Bomb Scare on O'Connell st

cousin_borat

What's happening? seen it a couple of minutes ago on online.ie

bongo85

Yeah, heard this aswell.. Apparently there's something outside the police station???

CTU_Agent

news reports are saying the scare centres around an airport- aircoach on O'connol street and Army bomb disposal are at the scene.

okidoki987

Great site.
http://www.dublincity.ie/living_in_the_city/getting_around/traffic_cameras/

Pictures updated about every 5 mins.
If the picture of O'Connell street doesn't show any buildings the next time
it's updated, guess it's not a scare any more

Tabnabs

okidoki987 wrote:

Great site.
http://www.dublincity.ie/living_in_the_city/getting_around/traffic_cameras/

Pictures updated about every 5 mins.
If the picture of O'Connell street doesn't show any buildings the next time
it's updated, guess it's not a scare any more

Hasn't updated in 20 minutes... :eek:

Damomanye

From ireland.com

suspicious package was found on a bus.

The package was noticed by the driver of an airport shuttle bus and reported to the Garda Station on Upper O'Connell Street.

A Garda spokeswoman said army bomb disposal experts had been called to examine the package.

Witnesses said there was significant army presence in the area

MrJoeSoap

http://www.dublintraffic.com/Site0Camera3.jpg

Must be Al Qaeda.

r3nu4l

According to Newstalk, traffic is returning to normal going Southside on O'Connell street and still some delays travelling Northside.

Latest camera image:

EDIT: Snap JoeSoap

whitetrash

Looking out the window, everything seems pretty much back to normal. Guards are still blocking some traffic though.

gandalf

Jaysus look at all the wasters have they no jobs to go to !!!

Orion

It's reported on the Irish Times now. Anecdotal evidence of army all over the place there too.

r3nu4l

gandalf wrote:

Jaysus look at all the wasters have they no jobs to go to !!!

Anytime I take a weekday off and wander around the shops I'm always amazed at the number of people walking around town.

I always think 'Lucky so and so's don't need to work for a living' then I think 'They're probably looking at me thinking the same thing!'

Seriously, they can't all be on a day off can they? What do they do for a living?

Oh yeah, if WhiteTrash doesn't post back then we can probably take it that things didn't quite go back to normal

ciaran76

Why do people stand and watch to see if there is a bomb ? :eek:
I would be out of there as quick as I can !

cousin_borat

I'd just like to punish those muppets who leave suitcases etc lying around.

Tabnabs

ciaran76 wrote:

Why do people stand and watch to see if there is a bomb ? :eek:
I would be out of there as quick as I can !

I have always wondered this too. I remember in the 90s when there were quite a few bomb warnings around town, it was standard for idiots to hang around gawping. All those glass buildings nearby!

connundrum

ciaran76 wrote:

Why do people stand and watch to see if there is a bomb ? :eek:
I would be out of there as quick as I can !

LMAO!

'Lookit, dis bleedin bag is tickin! Whatcha reckon irris? Jaysus, I reckon I'll know if I shake de bleedin ting! Come on lads, lets all shake de bleedin ting!'

tracert

Updated:
http://www.dublintraffic.com/Site0Camera3.jpg

Nice early lunch for some people*

*I do actually hope that it is not a real threat, of course.

MrJoeSoap

Latest

L5

updated

http://tinyurl.com/yj82oa

okidoki987

Just people being nosey :rolleyes:

Lump

Lol

Kingsize

ciaran76 wrote:

Why do people stand and watch to see if there is a bomb ? :eek:
I would be out of there as quick as I can !

Knobjockeys -Cos the phrase Bomb Scare makes it seem okay ? its not a bomb its a bomb scare so i'll stand around & watch.
Do people forget about the Dublin /Monaghan/Omagh Bombings not to mention countless others where people got no warning.
Nobody deserves to be bombed but if you get yer legs blown off rubbernecking at a police barrier when you couldve got the hell outta there dont come running to me.

chillywilly

gandalf wrote:

Jaysus look at all the wasters have they no jobs to go to !!!

what are you doing on boards?? get back to work:p

gandalf

chillywilly wrote:

what are you doing on boards?? get back to work:p

The url accidently fell onto my work related browser (honest!)

This thread could make for great photoshop prospects.

el rabitos

tourists :rolleyes:

Don1

Just wait til the sensible ppl have left the area, call out the bomb squad etc. and "blast those foo's" who stayed behind. It's a modern spin on Darwinian theory.

Mr. Presentable

connundrum wrote:

LMAO!

'Lookit, dis bleedin bag is tickin! Whatcha reckon irris? Jaysus, I reckon I'll know if I shake de bleedin ting! Come on lads, lets all shake de bleedin ting!'

Who remembers the "interesting bomb" in the game MDK?

smcelhinney

Incidentally ..

Amiens St is looking very... ummm... "blue"....

Or is that those O2 dudes putting their advertising everywhere again..

http://www.dublincity.ie/living_in_the_city/getting_around/traffic_cameras/

chillywilly

gandalf wrote:

The url accidently fell onto my work related browser (honest!)

well that explains it:D

exiztone

So was there a bomb or what?

Suaimhneach

Obviously not, they woulda exploded it there and then, most likely...

My freind was caught up in it.

DREGIN WE LOVE YOU!!

justsomebloke

anybody else love the fact that someone in holland was the first person to spot this and post about it.

isn't the internet great,

JaysusMacfeck

Calls are being made to bring those responsible for today's bomb hoax in the capital to justice.

Dublin's O'Connell Street came to a standstill earlier after a suspect device was discovered on board an airport bus.

It contained no explosives and was dealt with by the army bomb disposal unit.

It has now been brought to garda headquarters for further examination.

Hoaxers can face up to five years in jail and fines of over 60 thousand euro.

.

lostexpectation

JaysusMacfeck wrote:

Calls are being made to bring those responsible for today's bomb hoax in the capital to justice.

how do they know it was a hoax so soon?

was it a fake bomb in a bag?



just last night I was reading how the they think the dissidents are going to try to bomb somewhere, but it woudnt be dublin

Kintarō Hattori

Kingsize wrote:

but if you get yer legs blown off rubbernecking at a police barrier when you couldve got the hell outta there dont come running to me.

I don't think they would be running to you so!

tom-thebox

Scarey stuff

Leprachaun

i was one of those idiots at the fence

arbeitsscheuer

Dammit, I knew I'd left my bag somewhere on that bus this morning...

...

Uh oh.