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Updated at 7.55am
DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE responded to a fire at a derelict building next to Oliver St. John Gogarty’s pub in Dublin’s Temple Bar last night.
The fire was at an disused telephone exchange building next to the busy night-spot, according to the fire service. It was initially reported by some outlets that the fire was at the pub itself.
The fire has now been extinguished.
There are no reports of any injuries, a garda spokesperson said.
It’s believed the fire was caused by an electrical fault.
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Thank God that didn’t spread next door to a full house, that could have been very nasty. Plaudits to the amazing job that the fire service do, they really are soooooooooooooooo under paid for the extreme danger they put themselves in and the amazing and heroic work they do.
Written by a fireman. They choose to do the work and get very well paid for it. Part time fire fighters are on a super earner. They get a yearly wage and the call out per hour is mighty.
No Gracie they’re like soooooooo underpaid.
Sounds legit Rabia
Gracie get your facts right about the part time firemen’s yearly wages, you couldn’t be more wrong..
The efforts of the firemen are as valiant as your efforts to get that top comment Stephen.
Ah gracie U really havnt got a clue. Bless
Don’t like the pay, don’t do the job. How many firefighters are killed in Ireland every year? Not exactly fighting on the front line.
I’m so tired of being told all firefighters are selfless, underpaid heroes. They’re not. Some may be. But not all.
Just like all nurses are not angels.
Yup. Populist nonsense. Quite common amongst the neverthinkforyourselves at the Journal.
Wow! If it’s such a well paid “non front line” job why aren’t you all working in the fire service? Fools to think they’re well paid. No amount of money is enough for them as far as I’m concerned. Not only tackling fires but having to face abuse and attacks on so many call outs too. Cop on people.
They chose to do the job. I didn’t.
@gracie @fortycoats maybe someday you’ll need the fire service badly, then you will realise the dangers firefighters put themselves in for thankless idiots like yourselves. And no the wages for being a retained firefighter isn’t great for 90% of Ireland’s firefighters so get your facts right before spewing crap on here! Have a nice day!!
I’m not a fireman nor have none in my family. I do however appreciate the men and women who risk their lives rushing into burning buildings while everyone rushes the opposite direction. The reality is they risk their lives to save ours, that IMO is why I believe they are not paid enough. Add in the fantastic job they do at RTA’s and the amount of lives they save there and their wages should be off the scale. I think with the anniversary of 9/11 coming up tomorrow and the amount of firefighters that lost their lives rushing into buildings collapsing around them as everyone else was getting as far away as possible and I think you’ll find my opinion is totally justified.
Ah yet another cynic, the world is full of them, or maybe I’m just being 100% genuine ? I couldn’t care less if it’s the top or bottom comment, all I did was express an honest opinion. Your cynicism says a whole lot more about you than it does about me.
Part time fire fighters in Wexford get paid per shout and a yearly amount if they have no shouts no wage just dole
Tell you what. You pull a charred baby from a burnt cot before going home for the day and see how easy it is.
thank f**k they do choose the job or where would we be!!
Choosing to do something doesn’t make it less dangerous
@Anthony. The circular on the last LA is available for anyone to read. I have my facts correct. I think if the public in general were aware of the standard yearly wage and then the hourly wage thereafter on call out the number if red thumbs would be a lot less. There are people doing various types of high risk work earning a lot less. Take the Civil Defence volunteers doing their work for nothing.
Just to clarify, click on the link below to see ad from 2011. Rate of pay is stated in the ad and rates are not changed from this time. This is for part-time http://www.corkcoco.ie/co/pdf/307899989.pdf
@Gracie the part time firemen are on a yearly retainer which isn’t much, they depend on calls after that..if they don’t get calls they don’t get paid. They are also on call 365 days a year 24 hours a day not like a week on week off..they are still entitled to welfare as well so that tells you straight away that they aren’t making a fortune. They give up their life to be on stand by to get to their local station within 3-4 minutes of their beeper going off which is constantly attached to them. So for you to say what you said in your first comment shows how much you know..by the way I’m not a fireman either in case your wondering
@Gracie just to clarify did you actually read the link yourself? €7.5k retainer per year for the first 0-5 years service? What planet are you on?
99% of people have a smartphone with a better camera than professional photographers had 10 years ago. And we end up with this guys photo which he took using his toaster… Nice work.
Some lads wallet burst into flames trying to pay for a round of drinks in the kip…..
Was it yours??
Rip off Ireland up in flames ashamed of the price this place charges tourists
@ gracie you my dear are obviously not very well versed in a firefighters wages… Yes we do choose to do the job but I can guarantee you, well payed we certainly are not!!! Lucky to say though I have stability in a job that I love doing, lets hope you never need our help… I might be too busy in my 142d merc leaving my €2million mansion in malahide or counting my money
As for you forty coats can you explain who is on frontline then so, do you go and put these fires out, or attend to the medical emergencies along with us, NAS/doctors/nurses and all health staff across the city/country.
Bitter little keyboard warrior
Well said Neal
Did you see my comment above with link to the rates of pay. This should clarify my original comment. Very well paid.
Firefighters do a good job which they’re paid for. Same as doctors, nurses, Gardai and the rest. They’re not volunteers, martyrs or heroes. If they’re not happy with the pay they can do something else. Like the rest of us do. If I ever need them they’ll be there because it’s their job to be. Fair play, keep it up.
So firefighters have to start dying before their job is recognised as being dangerous? Clown
Firefighters have died
Oliver “Singed-Inn” Gogartys
Thank god for the fire brigade, brave doesn’t even come near to what those lads do. Gracie your a gobsh!!e
Was this not confirmed as fake last night??
Crown Alley is the only telephone exchange in Temple Bar, I worked there and it is not next, or near Oliver Rip Off Gogartys, unless the flames spread through the Auld Dubliner and a few other buildings on the way.
I agree the photo was edited using a toaster I told him it was fake and he wants to prove he did nt put the story up in err
Delete it for heavens sake
But it has to be real..it was on facebook!! :-\
That’s some name
Journal ITS FAKE although it does deserve bad press
Delete please
Lads I’m afraid ye are wrong about the toaster. This was taken on a sharp EL 512 calculator. I’d recognise that blur anywhere..
Insurace job for a Disused building soon to be used ;)
Thanks..its real ya know!! ;-) :-P
Love it
There’s an old eircom building *near* Oliver Stingy Gogartys – opposite Rorys Tackle Shop.
Was it there or is this all a spoof ?
It was the building opposite gogertys and the car park
A derelict building in Temple Bar, our supposedly prime tourist cultural quarter Left Bank blah blah. Nice
Shame if wasn’t that farce of a “pub”
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