Hooter that goes off @ 12 every Friday?

wixfjord · 31-07-2009 11:01AM #1

Hi this has probably been answered before but what is the loud hooter thing that goes off across the city @ 12 every Friday? I think it might be something to do with the DART but nobody knows exactely what?

Cheers,
wix

Vim Fuego · 31-07-2009 11:06AM

That comes from the army barracks in Rathmines. Not sure what it means though

TurkeyBurger · 31-07-2009 11:08AM

Comes from Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines. I don't think it is limited to Fridays, not sure on that bit though.

WindSock · 31-07-2009 11:24AM

It's an 'everythings Ok' alarm :pac:

arybvtcw0eolkf · 31-07-2009 12:09PM

Its simply a drill in 'The Brugha to test the general alarm. It used to happen in all army barracks across the country.

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R.D. aka MR.D · 31-07-2009 12:10PM

it is indeed from the Rathmines Barracks and it is only every friday at 12. (defintly true)

apparently its just a test so if there is an emergency they won't be stuck with a siren that hasn't been used for 50 or so years. (i've been told)

cuckoo · 31-07-2009 01:09PM

R.D. aka MR.D wrote: »

it is indeed from the Rathmines Barracks and it is only every friday at 12. (defintly true)

Except in the run up to Christmas when they did a drill on (i think) a Thursday. I live in Rathmines, and there were a few phonecalls and texts going around from friends and family along the lines of "eh, should we be heading for the mountains, barracks sounds like it's going to explode".

arybvtcw0eolkf · 31-07-2009 01:40PM

cuckoo wrote: »

Except in the run up to Christmas when they did a drill on (i think) a Thursday. I live in Rathmines, and there were a few phonecalls and texts going around from friends and family along the lines of "eh, should we be heading for the mountains, barracks sounds like it's going to explode".

Most likely what you got there was a 'scheme of defence' drill in action.

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Poccington · 31-07-2009 07:20PM

Clara Drab Trap wrote: »

Its simply a drill in 'The Brugha to test the general alarm. It used to happen in all army barracks across the country.

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I still get a chuckle from asking people what time it is while the alarm is going off :pac:

cuckoo · 01-08-2009 01:38AM

Clara Drab Trap wrote: »

Most likely what you got there was a 'scheme of defence' drill in action.

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Just curious, if i hear the siren at a time other than the Friday test should i assume the duck and cover position, and then phone my family to tell them i love them?

eirebhoy · 01-08-2009 10:54AM

It's some siren. i can hear it from Pearse street.

ParkRunner · 01-08-2009 03:05PM

eirebhoy wrote: »

It's some siren.

Enlightening!

Ste.phen · 01-08-2009 03:20PM

EF wrote: »

Enlightening!

He meant "it's some siren", meaning the siren is significant, rather good at being a siren, the very embodiment of what a siren should be, the alpha siren, the president of sirens.

ParkRunner · 01-08-2009 03:32PM

Ste.phen wrote: »

He meant "it's some siren", meaning the siren is significant, rather good at being a siren, the very embodiment of what a siren should be, the alpha siren, the president of sirens.

Could've beefed it up a bit some

Carroller16 · 07-08-2009 11:00AM

There she goes again. on schedule

damienmcd · 07-08-2009 12:57PM

wixfjord wrote: »

Hi this has probably been answered before but what is the loud hooter thing that goes off across the city @ 12 every Friday? I think it might be something to do with the DART but nobody knows exactely what?

In the prophetic words of Rolf Harris in the Churchill Ad:
"Do you know what it is yet?"

:| · 08-08-2009 05:37PM

It's a reminder that its a friday afternoon, the weeked is here!

Micilin Muc · 02-10-2009 10:59AM

wrote: »

It's a reminder that its a friday afternoon, the weeked is here!

Yay, it's the weekend again!

Micilin Muc · 23-12-2009 09:34AM

The siren has just gone off twice this morning but it's not 12.00 on a Friday!! :eek:

wixfjord · 23-12-2009 01:39PM

ITS THE RAPTURE!! :eek:

Piste · 23-12-2009 07:22PM

I thought I was going nuts! I've friends from sandymount and you could just about hear it in our school. I was well used to it but they couldn't hear it down in Sandymount so were like "wtf? is that an air raid siren?"

I never had any idea what it was and always put it down to "one of those tihngs that happens and you don't ask questions about".

I'm so glad someone asked questions about it!

LionelNashe · 23-12-2009 08:17PM

re: The siren going off today: Is the bomb squad based there? There are threads here about somebody robbing O'Briens in the IFSC today and a hand grenade being left on the Luas tracks there.

Plumpynutt · 23-12-2009 08:21PM

LionelNashe wrote: »

re: The siren going off today: Is the bomb squad based there? There are threads here about somebody robbing O'Briens in the IFSC today and a hand grenade being left on the Luas tracks there.

lol

LionelNashe · 23-12-2009 08:29PM

Actually, checking rte.ie, the bomb squad wasn't called out til after 3pm so don't know what was going on this morning.

Hooter that goes off @ 12 every Friday?

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