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Stand off with the armed support unit in Sligo

skinny90 · 2012-04-20 22:01:51

I'm not at home and I don't have any links yet but apparently theirs an estate sealed off and a big stand off with some fella and the armed gardai support unit in Sligo? It got me thinking does these happen much in Ireland,has anyone witnessed it...

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#32 21-04-2012 11:06PM

cocoshovel

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Happened in Waterford a few months back too. Some lad lost his job so he wen protesting about it on a roof top with a "gun" (pellet gun). So the ASU were called. Somehow, I imagine it happens more than we think.

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