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dundalk bomb

soups05 · 2009-11-12 10:00:05

Hi all, I was trying to find out why the long anvenue in dundalk was closed off yesterday but there was nothing on the main rte news. I found this in the indo http://www.independent.ie/national-news/evacuated-man-dies-during-bomb-alert-1940260.html how is it that a bomb in a town in ireland does not get coverage by the…

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12-11-2009 11:00am

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soups05

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Hi all, I was trying to find out why the long anvenue in dundalk was closed off yesterday but there was nothing on the main rte news. I found this in the indo

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/evacuated-man-dies-during-bomb-alert-1940260.html

how is it that a bomb in a town in ireland does not get coverage by the main broadcaster but they have a story about police bikes in the uk?

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#2 13-11-2009 2:03pm
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Oh relax for goodness sake.!It was a small cylinder without a timer not a major bomb. It was on RTE radio and Aertel news. Probably enough publicity. I had calls from people in Dublin, Cork, and Tullamore who heard about it before the Indo article so the news was out there.

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