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REVENUE OFFICERS HAVE seized over 4.1 million cigarettes at Dublin Port.
The cigarettes – branded MG, Viceroy and Marhaba – were concealed in a 45-foot container that was said to contain rice cakes. It arrived into Dublin Port from Rotterdam.
The smuggled cigarettes were revealed when, as a result of routine profiling, the container was selected for x-ray by Revenue’s mobile scanner.
The cigarettes have a retail value in excess of €1.9 million and represent a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €1.6 million.
Investigations are ongoing.
Arrests over steroid seizure
Meanwhile, Revenue officers seized approximately 26,000 steroid tablets and 4,000 steroid ampoules following the search of a number of premises in Dublin’s south inner city yesterday.
The operation involved the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, the Divisional Drugs Unit in Kevin Street, and officers from the Health Products Regulatory Authority.
The steroids originated in Romania and have a street value of approximately €30,000.
Two Irish men in their 30s and 40s were arrested at the scene. Both were detained at Kevin Street garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and were later released. A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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Why did we ever need planning permission for this??
@JusticeForJoe: in case a storm takes one and someone loses a head.
@JusticeForJoe: because some people thought more than 12 panels woukd be excessive and unsightly. Times have changed.
@JusticeForJoe: to keep the public servants in employment. A pencil pushing exercise
Getting planning permission in Ireland depends very much on who is in charge of looking at it and what humour they are in on the day. We tried 3 separate designs for a sunroom and were turned down for them all. Then we met with the planners, got angry with them for being evasive and next thing you know they decided to approve our very first design.
@François Pignon: you forgot the brown envelope
@François Pignon: So they rejected three of your designs and then approved your first design?
@François Pignon:
Todays planners can’t read or interpret actual 2D drawings anymore, much less use a scale rule. They need 3D pictures these days and still won’t visit a site to meet with the applicant. That alone would save so much time.
@Jim Buckley Barrett: totally agree, it makes all the difference, but I still can’t do it! They’re so corrupt!
Shame we can’t get solar tiles here.
@Sequoia: they don’t work so probably a good thing
@Craic_a_tower: Teslas solar roof is widely accepted as a quality solar roof tile installation. They do indeed work. They just have far more limited fitment options than traditional solar.
@Sequoia: brilliant suggestion, only spoke about EV Tiles yesterday.
Apartment owners very much restricted from installing solar panels as roofs are common areas and therefore do not belong to the apartment owner.
@Dermot Cronin: Owners of apartment buildings should be legally obliged to install them, even though the savings per apartment would be minimal
@Dermot Cronin: well if you’ve no roof you can’t install solar yes that stands to reason.
@JusticeForJoe: Because they are closer to the sun?
@JusticeForJoe: apartments are already more efficient per sq foot than most houses. Roof space per dwelling in apt blocks would generally be much smaller than houses, this gets worse the more floors up you go.
Would love to hear your rationale as to legally forcing apartment owners to fit them, however I suspect you have not thought it through in any detail.
@Sean: The roof of a 4 apartment duplex could easily facilitate solar panels.
Lease and other legal restrictions can be overcome but it is a very cumbersome process.
Well done, keep the common sense decisions coming and keep reporting them.
Is there still a 50cm limit needed from edge of the roof?
It proves that if they really wanted, politicians could easily change regulations when it comes to building/planning applications.
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