bomb scare donegal town

ednwireland

high street sealed off from before 9am
suspect package outside ebs

irish1967

Was just comiong on to post this.. you beat me to it.

Traffic is all snared up. Roundabout at Micky Macs particularly bad.

feelpablo

was thinking the road in front of my house was strangely quiet for a friday morning!!!

any update on this??

all trafic coming into town from the mountcharles side seems to be goin out the harveyspoint rd

irish1967

Just seen FEda O'Donnell bus pass my house.. lol . I hear Bomb disposal unit on its way. Jeez hope they dont have to come from Dublin. Think i will take a wee walk down town just to be nosey.

mike65

Couldn't they call the army in Derry? Much quicker.

feelpablo

mike65 wrote: »

Couldn't they call the army in Derry? Much quicker.

yep have it that the bomb squad from derry are on there way

apparently its a pipe bomb....postman after telling me

irish1967

Wonder if that was the same postman on the bike that told me !

irish1967

Thats it Im bored and curiousity has got the better of me.. gonna take a wee walk down town and be nosey. Might get a picture for the 'Look what I saw Today' thread. I'll take the iPhone with me so I can report live from the scene...:D

feelpablo

irish1967 wrote: »

Wonder if that was the same postman on the bike that told me !

na this dude was in the van...lazy sod

irish1967

Well feelpablo don't you be lazy come on down and be nosey too !

feelpablo

irish1967 wrote: »

Well feelpablo don't you be lazy come on down and be nosey too !

ah im stuck in the office till lunch time... might take a run down then and have a nose :cool:

irish1967

Standing here at Paul's. High tension and drama. Not. Least it's a nice day for it. It seems it is the towns newest tourist attraction. We will now never for get our own 9/11.

feelpablo

irish1967 wrote: »

Standing here at Paul's. High tension and drama. Not. Least it's a nice day for it. It seems it is the towns newest tourist attraction. We will now never for get our own 9/11.

feck.....only clicking the date now ya said it!!!

irlpic

Did you take a pair of pliers with ye?

Cut the green wire irish1967.

Or is it the red one?

irish1967

Aparently bomb squad coming from athlone.

irlpic

Just like the aul days in Lifford eh irish,standing along the free side of the river watching the robot at work on the bridge!

irish1967

On my way back up now. I'll post the highly exciting pic of the scene in a fw mins. When they put explosives into a pipe do they take the tobocco out first????

Lobster

irish1967 wrote: »

Standing here at Paul's. High tension and drama. Not. Least it's a nice day for it. It seems it is the towns newest tourist attraction. We will now never for get our own 9/11.

LOL! Everyone flocks to see the bomb!
Don't think it was mentioned on Highland news, any more info on it?

irish1967

OK.. heres the on the scene donegal boards newsflash picture

feelpablo

oh the drama of it all

thanks for the pic though

irlpic

What wire did you cut?

irlpic

ednwireland

Lobster wrote: »

LOL! Everyone flocks to see the bomb!
Don't think it was mentioned on Highland news, any more info on it?

ocean fm on the ball though !
http://oceanfm.ie/news/2009/09/11/suspect-device-in-donegal-town/

http://oceanfm.ie/news/2009/09/11/army-bomb-disposal-unit-due-in-donegal-town-at-lunchtime/

hope i didnt link to the uproar over the lollipop man ( wouldnt need one if peopel didnt drive their kids to school most dangerous place to drive at 3pm, digression ends)

manta356

feelpablo wrote: »

yep have it that the bomb squad from derry are on there way

Not much point moving all the soldiers to finner if they have to get men from Derry,or is it a thing that we'll save our own soldiers
I'f they cant deal with a pipe bomb maybe we should close Finner as well,save some more money:(

North_West_Art

I think someone is pi$$ed off because they are in negative equity

irlpic

Mossir

lol at the pictures!!!

irish1967

feelpablo

manta356 wrote: »

feelpablo wrote: »

yep have it that the bomb squad from derry are on there way

Not much point moving all the soldiers to finner if they have to get men from Derry,or is it a thing that we'll save our own soldiers
I'f they cant deal with a pipe bomb maybe we should close Finner as well,save some more money:(

didnt know we had a bomb squad in finner....would make sense allright to use them if they were available

ednwireland

bomb squad just arrived

irish1967

god I can feel the tension in the air.. the silence on here makes it worse

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I always find it hilarious that whenever there's a bomb scare anywhere people always flock to it.
Really makes life easy for the people planting it. :rolleyes:

Also I bet anyone who works around there and got sent home is thinking how lucky they get a long weekend now, and the lovely weather for it too.

feelpablo

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I always find it hilarious that whenever there's a bomb scare anywhere people always flock to it.
Really makes life easy for the people planting it. :rolleyes:

Also I bet anyone who works around there and got sent home is thinking how lucky they get a long weekend now, and the lovely weather for it too.

too right wouldnt mind bein sent home on a day like this...would get a good auld day on the bike for a tour

irish1967

yeahhhhh.. fair play to the mad donegal bomber.. least he picked a nice day.. so considerate

sherdydan

is this the same incident as what sky news are reporting as "suspected bomb explodes outside home of relatives of policeman in northern ireland"?

irish1967

NOOOOOOOOO ! there are things we might joke about but that would not be one of them.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

No, Donegal isn't in Northern Ireland.

That one was in Derry.

sherdydan

i know that donegal isnt in northern ireland, but you know sky news and their piss poor reporting. ive only seen reports of this other bomb on the ticker, i didnt even know that one was from derry

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Oh right, sorry.

Yeah the one on Sky is from Derry. This one probably won't be mentioned on Sky.

feelpablo

a mate sent me this photo

LoanShark

1967.. I hear Matt is ripping that you got a much better of the scene than him!!

Mint Sauce

who needs rte, this is their take on it

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0911/donegal.html

:rolleyes:

LoanShark

Anyone fancy going Knacker drinking at the chapel and see how things unfold.??
I'll bring the Dutch Gold!!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

No mention of it on the UTV news either. God but the news channels are rubbish.

muffler

The lengths I go to just to get 3 pages on the same topic in the Donegal forum - all within a few hours too.

irish1967

LoanShark wrote: »

1967.. I hear Matt is ripping that you got a much better of the scene than him!!

Ah I suppose at Matt's age his eye isnt as good as it used to be;)

irish1967

muffler wrote: »

The lengths I go to just to get 3 pages on the same topic in the Donegal forum - all within a few hours too.

Wouldn't a garage in your neck of the woods not have been a much better target. Those working today could have got the day off

muffler

irish1967 wrote: »

Those working today could have got the day off

Dont think anyone would notice :cool:

rhondster

irish1967 wrote: »

Was just comiong on to post this.. you beat me to it.

Traffic is all snared up. Roundabout at Micky Macs particularly bad.

is the bypass bad i have to go to galway today!!!???

irish1967

rhondster wrote: »

is the bypass bad i have to go to galway today!!!???

As long as you stay on the bypass you will be fine. In fact you wont even notice. Its just coming into the town that would cause the problem

irlpic