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Incident on Pearse St. this afternoon

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  • 26-02-2008 4:03pm
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    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I've just come back from there and the whole street is closed off and traffic is backed up towards Ringsend, I asked a shop assistant nearby and she said something about debris falling from one of the building sites... Does anyone have anymore info? I don't think anyone was hurt as I didn't see any ambulances, just lots of Gardai.. They are diverting all traffic bound for Pearse Street back around by Westland Row... I hope it's cleared by 5pm cause that's my route home :(


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    Downtime
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    Apparently a building collasped - according to a Garda on Holles Street. Traffic is brutal - Fitzwilliam Street, Lower Mount Street, Merrion Square all choc-a-bloc


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    BendiBus
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    According to the TCD board on here, it's the CRANN building, the new TCD building on the corner of Pearse St & Westland Row.

    And according to the thread it hasn't fallen down!! A bit of panelling fell off.


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    Splinter
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    yeah apparently according to http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/dublin/traffic.asp?id=92924


    glass building collapsed


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    xzanti
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    Ok, I have it on good authority that an 8ft piece of metal fell off and landed on a parked car below, did a lot of damage to the car apparently but nobody hurt.. Mystery solved.. Back to work now..


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    po0k
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    Courtesy PPC et al: http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1963/p2260075copywz9.jpg


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    I passed by it shortly (very shortly) after it happened.

    A large glass panel blew off the Trinity building on the junction of Peirce St. & Westland Row and landed on a car on the opposite side of the road (and old black VW Golf).

    A building didn't collapse.


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    BendiBus
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    Mairt wrote: »
    A building didn't collapse.

    And it was business as usual inside the building too by the looks of things. I used the sports centre as usual at just after 5pm and the Science Gallery & cafe were open and doing business.


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