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CTV News
11-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
Firefighters extinguish brush fire in Dowling
Sudbury fire and Ministry of Natural Resources crews were called to a brush fire off Pilon Crescent in the Dowling area Tuesday night. Sudbury fire and Ministry of Natural Resources crews were called to a brush fire off Pilon Crescent in the Dowling area Tuesday night. A Dowling resident who was burning brush piles without a permit Tuesday night got a surprise visit from city firefighters. Crews responded to the fire around 10:30 p.m., deputy fire chief Jess Oshell said Wednesday. 'Unauthorized burn was occurring,' Oshell said in a text message. Burning brush piles 'In this instance, brush piles were being burnt without a permit … With the assistance from the property owner, the fire was extinguished.' Oshell said the incident was a good reminder for residents to check the city's outdoor burning bylaw for regulations regarding all outdoor burning 'and to identify when a burn permit is required.'
CTV News
11-06-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Sudbury firefighters respond to brush fire in Dowling
Northern Ontario Watch Sudbury fire and Ministry of Natural Resources crews were called to a brush fire off Pilon Crescent in the Dowling area Tuesday night.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
5 industry-shaping names will join the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame. Meet the 2025 class
Five big, industry-shaping names in bourbon are joining the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame. Their roles in bourbon vary dramatically, but their dedication to the industry and overall influence on have earned them a spot in Kentucky's history. The 2025 class of the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame will welcome longtime legislative champion Damon Thayer, trailblazing female entrepreneur Mary Dowling and Larry Ebersol, who played a key role in the craft distilling boom. Craig Beam, a seventh-generation distiller, and 50-year-bourbon veteran and former Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Emeritus Chris Morris are also joining the ranks. The five new members will be inducted in September, which is Bourbon Heritage Month. Each year, candidates for the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame are submitted by Kentucky Distillers Association member distilleries and the KDA Board of Directors through a comprehensive application process. The selection committee chooses a maximum of five inductees each year. More: Brown-Forman shares bleak outlook for company, spirit industry amid tariff uncertainty Here's what to know about the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame class of 2025. Craig Beam, who is a seventh generation distiller in a storied Kentucky family, learned the art and science behind making whiskeys from his grandfather, Earl, and father, Parker, who are both legendary Master Distillers and Bourbon Hall of Fame inductees. He spent part of his career at Heaven Hill Distillery working on the company's flagship brands while also introducing new products, such as the Evan Williams and Elijah Craig single barrel series. He is currently the master distillery at Jackson Purchase Distillery, which is one of Kentucky's fastest growing distilleries. The late Mary Dowling was born in 1859 to Irish immigrants, and throughout her life she overcame anti-Irish sentiments and gender barriers to become a trailblazing bourbon entrepreneur. When her husband died in 1903, she took over the Dowling bourbon empire. She became the first woman to run a major distillery, even though she met plenty of resistance from her bank and competitors trying to force her to sell for pennies on the dollar. During American Prohibition, Dowling moved bourbon production to Mexico. Outside of bourbon, Dowling used her wealth and influence to build churches, champion immigrants as well as advocate for Black and women's rights. She opened a free hospital before her death in 1930. More: She's the 'Mother of Bourbon,' but you've probably never heard of her. Meet Mary Dowling Larry Ebersold's career began at the Seagram's plant in Louisville in 1972 as distillery shift supervisor. He spent nearly four decades in corporate spirits world, working in various departments such as cooking and fermentation, then engineering, and maintenance and utilities. When Diageo and Pernod Ricard purchased the Seagram Company in 2001, his responsibilities expanded beyond the distillery and grain division to include Pernod's barrel inventory, as well as manufacturing planning and sales of bulk whiskies. His diverse career set the stage for a busy retirement. He launched a consulting business in 2010, and his expertise has shaped 31 distilleries, including New Riff, Rabbit Hole and Bardstown Bourbon, collaborating with architects and engineers to design innovative production spaces. Chris Morris is a 50-year veteran of the Kentucky bourbon industry, and his craftsmanship and integrity are recognized around the world through the Brown-Forman's whiskey portfolio. Morris, who is Master Distiller Emeritus for Woodford Reserve, is the mastermind behind brands such as Woodford Reserve Double Oak and the company's celebrated Master's Collection. Morris also is one of the industry's most respected historians, a three-time Chairman of the Kentucky Distillers' Association Board of Directors, and a cherished mentor to his successor at Woodford Reserve, Elizabeth McCall. More: Here are 7 new bourbon, whiskey releases or experiences you need to know about this month Damon Thayer is considered one of the strongest champions of Kentucky bourbon in the history of the Kentucky General Assembly. As retired Senate Majority Leader, Thayer is directly responsible for stewarding more than 20 pieces of legislation that modernized the bourbon industry and propelled it into the bourbon boom of the 2010s and early 2020s. That legislation has position bourbon distilling into an economic and tourism powerhouse for the Kentucky. Reach Courier Journal features columnist Maggie Menderski at mmenderski@ This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KDA Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame class of 2025
RTÉ News
08-06-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
'Mind-blowing' - Kildare boss awestruck by breakthrough
Kildare manager Brian Dowling admitted the prospect of the county playing in next year's Leinster Championship is "mind-blowing". The Lilywhites opened a new chapter in the sport by winning the Joe McDonagh Cup for the first time this afternoon, the culmination of a long journey in the county. Investment in structures and coaching at youth level has seen a rapid improvement in the senior side. Having won the Christy Ring Cup to enter this level, and then been beaten by Kerry in their opening match, it was unthinkable they would coast the final minutes of a final with Laois at Croke Park to break down barriers. But that is how the day materialised for Dowling's side through a 10-point victory, something he struggled to come to terms with. He told RTÉ Sport: "I'm absolutely blown away by this, I have no words, I just can't believe it. "It's just unbelievable what that group of players have done. "This year we challenged them and we said it might be possible to get through to a final. "There was some amount of hard work in the background. "At half-time we challenged them again, we didn't think the first half was good and by God the second half performance, even after giving away a goal straight away, was unbelievable. "Credit to the players, I'm so happy for them now." Victory over today's opposition earlier in the year was the inspiration to taking the historic step, according to Dowling. Having defeated them in the round-robin, it showed the Kildare panel what was possible. Dowling explained: "We had to beat Laois to get here and that was the thing, I think beating Laois gave us huge confidence. I'd much rather go into a final beating the team you're facing than losing and we needed that confidence coming in here. "The players had that belief, I know there's people saying Kildare probably built it up too much in the last two weeks. We had an open night on Tuesday night and closed up shop after that. Full focus was on this game, the lads were so focused on this since we got to this final and just couldn't wait to get out here. "What better place to come out and show your hurling? "I think we did that, especially in the second half." Dublin await Kildare next weekend in Newbridge in an occasion undoubtedly set to capture the imagination in the county. It will be difficult to bring the players back down to earth after the euphoria of winning the Joe McDonagh, something Dowling has to consider now. "We can't believe we're out again next Saturday so I don't know what's going to happen there. "Even to think we're in the Leinster Championship next year, it's mind-blowing. I'm so happy for the people of Kildare. Hopefully there's loads of youngsters looking in and they'll be the next lads there playing for Kildare again." Kildare's Man of the Match Cian Boran was struggling for words after his side's fantastic Joe McDonagh Cup victory over Laois... Kildare 2-26 Laois 1-19 #RTEgaa 📺Watch LIVE on RTÉ2 🎙️ Listen on RTÉ Radio 1 📱 Follow on — The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) June 8, 2025 Kildare's man of the match Cian Boran looked at their loss to the Kingdom back in April as the turning point for their season. He explained: "I'd say all 15 lads walked straight into the dressing room after that game when the full-time whistle went. We were fairly mad, it was really disappointing. "But it kind of gave us a bit of a bite then for the rest of the championship. We didn't want to lose again now after that Kerry game. It stood to us so I'm kind of happy it happened, it showed us a bit of grit." Laois coach Tommy Fitzgerald was left distraught by how they wilted in the second period. They were favourites to come out on top in the decider and it has looked within the grasp for the first half, only for Kildare to take control. Fitzgerald stated: "We're just after leaving the dressing room there, and we're all devastated. We didn't come up here to be beaten, by that margin especially. "It's still very, very raw. I'm extremely disappointed. "We had a lot of work done the last couple of weeks, and we thought we had our homework done. And maybe in the first half, I think we had 11 wides in the first half, we probably should have been a couple of points ahead. "And we got the goal straight from the throw-in, and we looked well-placed. But in fairness to Kildare I suppose they got on top of our puck-outs in the second half, and that was probably the biggest difference. "We struggled to win our own puck-outs, and they put a few scores on top of that." Fitzgerald took time to praise Kildare for their breakthrough success, as well as former manager Darren Gleeson with the assistance provided to him over the course of the year. "Kildare are a very good side, they're very well-coached. I thought their conditioning was top-class as well," Fitzgerald said. "They definitely finished stronger than us, and they had athletes all over the pitch, and it probably came into play as well. "Sometimes in hurling things are put in perspective. I'd just like to wish Darren Gleeson well. He should have been here today, and when I did take over, he was a fantastic help to me, a pure gentleman.
The 42
07-06-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Kildare's Joe McDonagh dream - 'This was probably only in the far off depths of my brain'
SHORTLY AFTER WINNING the Christy Ring Cup yet again last year, Kildare goalkeeper Paddy McKenna and his colleagues met with manager Brian Dowling to discuss pushing on. No county had won the competition more times and, frankly, none of the Kildare players fancied winning it ever again. McKenna was involved in all five of Kildare's Ring Cup triumphs, between 2014 and 2024, and was desperate to operate regularly at a higher level. Hitting new standards of fitness was a prerequisite, the players felt. A number of alterations were made to Dowling's backroom and perhaps the most significant was the addition of strength and conditioning expert Mickey Gillick. Truth be told, the players were pushing an open door with Dowling who sensed the need for a fresh approach himself. 'He was in agreement with us, he had it pretty much set up before we even went to him,' said McKenna. 'He knew himself that, right, we're going to need something big here going up to the Joe Mac.' It was a tough winter of physical investment but the dividend has been impressive. 'It's the fittest I've certainly ever been anyway,' said McKenna. 'That's probably an easy enough feat as a goalkeeper but for the lads out the field, they're all in great nick as well. And they're wanting more too. That's what we wanted really.' It hasn't been quite a straight line between last year's Ring Cup win and qualifying for tomorrow's Joe McDonagh Cup final against Laois though. In fact, when Kildare began this season's competition with a Round 1 defeat to Kerry, it looked as if their old habit of falling flat on their faces at the higher grade was repeating itself. Advertisement McKenna lifting the Christy Ring Cup last June. Ben Brady / INPHO Ben Brady / INPHO / INPHO That was Kildare's ninth ever game in the McDonagh Cup, across three different campaigns — 2021, 2023 and 2025 — and their ninth consecutive defeat. Seven weeks and four unlikely wins later, McKenna is on the verge of the most significant achievement of his career. Truth be told, just staying up in the second tier of hurling this year would have been progress. 'This was probably only in the far off depths of my brain at that stage,' said McKenna of a Croke Park final fixture after the defeat to Kerry. 'Thankfully we didn't make it to 10 losses in a row. Look, it was just getting back to basics, realising that we had to show up for every single game.' So when exactly did Kildare start to think of actually winning the competition and of an audacious bid for Leinster SHC activity in 2026? 'Probably when we got the result in Carlow, to be honest, that was a big monkey off our backs,' said the five-time Ring Cup winner, referencing their Round 3 win. 'Carlow have had some massive results in the last few years, drawing with Kilkenny in the Leinster championship last year, beating Waterford in the league earlier this year, maintaining their status in Division 1B. 'That's the standard we want to be competing at regularly so we knew that if we were able to get a result against them…and beating Laois and Westmeath as well, the three teams that had been up in the Leinster championship, that's kind of where we got the drive and the realisation that, yeah, it could be on for us.' Kildare manager Brian Dowling. Ben Brady / INPHO Ben Brady / INPHO / INPHO The thing is, Kildare didn't just sneak into tomorrow's Croke Park decider. They topped the group while it was Laois that had to conjure the late goal just to draw with Carlow and nudge the Barrowsiders out on scoring difference. Laois are still favourites to win and to make up for last year's final loss to Offaly. Three of their starting defenders – Lee Cleere, Padraig Delaney and Ryan Mullaney – along with half-forward Paddy Purcell, lined out in the 2019 final win. Several more 2019 performers are retained on the bench for this season's final. But what they hold over Kildare in experience and hurling tradition could be trumped by the sheer desperation of Brian Dowling's Lilywhites to make the most of this rare opportunity. 'It's going to be tough and I'd say Laois will have their homework done on us,' said McKenna. 'I'd say they found out an awful lot about us when we played them in O'Moore Park a couple of weeks ago.' The one certainty is that Kildare will play Dublin or Tipperary in an All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final in Newbridge next weekend. Win tomorrow and their dubious reward will be a date with Tipperary. Lose and it will be the Dubs coming to the redeveloped St Conleth's Park. For some, parachuting the Joe McDonagh Cup finalists back into the race for the MacCarthy Cup is unnecessary, even unfair. Reigning All-Ireland champions Clare are gone from the competition already after all, along with Waterford, Wexford, Offaly and Antrim. 'I can see both sides of the coin on that,' said McKenna. 'The fact that the Joe McDonagh is its own competition and, like, there's no other competition in the GAA where the winners of it go into a separately run competition that you could possibly win without playing the earlier games in it. A general view of the Joe McDonagh Cup (file photo). James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO 'But then it's a great carrot as well, knowing that we have another two weeks of this and you're summing hurling as well which is great. That's when hurling is at its best.' Kildare have already been promoted to Division 1B of next season's National League. Getting to the Leinster SHC would cap their greatest season in decades. The last time they competed in Leinster was 2004. McKenna is confident that the success is sustainable, pointing to the growth of hurling around the county. 'There's hurling again in Round Towers, for example,' he said. 'A lot of south Kildare would have had a tradition of hurling when it was strong in the '60s and '70s and they're coming alive again. 'Towers, Twomilehouse, there's even hurling going on in Kilcullen as well, and Moorefield are after going senior now which is huge. That would be a so-called football club, with Leinster club titles, but they're showing that they're well able to hurl as well. 'For hurling to be sustainable in Kildare, we need every club going like that and making players available and that's what's happening.'
