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FOUR MEN WERE still in garda custody this morning, after gardaí made a number of arrests over what is described as a foiled potential gangland assassination.
After a number of follow-up searches yesterday, gardaí went on to discover two additional guns, along with a silencer and a quantity of ammunition.
Three men were arrested initially when armed gardaí from the Garda Emergency Response Unit intercepted a van on Gardiner Street in Dublin’s north inner city shortly before 8am yesterday morning.
Gardaí said that the men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. Three guns were seized at the time, described by gardaí as a sub-machine gun, a semi-automatic pistol and a revolver.
After a number of follow-up searches in north Dublin, west Dublin and the north inner city, another man was arrested.
The men arrested are in their 20s, 30s and 40s.
Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll, who is responsible for special crime operations (SCO) within An Garda Síochána, said that yesterday’s arrests demonstrated the force’s commitment to preventing gangland murder.
We stated on numerous occasions that our efforts at tackling organised crime, particularly where it gives rise to threat to life, is unrelenting.
He added that this was the 45th occasion that gardaí had foiled a potential gangland hit.
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The Hoverboard Scandal of 2015 will be talked about for generations to come. “So did they really go on fire Grandad?” “Yes, Tommy they did, and the worst thing was they didn’t even hover.”
How can something with wheels be a hoverboard??
Morons call them hoverboards. So they’re not really hoverboards – some people are actually just thick morons.
Segways with no handlebars are NOT hoverboards.
Yes, finally someone has cracked it!
THEY ARE ********** N O T ********** HOVERBOARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hoverboard
Next time someone calls them hoverboards I’m gonna slap ‘em across the face. When they ask “what was that for?” I’m going to tell them my hand was just ‘hovering’ over their face
I have yet to see one of them actually hoover.
You haven’t seen the Dyson ones…
STOP. CALLING. THEM. HOVERBOARDS!
Apart from the fact that they don’t hover in any way, you’re meant to be journalists and shouldn’t be using slang in your reports?!
Emphasis on “meant to be”.
The Journal isn’t a Journal either. What’s going on!!! Everyone is gone nuts!
If that’s a hoverboard, I’m a vermicious kinit
I have yet to see one of them actually hoover.
Why sell hoverboards that don’t actually hover when they already sell other forms of transport like horses?
Hoverhorse? I’m off to the drawing board…
Nothing ‘hoovers’ as Hoover is a brand name. They vacuum, and Dyson’s do it rather well.
What ????? You mean we put the brick and on the accelator??????…
Pmsl at your comments .take a bow folks .very funny lol.
And yes there will be morons texting while on one and cause serious accident. . But that probably isn’t important
Hopefully they take a few selfies while they’re at it. let natural selection take care of them.
A lot of Bover and it don’t even hover.
They’re called self balance scooters, not hoverboard’s
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