What's going on ~1pm City Centre

_blank_ · 20-02-2009 01:10PM #1

There's a couple of rescue helicopters around the place.

Anyone got any info?

Noopti · 20-02-2009 01:34PM

There are also police divers, fire brigade etc at Eden quay.

Looks like they are looking for something, or someone. Maybe related to this?

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhsnsngbsnmh/

Edit: Looking out my window....at a Helicopter now. It is a rescue one.

Maybe it is just an excersise?

_blank_ · 20-02-2009 01:41PM

Noopti wrote: »

Edit: Looking out my window....at a Helicopter now. It is a rescue one.

Maybe it is just an excersise?

My brother reckons someone fell in the Liffey :eek:

Degsy · 20-02-2009 01:45PM

Its still hovering away over the quays..quite low actually.

Snapper1 · 20-02-2009 01:45PM

Traffic is mental around Amien Street, backed up all the way to Fairview, i couldn't see the source of the problem though, helicopter is still up...

BendiBus · 20-02-2009 01:46PM

The Coast Guard is hovering over the IFSC. Maybe they're rescuing the banks?

John Mason · 20-02-2009 01:46PM

the rescue helicopter is hovering around merrion square - ambulance has just gone flying past now

sickle · 20-02-2009 01:54PM

someone jumped off O'Connell bridge
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/search-underway-for-man-seen-jumping-from-bridge-1647963.html

_blank_ · 20-02-2009 01:56PM

sickle wrote: »

someone jumped off O'Connell bridge
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/search-underway-for-man-seen-jumping-from-bridge-1647963.html

Jaysis

Noopti · 20-02-2009 02:10PM

Not looking good so.

That helicopter has been up and down the river at least a dozen times since I came back to office after lunch.

Sleipnir · 20-02-2009 02:13PM

Poor fvuker.

6th · 20-02-2009 02:13PM

Its loud isn't it.

Danbo! · 20-02-2009 02:15PM

Sounds like it just left. The fact it was there for more than an hour probably means bad news

Edit: Nope, its back

John Mason · 20-02-2009 02:19PM

it has to be something more then one person jumping

the noise is going on for too long and 3 ambulances have just gone flying past here

_blank_ · 20-02-2009 02:28PM

It's back again now.

I'm going to take a walk down in the next while to have a look

stevenmu · 20-02-2009 02:30PM

They're making another run up the river now, there's been a few boats up and down as well.

Gavin "shels" · 20-02-2009 02:34PM

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0220/dublin.html

Danbo! · 20-02-2009 02:36PM

Breaking news say someone was seen jumping from oconnell bridge.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhsnsnqlgbgb/

But RTÉ now say that a body was spotted in the river just after midday.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0220/dublin.html

Rte's story is more up to date.

CiaranC · 20-02-2009 02:38PM

Why the big furore? People are always jumping in the Liffey. Maybe it was the taoiseach.

Noopti · 20-02-2009 02:39PM

The helicopter seems to be concentrating closer to the port now, probably the tide is going out so any person/body has likely moved out that way by now.

rc28 · 20-02-2009 02:51PM

Helicopter has been really loud over past 2 hours, occasionally hovering right obver the library here in Trinity.

Degsy · 20-02-2009 02:54PM

rc28 wrote: »

Helicopter has been really loud over past 2 hours, occasionally hovering right obver the library here in Trinity.

What are you doing on boards in the library?

rc28 · 20-02-2009 02:55PM

Degsy wrote: »

What are you doing on boards in the library?

Lol, I actually came on to find out why my concentration was being ruined by a loud drone sound since lunch.

stovelid · 20-02-2009 03:02PM

rc28 wrote: »

Lol, I actually came on to find out why my concentration was being ruined by a loud drone sound since lunch.

That's just conversation from The Buttery.

AnonoBoy · 20-02-2009 03:12PM

Degsy wrote: »

What are you doing on boards in the library?

Eh.... are you not in a library too Degsy?

Degsy · 20-02-2009 03:36PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Eh.... are you not in a library too Degsy?

Er yes..but i was er,on my break..yes,thats right.I was on my break!

6th · 20-02-2009 04:01PM

<kisses> Look, we're all so close to the liffey ... lets do lunch sometime! </kisses>

Degsy · 20-02-2009 04:16PM

6th wrote: »

<kisses> Look, we're all so close to the liffey ... lets do lunch sometime! </kisses>

Lets all throw ourselves into the river.
Throw ourselves willingly to escape all this hideousness.

Carpaydiem · 20-02-2009 04:24PM

Work just beside Hibernian way myself, bloody choppers were wrecking my head after lunch.

Why da hell do they need a chopper to fly up the Liffey?? A boat would be doing the rescue anyway.....

troubled1 · 20-02-2009 04:27PM

Could be a banker.

Varkov · 20-02-2009 04:33PM

One of the firemen told me they thought they found the body. Some guy in a suit, so probably a banker or government man.

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