Man on Eyre Square Hotel

Storm 10

Surprised there has been no comment on here about a man standing on a ledge of the Eyre Square Hotel since lunch time today, Foster Street closed all day to traffic and pedestrians with the whole City clogged up due diverted traffic, he is on the 1st floor pics on City Tribune facebook

liam7831

Jumper

Storm 10

liam7831 wrote: »

Jumper

Threatening behaviour apparently

liam7831

Fr.Ted would be the man to talk him down, he already did it with Fr. Kevin

Really hope this person is OK. They are likely going through the worst day of their lives.

Breaston Plants

Well, did yet man jump or wha? Held up the whole town today he did. I guarantee he didn't. A cry for help....

liam7831

Keep the Radiohead to a minimum

Wanderer78

best of luck to the chap. has a long road

Storm 10

Hopefully it's ended safely only saw it on twitter and City Tribune

Breaston Plants

Breaston Plants wrote: »

Well, did yet man jump or wha? Held up the whole town today he did. I guarantee he didn't. A cry for help....

You're a lovely person.

RHJ

This post has been deleted.

JillyQ

Was wondering what was going on there. Got stuck in it for about 30 mins. Hope the guy is OK.

Mrs OBumble

As at about 3/4 an hour ago, there was protective matting stuff on the ground underneath, and the situation was on-going.

Spare a thought for the staff in the Centra immediately across the road, who've had a very different day to what they expected. Other businesses in the area very badly affected, too.

TerrorFirmer

He wasn't really far off the ground - if he had jumped he'd at worst break a leg, if even. I'm surprised it's been ongoing since lunchtime. We're not talking about someone threatening to jump from the roof or upper stories of a building - he was at about 12 foot high. Very strange situation.

Whereisgalway

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Spare a thought for the staff in the Centra immediately across the road, who've had a very different day to what they expected. Other businesses in the area very badly affected, too.

the thoughts and safety of the man on the ledge is foremost on my mind rather than how businesses are affected

D Trent

Whereisgalway wrote: »

the thoughts and safety of the man on the ledge is foremost on my mind rather than how businesses are affected

Nah, my thoughts go to the businesses who are at a loss today, one of the busiest Sundays of the year for foot traffic in that area

Aerohead

Passed by the Merick Hotel few minutes ago, still going on, man on the ledge one floor up , I was stuck in traffic coming in College Road for over an hour today trying to go to the Market, had to give up and go home, I did not know what was causing the traffic jam but people I spoke to told me all roads leading in were at a standstill

Gaygooner

If this is a live event is it allowed be discussed???

wyndham

Long day. Emergency services must be tired out at this stage.

Weatherproof79

No doubt everyone had their phone taking pics. I saw it myself recently and there was about 40 people gathered around taking pics. Shameless. Hope it ends well

Whereisgalway

D Trent wrote: »

Nah, my thoughts go to the businesses who are at a loss today, one of the busiest Sundays of the year for foot traffic in that area

i really hope you are trying to be funny

thousands of people are affected by mental health and you aretaking the piss
anyone effected or troubled should always remember there are people out there willing to listen and help

samaritans 116 123

Ave Sodalis

Aerohead wrote:

Passed by the Merick Hotel few minutes ago, still going on, man on the ledge one floor up , I was stuck in traffic coming in College Road for over an hour today trying to go to the Market, had to give up and go home, I did not know what was causing the traffic jam but people I spoke to told me all roads leading in were at a standstill

Went past it at about 4 this evening on the bus. Given that there's protective mats now on the ground, why hasn't anyone taken him down yet?

Whereisgalway

can a moderator please close this thread, we do not know what is going on and could be causing more harm than good


Ye are lighting quick at shutting down less important thing

Koptain Liverpool

D Trent wrote: »

Nah, my thoughts go to the businesses who are at a loss today, one of the busiest Sundays of the year for foot traffic in that area

Idiot

Long Time Lurker

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Really hope this person is OK. They are likely going through the worst day of their lives.

Ah Galway's bad but not that bad.

shamrock55

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

As at about 3/4 an hour ago, there was protective matting stuff on the ground underneath, and the situation was on-going.

Spare a thought for the staff in the Centra immediately across the road, who've had a very different day to what they expected. Other businesses in the area very badly affected, too.

Dont worry they probably made a killing on popcorn!!

Storm 10

I read about it on the twitter for the City Tribune so I assumed it was sorted, if a mod feels it should be deleted please do it

Whereisgalway

Where are the moderators? they throw infractions and warnings around like confetti but when they are needed they go missing

if anyone reading needs someone, remember the internet is full of trolls who like to joke that bushiness`s profits are more important than human life. These people are key boards warriors who hide behind their internet connection to help make themselves feel important

samaritans 116 123

KERSPLAT!

Whereisgalway wrote: »

Where are the moderators? they throw infractions and warnings around like confetti but when they are needed they go missing

if anyone reading needs someone, remember the internet is full of trolls who like to joke that bushiness`s profits are more important than human life. These people are key boards warriors who hide behind their internet connection to help make themselves feel important

samaritans 116 123

It's 11pm on a Sunday night, volunteer mods aren't at your beck and call 24/7. I'll get onto Cmods/Admins now and see if someone can look into the thread

Hopefully it all ends well, poor fella.

Redhairedguy

Whereisgalway wrote: »

Where are the moderators? they throw infractions and warnings around like confetti but when they are needed they go missing

In bed. Thanks for your concern!

Thread locked pending official information.

Redhairedguy

http://galwaybayfm.ie/man-hospitalised-after-forster-street-incident/

Ended at approx. 2.30 this morning. Hopefully, no one was too badly affected, and any & all parties involved get the support and assistance they require.