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	A 89-year-old man who tripped and fell in a city centre at lunchtime was ignored by pedestrians, shoppers and motorists.</p>
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	Con Coughlan (89) was eventually able to pick himself up off the road on Washington Street in Cork, and limp over to a wall.</p>
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	Bruised, cut and shaken, Con managed to make his own way home.</p>
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	Con appealed for people to be more considerate of the elderly, the disabled and the vulnerable.</p>
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	&quot;I was very surprised that no-one came over to help.&quot;</p>
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	Con&#39;s family were so shocked that they contacted local radio station RedFM.</p>
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	His granddaughter Orla said she was appalled and urged people to be more considerate. &quot;I just wanted to make everyone aware that Cork people have gone to the extreme of being too wrapped up in their own lives to help others.&quot;</p>
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	Widower Con (inset) regularly walks into the city for lunch. But he misjudged the height of a kerb and fell.</p>
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	&quot;It was 3pm on a Friday and not one car stopped, not one person passing on the path stopped to ask was granddad OK,&quot; Orla added.</p>
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	&quot;My granddad is so proud to be a Corkman. We cannot believe that someone wouldn&#39;t help an elderly person up off the ground after falling. It is really upsetting.&quot;</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-89-bruised-and-shaken-by-fall-was-ignored-in-street-31020430.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-89-bruised-and-shaken-by-fall-was-ignored-in-street-31020430.html</a></p>
