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Two men arrested over Dublin shop owner hammer attack

The men were arrested in Finglas this morning.

Tanseys Tanseys where the attack took place. Google Maps Google Maps

TWO MEN HAVE been arrested over an attack with a hammer which left a Ballygall shop owner hospitalised.

Gardaí said that they had arrested two men (both in their 20s) in relation to an attempted robbery on Tansey’s shop on Fitzmaurice Road in Ballygall, close to Finglas, on Saturday.

The shop owner – Kevin Tansey – received serious head injuries when he was attacked by two men who had attempted to rob his shop early on Saturday morning.

It is believed he was struck over the head with a hammer in the incident. He was taken to Beaumont Hospital where his injuries were described as serious.

The men fled the scene in what was believed to have been a white saloon type car. Nothing was stolen in the incident.

Gardaí said both men were arrested this morning in the Finglas area are currently being detained at Finglas and Blanchardstown Garda Stations under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and Section 30 of the Offences Against the state Act respectively.

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 4:00 PM

    I’m counting at least three UFOs in the picture…
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    Oct 22nd 2013, 4:09 PM

    If you have identified them are they still technicaly ufos

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 4:34 PM

    I only spotted them, still don’t know what they are; ergo UFOs…

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 4:41 PM

    I can only see two ufos and a smudge
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    Oct 22nd 2013, 4:09 PM

    Up above the streets and houses
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    Oct 22nd 2013, 4:25 PM

    Thanks Jazz, now the rainbow theme tune is stuck in my head. Paint the whole world with a RAINBOW

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 6:54 PM

    Sorry Bungle.

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 3:58 PM

    Quick get the pot of gold

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 7:56 PM

    Looks like it’s coming from Berties house.

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 3:56 PM

    Some great views from the Ulster bank building all the same.

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 4:04 PM

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 4:07 PM

    Go jump off one ;)

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 7:02 PM

    Keaneland. Thats the custom house building. Not the 4 courts.

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 4:02 PM

    Anyone know why some rainbows appear flattened? Is it to do with the shape of the raindrops?

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 6:06 PM

    Nice symbolic image for litigious Ireland, there is always a croc of gold to be found in the courts.

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 5:43 PM

    Rainbow coming from Berties house.

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    Oct 22nd 2013, 11:20 PM

    First I thought u were talking about the big UFO shaped cloud on the left but then saw the 3 shapes, is it just a blurry pic?

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    May 28th 2015, 6:33 AM

    Yes, it really is magical. So magical that even though it was taken on May 23, 2015 (the day the result of Ireland’s Marriage Equality Referendum was announced), not only did it travel all round the world to places as far away as America, where it was seen as proof that Nature and/or ‘god’ approved of the result (see here at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/23/1387196/-Best-photo-on-the-Internets-today ), but it somehow also got magically teleported by Time Machine all the way back to The Journal in October 2013. Strange and mysterious indeed are the ways of The Great Joker in the Sky :)

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