Fire on Capel St . Is traffic stil bad?

Sundew

I was just ready to head into town when I heard on 9 0 clock news that there is a fire in a head shop on Capel St.
Anyone know if it's under control yet and if the traffic is still cat?

trad

Nothing showing on the traffic cameras. Tune into 103.2 fm for constant up to the minute traffic reports up to 10 am.

jelly&icecream

Walked past it about half an hour ago. Traffic on the north quays west of capel st was pretty bad. east of it though the traffic was sailing. I can imagine parnell st etc has been badly effected as well

iMax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX0FkEheTVM

Gavin "shels"

Nirvana on Capel St is on fire and Capel St is closed.

ferrigan101

Just walked down Capel St and its still closed. Traffic isn't too bad at the moment.

1968

Gavin shels wrote: »

Nirvana on Capel St is on fire and Capel St is closed.

While the cause of the fire is not yet known, Nirvana's owner Jim Bellamy has suggested it may have been started deliberately, following widespread coverage of a campaign against head shops.


Speaking on Newstalk FM he said: “Somebody has taken the law into their own hands by the disgusting media coverage of the last month or so”.
“We have been tried by the media, found guilty – and this is the sentence”.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0212/breaking86.html?via=mr

johnnorthbrady

iMax wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX0FkEheTVM

Get your sizzling hot offers for Valentines day at Utopia on Caple street.:D

Melt your loved ones heart with a smoking pair of frilly knickers:D

Everyone on Caple street have a severe case of the munchies, No more edible knickers in Stock at Utopia:D

Everyone in and around Caple street all look the same, even the Irish look Chineeze

Of course Nirvana suspect foul play, Your man in the shop fell asleep with a reefer in his hand. Thats the best way to die:D



Kermit and big bird on the liffey in Dublin:D

Sundew

There was some great images to be taken looking down towards the Four Courts with all that bellowing smoke but I didn't bring me camera as I was going shopping .
Looked like another civil war had broken out

God imagine what the poor firemen will be confronted with in Utopia???
Some very strange melted plastic bits & bob's :eek:

Love2love

Sundew wrote: »

God imagine what the poor firemen will be confronted with in Utopia???
Some very strange melted plastic bits & boob's :eek:

Fixed that for ya!

Sundew

Love2love wrote: »

Fixed that for ya!

Thanks

LionelNashe

As of 45 minutes ago, it was still closed off. Nothing is left of the building(s) above a height of about 8 feet. They must have been storing something ridiculously flammable, or maybe the fire-brigade had to demolish it to stop it falling onto the street.

Gavin "shels"

LionelNashe wrote: »

As of 45 minutes ago, it was still closed off. Nothing is left of the building(s) above a height of about 8 feet. They must have been storing something ridiculously flammable, or maybe the fire-brigade had to demolish it to stop it falling onto the street.

Closed off till Monday afaik. As for flammable stuff, a sex shop and head shop were on fire, it will burn like fecking f*ck!

gurramok

I snapped this of the fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEW4_HuKbFo

and the demolition job of some of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THA4kldGz1E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw_wb9_mDNg

Nodster

Puts a new slant on the term "I'm off shopping, heading into the Big Smoke"

Ronan Keating

Nodster wrote: »

Puts a new slant on the term "I'm off shopping, heading into the Big Smoke"

Who goes shopping in Capel Street? It's a slum.

Wishbone Ash

Ronan Keating wrote: »

Who goes shopping in Capel Street? It's a slum.

If you think Capel Street is a slum, you don't get out much!

LionelNashe

Ronan Keating wrote: »

Who goes shopping in Capel Street? It's a slum.

Its alright for hardware, furniture,camping/walking gear. Now that I think about it I've bought stuff from a few different shops there, including a pair of couches.

padz

Ronan Keating wrote: »

Who goes shopping in Capel Street? It's a slum.

oh ok ronan, ok yeah keating u grew up in athlone ye feckin hand bagger

Ronan Keating

"You shay it besht when ya shay nuffin' at all. The schmile on yer fashe lets me knaw that ya need me..."

Victor

Council advising people to avoid the area.

DubMedic

Ronan Keating wrote: »

Who goes shopping in Capel Street? It's a slum.

Don't feed the troll..

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Ronan Keating

DubMedic wrote: »

Don't feed the troll..

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I remember seeing a program a while back which described it as a lower-class type area.

latenia

Ronan Keating wrote: »

Who goes shopping in Capel Street? It's a slum.

Have a browse in Belle Cheminee sometime-the collection in the huge back area is just stunning. I doubt you'll ever be able to afford anything there though.

http://www.bellecheminee.com/

Ronan Keating

latenia wrote: »

I doubt you'll ever be able to afford anything there though.

http://www.bellecheminee.com/

Are you being sarcastic?

M cebee

they found 500k in the safe

latenia

Ronan Keating wrote: »

Are you being sarcastic?

No, I'm not. You asked why anyone would shop in a slum and I pointed out that there's a shop there that sells fireplaces costing 100k.

Ronan Keating

latenia wrote: »

No, I'm not. You asked why anyone would shop in a slum and I pointed out that there's a shop there that fireplaces costing 100k.

And you asked could I afford it!