.