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IF YOU’RE ON Dublin’s southside, close enough to the city centre, you may have just heard what sounded like an air raid siren going off.
Judging by tweets from people who heard it , it was pretty loud – it could be heard across large parts of the city.
But what exactly was it?
We have checked it out – and there’s no need to worry. The siren was just part of a routine drill by the Defence Forces.
A spokesperson for the Defence Forces told TheJournal.ie that army barracks across the country – in this case, it was the Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines – regularly carry out drills.
The Rathmines drill is often carried out on Friday around noon – so hearing it on a Thursday morning may have surprised some people. The siren lasted approximately fifteen minutes.
Drills are often carried out before major holidays – such as Christmas and Easter – the spokesperson said.
So there you have it – get back to your Christmas shopping without any reason to worry. Phew.
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Terrible.
Weren’t the Lebanese complaining about “Homeland” and the fact that Beirut, “The Paris Of The Middle East” was being portrayed as a bombed out shell of a city and a dangerous place. Heard this on BBC radio yesterday. Something to that effect anyway.
There are still quite a few bomb and bullet scarred buildings left in Beirut. There’s also a huge amount of sparkly and sterile norman-forsterized development in the downtown area. It’s an interesting place.
Very sad development.
Who are these two people? I see that they have twitter accounts. Are they over there tweeting about this? Are they journalists? Are they credible witnesses?
I believe Declan they have taken residence in the spare bedroom of the two bed terrace in Coventry already occupied by the the SOHR (Syrian Observatory Human Rights). All mod cons, bills included, close to all amenities….it was a no brainer…
Toorkeel, I gave you a green thumb for your comment. :)
Spent time there on business last year. Beautiful city and people. Such a shame to see this type of thing again. Horrible no matter where it’s happening.
Jasus I didn’t think there was anything left to blow up :)
Darren, what you don’t know would fill a large encyclopedia.
It might have also had the Phalange as a target as these Christian dislike Assad deeply, and not just the victim. I think all Levantine Christians are seeing that they have no friends there only people who use them, or they should be.
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