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Helicopter going around the skies at the moment

DareGod · 2015-05-11 23:19:00

Anybody else hearing that helicopter going around the skies the past couple of hours?

11-05-2015 11:19pm

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Anybody else hearing that helicopter going around the skies the past couple of hours?

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#2 11-05-2015 11:21pm

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Just came here to ask. Doesn't sound like the Garda chopper.

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#3 12-05-2015 12:31am

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What part of Dublin?

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#4 12-05-2015 1:25am

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Dublin 6 here.

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#5 12-05-2015 1:56am

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There it goes again...

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#6 12-05-2015 1:59am

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Drugs?

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#7 12-05-2015 2:00am

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Flood wrote:

Drugs?

I'm fine, thanks for the offer

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#8 12-05-2015 2:02am

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It could be a drugs bust.

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#9 12-05-2015 2:39am

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I can hear it and I'm in Dublin 9.

I'm panicking here, I've not paid my Television licence and the TV licence inspector in the Helicopter might be able to see my Television through my sky roof windows! :-(

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#10 12-05-2015 12:08pm

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Dia1988 wrote: »

I can hear it and I'm in Dublin 9.

I'm panicking here, I've not paid my Television licence and the TV licence inspector in the Helicopter might be able to see my Television through my sky roof windows! :-(

Thanks for telling us....saves on hiring a chopper.

On a side note - got planning permission for those windows ?

Yours,

An Post.

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#11 12-05-2015 12:23pm

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I heard it too, in D9. But about 10 minutes before and about 30 minutes after I heard a Gardai chase... I don't know if they were linked.

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#12 12-05-2015 3:21pm

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I've heard it around 2 am in D1 just wondering what it was?

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#13 12-05-2015 3:34pm

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Can hear it in D2 just now

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#14 12-05-2015 5:01pm

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I heard this as well. It was really loud, a lot louder than any other helicopters I've heard over the area. I'm in Dublin 2.

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#15 12-05-2015 5:56pm

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Any chance this could be related? http://www.thejournal.ie/bomb-scare-rathmines-2097852-May2015/

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#16 12-05-2015 10:47pm

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DareGod wrote:

Any chance this could be related?

I doubt it, I heard the helicopter between 11pm-1am (D9).

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#17 12-05-2015 11:11pm

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It was the Orange and White Irish Coast Guard Helicopter.

Could have been a training exercise or a medical emergency they were assisting with.

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#18 12-05-2015 11:33pm

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Helicopter in the sky... that's a strange one.

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#19 12-05-2015 11:34pm

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Beer Assistant wrote: »

Helicopter in the sky... that's a strange one.

No buy a helicopter hovering low at all hours of night is strange.

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#20 13-05-2015 8:10am

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dan1895 wrote: »

No buy a helicopter hovering low at all hours of night is strange.

maybe it is in the leafy suburbs, but it's unusual to NOT have GASU shining a light in the window of an evening out here in Finglas!

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#21 13-05-2015 8:14am

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Baldy Conscience wrote: »

maybe it is in the leafy suburbs, but it's unusual to NOT have GASU shining a light in the window of an evening out here in Finglas!

But it's not usual the Garda helicopter.

Heard it in Rathfarnham about 3 nights ago, surprised I saw nothing on twitter or boards about it until now.

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#22 13-05-2015 10:21am

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It has passed by again about an hour ago. It's a helicopter I've never seen before.

At this stage it really doesn't matter anymore, but I'm still curious. :pac:

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#23 13-05-2015 10:23am

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Helicopter tours of Dublin City out of Weston airport

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#24 13-05-2015 10:58am

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That wouldn't be permitted to fly at night, the one most people are talking about in this thread was seen/heard at night

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#25 13-05-2015 11:04am

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billie1b wrote: »

Helicopter tours of Dublin City out of Weston airport

Its going at 2am/3am doubt there is much demand for tours at that time.

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#26 13-05-2015 11:43am

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As I asked in THIS THREAD

Dancor wrote: »

Do we need a thread every time a helicopter is spotted over Dublin?

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#27 13-05-2015 11:52am

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jimmii wrote: »

Its going at 2am/3am doubt there is much demand for tours at that time.

Most likely the Garda then, they have Alpha Sierra 1 and 2 and they also use a full black helicopter, I dont know its call sign or number

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#28 13-05-2015 12:00pm

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Dancor wrote: »

As I asked in
Originally Posted by Dancor View Post

Do we need a thread every time a helicopter is spotted over Dublin?

It was very disturbing 2 am and I watched Godzilla on my laptop

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#29 13-05-2015 12:09pm

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Dancor wrote: »

As I asked in THIS THREAD

No, we don't "need" it. Why?

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#30 13-05-2015 12:18pm

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Are we talking about the one with all the flashing red lights? Unusual all right. Looked to be landed in the mountains just south of rathfarnham at about 2am. Stayed there for about 20 minutes.

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#32 13-05-2015 2:29pm

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DareGod wrote: »

No, we don't "need" it. Why?

Why did you feel the need to start the thread then?

If it was a dragon in the sky I would understand but I'm sure you have heard and seen helicopters before.

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#33 13-05-2015 3:24pm

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Are yis all up from the country on holidays or what lads? Its a city, there are helicopters and airplanes and big trucks too.

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#34 13-05-2015 4:53pm

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Dancor wrote: »

Why did you feel the need to start the thread then?

If it was a dragon in the sky I would understand but I'm sure you have heard and seen helicopters before.

Because I wanted to.

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#35 13-05-2015 4:53pm

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billythefish99 wrote: »

Are yis all up from the country on holidays or what lads? Its a city, there are helicopters and airplanes and big trucks too.

Nope, this was actually rare. Hence the curiosity.

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#36 13-05-2015 5:28pm

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DareGod wrote: »

Nope, this was actually rare. Hence the curiosity.

It was. I'm used to seeing plenty flying out this way. This one was unusually large compared to what I see on a daily basis. It also had red lights, flashing more like an emergency vehicle than an aircraft. And it looked to land up near Two Rock, where it waited for an extended period.

Nothing wrong with a bit of curiosity.

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#37 13-05-2015 6:07pm

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endacl wrote: »

It was. I'm used to seeing plenty flying out this way. This one was unusually large compared to what I see on a daily basis. It also had red lights, flashing more like an emergency vehicle than an aircraft. And it looked to land up near Two Rock, where it waited for an extended period.

Nothing wrong with a bit of curiosity.

Probably Adam Clayton popping home in a heli-taxi from Cannes :pac:

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#38 13-05-2015 10:35pm

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endacl wrote: »

It was. I'm used to seeing plenty flying out this way. This one was unusually large compared to what I see on a daily basis. It also had red lights, flashing more like an emergency vehicle than an aircraft. And it looked to land up near Two Rock, where it waited for an extended period.

Nothing wrong with a bit of curiosity.

The helicopter that landed in the Dublin Mountains the night of the OP was an Irish Coast Guard heli based at Dublin Airport. A Sikorsky S-92.

Here's a night time video of it:

The red lights were the red beacons on the tail and the belly plus the red nav light on the port side.

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