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DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE has extinguished a fire in a Masonic Lodge in Dublin city centre.
An ambulance brought one man to hospital for injuries that are understood to be serious, gardaí confirmed.
Firefighters, gardaí and an ambulance attended the scene on Molesworth Street in Dublin 2 this evening.
In a statement to The Journal, a spokesperson for Dublin City Council said: “At 1740, the Eastern Regional Control Centre received a 999 call reporting a fire in the Masonic Lodge on Molesworth Street.”
“Three fire appliances, a turntable ladder, district officer and ambulance were dispatched to the scene,” the spokesperson said.
“Firefighters using Breathing Apparatus fought the fire containing the fire damage to one room. The fire was extinguished shortly after 1800.”
Gardaí said the scene is being preserved for a technical examination and investigations are ongoing.
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Was thinking about a bike to work type incentive for peoples gardens, I know every garden is different, aspect, neighbours etc but a number of templates, set it up with a college re design etc.
So many gardens wasted but most people have no idea what to put in
@Seamus Brady:Tell that to the army of distinguished power washers who have made it their life’s ambition to obliterate every living thing with death by water jet.
@Seamus Brady: I think that the new admiration for faux grass lawns says it all, people don’t want the maintenance. Currently converting some of my lawn to a flower meadow. Will take some work and the grass has the upper hand for the moment but saw one interesting idea while researching it: people think lawns are low maintenance, they’re one of the most high maintenance needing cutting every one to two weeks during spring, summer and autumn, a healthy meadow only needs to be cut once a year so it’s much easier to maintain.
@Diarmuid Hunt: Check out yellow rattle plant if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s called the meadow maker. And best of luck!
@Bill Spill: Already have it, thank you though, more people need to know about yellow rattle/hay rattle. I got ripped off buying it from a specialist shop, a friend told me it’s readily available in farmer’s co-ops. For those that don’t know it’s a semi-parisitic plant that weakens grass so that native wildflowers have a better chance at taking hold.
@Diarmuid Hunt: its a great idea,good luck with it!
Replaced my lawn with wild flowers five years ago, looks so much better, smells great, attracts and feeds bees and other pollinators. I would like to see all urban greens (obviously not playing fields)turned to wild flower meadows. Better still we should be turning over all our unproductive land to nature and an outright ban on non native forestry.
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