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Eamonn Farrell via RollingNews.ie

Gardaí investigating three petrol bomb attacks overnight in Drogheda

The attacks come after two houses were attacked with petrol bombs in Drogheda the previous night.

GARDAÍ ARE INVESTIGATING three petrol bomb incidents in Drogheda overnight. 

The first incident happened at around 12.15am at St Laurence’s Park. 

A suspected device was discovered at a house, where the front window and front living room were damaged. No one was in the house at the time of the incident. 

The second incident happened at Scarlett Crescent shortly after 1am. A suspected device was thrown through a window of a home. No one sustained injuries in the attack.

The final incident happened at Loughboy, Mell at 4am. Fire Brigade attended the scene and no one was injured. 

It is understood that petrol bombs were involved in all these incidents. 

Last night’s attacks come after two houses were attacked with petrol bombs in Drogheda the previous night.

Those attacks came less than 48 hours after a gunman opened fire and sprayed bullets at a house hitting a man three times. 

Investigations are ongoing.

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    Mute legoman❗
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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:29 PM

    All I read in that headline was erection and Georga salpa.

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    Mute Timber Planks
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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:05 PM

    Legoman, you’re one randy pup ya!

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    Mute Kevin Carey
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    Dec 18th 2014, 7:52 PM

    Ha,brilliant

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    Mute Dan Allen
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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:30 PM

    Who the hell are these people that make such complaints? And how do we rid ourselves of them

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    Mute Colin C
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    Dec 18th 2014, 7:30 PM

    Introduce them to the journal comments section with the rest of the cranks.

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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:32 PM

    Georgia Salpa can do anything she wants with my nuts

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    Mute Gus Sheridan
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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:19 PM

    Bite them off?

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    Mute Simon Barnes
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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:35 PM

    tis the time of the year.. chestnuts roasting on an open fire.. ouch

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    Mute D is Illusioned
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    Dec 18th 2014, 5:42 PM

    Unless you have plenty of money I doubt she would be interested.

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    Mute Leviathan
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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:34 PM

    Its a sad case whenever I see an advert that is generally designed to appeal to the male sense of humour or interests, that I know somewhere out there, there is a fat frumpy feminist angrily writing a letter or typing an email of complaint.

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    Mute Simon Barnes
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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:36 PM

    but she was probably drooling over the coke adverts.

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    Mute Simon Barnes
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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:36 PM

    or the SMA adverts that only recognise mothers as doing a good job bringing up babies.

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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:39 PM

    Two people make a complaint & it makes the news. That in itself is a problem we have in this country. A small group of complaints can get a whole nation debating an issue. This story isn’t even news worthy.

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    Mute Louis Jacob
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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:48 PM

    While I would agree with your sentiment, there is a photo of Gorgia Salpa attached so I’m gonna let this one slide.

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    Mute Leviathan
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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:54 PM

    Well think the problem is that it only takes a small number of complaints for an advert to be pulled. There was a newbridge silver one a couple of months back which was declared to be offensive because Roz Purcell was the model in it and there were 10 complaints.

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    Mute Emily Elephant
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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:42 PM

    You think it’s bad now? Wait til the bearded ones in Clongriffin get their act together.

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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:28 PM

    She’s some ride in fairness

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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:34 PM

    Prudish morons

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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:41 PM

    Georgia Salpa ,
    More men would need anti erection tablets after looking at her…

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    Mute Simon Barnes
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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:43 PM

    na.. just tuck mine under the belt buckle

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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:34 PM

    Paddy Power and risqué ads….quelle surprise!

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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:14 PM

    Good thing there’s nothing important going on in the world or we might not get these stories.

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    Mute Mick
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    Dec 18th 2014, 9:25 PM

    or comment on them

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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:13 PM

    Get over yourselves prudes!!

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    Dec 18th 2014, 2:38 PM

    No erection, no glory.

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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:13 PM

    “Self-regulating” body finds in favour of its own industry.

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    Dec 18th 2014, 6:58 PM

    Apparently models posing is “Demeaning to Women”. Seeing that makes me wonder what the world has come to. They’re doing their job.

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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:19 PM

    Any link to the ad?

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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:36 PM

    its an email they sent out. you actually had to sign up to receive it and be over 18.. the mind boggles.

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    Dec 18th 2014, 3:17 PM

    Paddy Power paid Lord Nicolas Bendtner’s €100,000 fine in Euro 2012 for the underwear fiasco wonder if Georgia will get the same?

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    Dec 18th 2014, 8:41 PM

    Jesus, who even bothers complaining about trivial shit like this?

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    Dec 18th 2014, 7:39 PM

    A couple of weeks ago I entered a tiny industrial place picking up some paint in around the Crumlin area. There was a kitchen design and building place there with a van parked outside. The image on the van was of a kitchen with a fantastic looking blonde dressed in a skimpy black dress wearing black stilettos bent provocatively over the counter. Ok, sex sells but kitchens too? Surely if it was real representation she would be at the sink wiping sweat from her brow with half a dozen pulling her in different directions? Needless to say, I kept my thoughts to myself! Ads are weird!

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    Dec 18th 2014, 7:40 PM

    *half a dozen kids pulling…

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    Dec 18th 2014, 5:01 PM

    Pics or it didn’t happen!

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