helicopter over Howth Rd @ midnight ?

trout

I was woken up just after midnight by a helicopter hovering overhead for what seemed like 10 mins ... damn thing was jinking up from the Howth Rd to the Tonlegee Rd and back again, before shooting off away from the coast.

have the Gardai access to a helicopter ? what where they after ?

damn thing was flying so low .. felt like I was in the 'Nam

Any one else see/hear this ? Any ideas ?

enda1

The gardai have a chopper alright. Kinda well known i would have thought...

tallaghtoutlaws

Gardai have had the Chopper for years. Helps ground units find your local criminals. Trout dude where have you been all this time hehe Being a Northsider would have tought you would be used to the noisy chopper the Gardai have.

PS I am a northsider b4 anyone gives out.

bug

trout wrote:

I was woken up just after midnight by a helicopter hovering overhead for what seemed like 10 mins ... damn thing was jinking up from the Howth Rd to the Tonlegee Rd and back again, before shooting off away from the coast.

have the Gardai access to a helicopter ? what where they after ?

damn thing was flying so low .. felt like I was in the 'Nam

Any one else see/hear this ? Any ideas ?

Are you serious?
If you lived where I do you'd experience this all the time.
They've kept me awake on numerous occasions hovering nearby and even shone the spot on me in my housecoat out the back garden with the cat, for the crack I assume.

monkeyfudge

I was woken up on Sunday morning by a massive sea rescue helicopter that seemed to be on it's way to Beaumont hospital... man was that thing noisy.

briman1983

It's always hovering over the "classy" estates of limerick as well. Not as much in recent times though

admiralofthefleet

hovering over edenmore at the moment, pretty low and very noisy

InFront

I have some friends in Clontarf and I seem to hear it pretty often when I'm up there.

I take it the helicopter is used as a "Do you realize we're onto you?" technique as opposed to something that's intended to be undercover or effective in catching some criminal operation at work?

trout

I must be a heavy sleeper ... everyone I've spoken to this morning has told me that this is a regular thing. I've lived in this area for 30 years and never saw/heard a real live helicopter.

Driving in this morning what do I see flying over Clontarf towards the city ? Dat's right, another helicopter ... this one was red/white and looked like it could carry several passengers, like a minibus of the skies.

InFront wrote:

I take it the helicopter is used as a "Do you realize we're onto you?" technique as opposed to something that's intended to be undercover or effective in catching some criminal operation at work?

trust me ... that yoke last night wasn't sneaking up on anyone, it was flying so low I thought it was Judgement day. if it was the Polis ... they were sending someone a message.

delly

The Gardai got there first copter in 1997(Squirrel), and a second in 2001(Eurocopter).

trout wrote:

Driving in this morning what do I flying over Clontarf towards the city ? Dat's right, another helicopter ... this one was red/white and looked like it could carry several passengers, like a minibus of the skies.

That sounds like coastguard search and rescue, same as the pic below

monkeyfudge

That's the type I saw on Sunday afternoon. It landed on the helipad at Beaumont hospital. They must be using it as a type of air ambulance.

Miguel_Sanchez

trout wrote:

have the Gardai access to a helicopter ? what where they after ?

Ah yeah - they had to get a helicopter in after that whistle thing on Craggy Island.

"Go! Go! Go!"

Ste.phen

That big sea rescue helicopter does multiple flybys over beaumont every few weeks, probably training or something, they seem to just circle the area around the hospital for a few minutes, tehn feck off somewhere else