Hooter that goes off @ 12 every Friday?

wixfjord

Hi this has probably been answered before but what is the loud hooter thing that goes off across the city @ 12 every Friday? I think it might be something to do with the DART but nobody knows exactely what?

Cheers,
wix

Vim Fuego

That comes from the army barracks in Rathmines. Not sure what it means though

TurkeyBurger

Comes from Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines. I don't think it is limited to Fridays, not sure on that bit though.

WindSock

It's an 'everythings Ok' alarm :pac:

arybvtcw0eolkf

Its simply a drill in 'The Brugha to test the general alarm. It used to happen in all army barracks across the country.

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R.D. aka MR.D

it is indeed from the Rathmines Barracks and it is only every friday at 12. (defintly true)

apparently its just a test so if there is an emergency they won't be stuck with a siren that hasn't been used for 50 or so years. (i've been told)

cuckoo

R.D. aka MR.D wrote: »

it is indeed from the Rathmines Barracks and it is only every friday at 12. (defintly true)

Except in the run up to Christmas when they did a drill on (i think) a Thursday. I live in Rathmines, and there were a few phonecalls and texts going around from friends and family along the lines of "eh, should we be heading for the mountains, barracks sounds like it's going to explode".

arybvtcw0eolkf

cuckoo wrote: »

Except in the run up to Christmas when they did a drill on (i think) a Thursday. I live in Rathmines, and there were a few phonecalls and texts going around from friends and family along the lines of "eh, should we be heading for the mountains, barracks sounds like it's going to explode".

Most likely what you got there was a 'scheme of defence' drill in action.

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Poccington

Clara Drab Trap wrote: »

Its simply a drill in 'The Brugha to test the general alarm. It used to happen in all army barracks across the country.

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I still get a chuckle from asking people what time it is while the alarm is going off :pac:

cuckoo

Clara Drab Trap wrote: »

Most likely what you got there was a 'scheme of defence' drill in action.

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Just curious, if i hear the siren at a time other than the Friday test should i assume the duck and cover position, and then phone my family to tell them i love them?

eirebhoy

It's some siren. i can hear it from Pearse street.

ParkRunner

eirebhoy wrote: »

It's some siren.

Enlightening!

Ste.phen

EF wrote: »

Enlightening!

He meant "it's some siren", meaning the siren is significant, rather good at being a siren, the very embodiment of what a siren should be, the alpha siren, the president of sirens.

ParkRunner

Ste.phen wrote: »

He meant "it's some siren", meaning the siren is significant, rather good at being a siren, the very embodiment of what a siren should be, the alpha siren, the president of sirens.

Could've beefed it up a bit some

Carroller16

There she goes again. on schedule

damienmcd

wixfjord wrote: »

Hi this has probably been answered before but what is the loud hooter thing that goes off across the city @ 12 every Friday? I think it might be something to do with the DART but nobody knows exactely what?

In the prophetic words of Rolf Harris in the Churchill Ad:
"Do you know what it is yet?"

:|

It's a reminder that its a friday afternoon, the weeked is here!

Micilin Muc

wrote: »

It's a reminder that its a friday afternoon, the weeked is here!

Yay, it's the weekend again!

Micilin Muc

The siren has just gone off twice this morning but it's not 12.00 on a Friday!! :eek:

wixfjord

ITS THE RAPTURE!! :eek:

Piste

I thought I was going nuts! I've friends from sandymount and you could just about hear it in our school. I was well used to it but they couldn't hear it down in Sandymount so were like "wtf? is that an air raid siren?"

I never had any idea what it was and always put it down to "one of those tihngs that happens and you don't ask questions about".

I'm so glad someone asked questions about it!

LionelNashe

re: The siren going off today: Is the bomb squad based there? There are threads here about somebody robbing O'Briens in the IFSC today and a hand grenade being left on the Luas tracks there.

Plumpynutt

LionelNashe wrote: »

re: The siren going off today: Is the bomb squad based there? There are threads here about somebody robbing O'Briens in the IFSC today and a hand grenade being left on the Luas tracks there.

lol

LionelNashe

Actually, checking rte.ie, the bomb squad wasn't called out til after 3pm so don't know what was going on this morning.