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Bomb found in Lucan - Supposedly aimed at Giro d'Italia event in Dublin

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http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/huge-bomb-found-as-giro-ditalia-party-hits-town-30265425.html

Now I'm not too sure if this is irresponsible reporting from the Indo or not but supposedly this bomb was meant to have been targeted at the crowd in Dublin yesterday for the Giro by some delightful dissident republicans.

Now quite why dissident republicans would want to bomb Dublin is beyond me but it does strike me that the Gardaí helped prevent a dark day yesterday.

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deseil

sham58107 wrote: »

The giro actually had TV audience of 700 million and not 1 ad for Ireland during the whole thing,Turkey Scotland Morocco all had ads. Where were our tourist board?

As for bomb it was found at Wedding in Lucan which could not be further from the Giro route,maybe it was criminal and not IRA ?

Surely with giro going through South Armagh,Dundalk The IRA would have picked a better spot!!

That was my initial thought when I heard a bomb was found in lucan. Dublin west gangs there was a shooting in lucan related to gangs not so long ago.

corner of hells

Clearly its a turf war between various hotels in Lucan.
That crowd in in the Springfield were always a rough crowd and that Finnstown mob are ruthless too.

bumper234

sham58107 wrote: »

The giro actually had TV audience of 700 million and not 1 ad for Ireland during the whole thing,Turkey Scotland Morocco all had ads. Where were our tourist board?

As for bomb it was found at Wedding in Lucan which could not be further from the Giro route,maybe it was criminal and not IRA ?

Surely with giro going through South Armagh,Dundalk The IRA would have picked a better spot!!

Maybe all of the ads for Ireland were being shown in other countries....you know....where tourists tend to come from

Little CuChulainn

delthedriver wrote: »

What is the difference between IRA and Real IRA?

The Real IRA use Gerry Adams photo in target practice.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Fat content?

I prefer Adams brand "I can't believe he's not IRA".

bumper234

Can't see how people are blaming SF for this if it was the RIRA.

Don't Chute!

sham58107 wrote: »

The giro actually had TV audience of 700 million and not 1 ad for Ireland during the whole thing,Turkey Scotland Morocco all had ads. Where were our tourist board?

As for bomb it was found at Wedding in Lucan which could not be further from the Giro route,maybe it was criminal and not IRA ?

Surely with giro going through South Armagh,Dundalk The IRA would have picked a better spot!!

I think the Giro being IN Ireland is about as big an ad as you can get really.

anncoates

They were informed that a group insisting on following a traditional route through interface areas in Belfast and felt duty bound to take action.

omega666

Geez, Has anyone actually read the article.

There's no link whatsoever to the Giro apart from the race was happening in the city the same day the bomb was found in the opposite side of the city.

Why would the dissidents bomb a bike race in dublin ffs. It's doesn’t even make sense. It’s just a sensational headline to grab attention.

sparrowcar

Why do some people on boards.ie insist on using only 1% of their brain?

There is no reason a dissident republican group would set off a bomb in Dublin during a crowded sporting event... It would signal the compete end to all dissedent groups, they would never have any support after something like that.

LordSutch

Banjo String wrote: »

What in under sweet fcuk have SF got to do with dissident republican paramilitary groups?

Lol.

Indeed their support for bombings has long since ended, with the last SF/PIRA sanctioned bombing back in the 90s, so I agree that SF has sweet fcuk all to do with dissident republican paramilitary groups, but I can't help thinking of their hypocritical condemnation of modern day boimbings when they openly supported their terrorist alter ego back in the day.

bumper234

sparrowcar wrote: »

Why do some people on boards.ie insist on using only 1% of their brain?

There is no reason a dissident republican group would set off a bomb in Dublin during a crowded sporting event... It would signal the compete end to all dissedent groups, they would never have any support after something like that.

It's not like that stopped them before though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing

looksee

But if someone were trying to set up the RIRA, why wouldn't they 'find' the bomb on the race route, much more impressive than blowing up a wedding.

The Backwards Man

sparrowcar wrote: »

Why do some people on boards.ie insist on using only 1% of their brain?

There is no reason a dissident republican group would set off a bomb in Dublin during a crowded sporting event... It would signal the compete end to all dissedent groups, they would never have any support after something like that.

You're assuming dissidents use 1% of theirs. It's not like they've never done anything unfathomable before.

Bit like their 'peaceful' cousins really.

RayCon

Just read the article ... and other than it being found on the same day the Giro d'Italia was going through Dublin (14 miles away I hasten to add) - I fail to see how it can be concluded it was the intened target.

bumper234

looksee wrote: »

But if someone were trying to set up the RIRA, why wouldn't they 'find' the bomb on the race route, much more impressive than blowing up a wedding.

Maybe the driver bottled it?

Maybe there were too many police around for them to leave the bomb?

Maybe it was a criminal gang targeting the wedding (anyone know who's wedding it was?)

periodictable

Should they ever find the makers/instigators of this bomb, I'd like to see them immediately hanged. These people are cowards.

sbsquarepants

What a fúcking nonsensical story. Why, for any reason whatsoever, would a republican group try to bomb a bike race in the republic? It's ridiculous

corner of hells

periodictable wrote: »

Should they ever find the makers/instigators of this bomb, I'd like to see them immediately hanged. These people are cowards.

I'd also like to see the designer of the car the bomb was in hung too and maybe the bin lorry driver who woke me up this morning hung as well.

bumper234

sbsquarepants wrote: »

What a fúcking nonsensical story. Why, for any reason whatsoever, would a republican group try to bomb a bike race in the republic? It's ridiculous

If this is true it would surely point towards them though right?

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/huge-bomb-found-as-giro-ditalia-party-hits-town-30265425.html

Security sources say that the device, made safe by an Army Bomb Squad, would have caused carnage if it had exploded. It is understood that it was fitted with a Timer Power Unit, a hallmark of all major IRA bombs. Also known as a "safe to arm" switch, the TPU can be set to detonate at a given time, which can range from a few hours to several days or even months after it is set.

It is understood that a Dublin man who was later arrested has close links to the Real IRA.

failinis

From the BBC website says the "The bomb was not primed." - yes there is a chance it was not finished, but almost all bombs around the place (unless at a police station) are not primed and are simply set there as a warning or to spook people.
I highly doubt this device was going to be made to go off - no bloody reason to.
Disgusting they are still pulling tricks like this.

nelly17

failinis wrote: »

From the BBC website says the "The bomb was not primed." - yes there is a chance it was not finished, but almost all bombs around the place (unless at a police station) are not primed and are simply set there as a warning or to spook people.
I highly doubt this device was going to be made to go off - no bloody reason to.
Disgusting they are still pulling tricks like this.

It could also have been left there for later use at some point

Santa Cruz

delthedriver wrote: »

By whom?

Maybe "dark forces" within the PSNI (they get the blame for everything else)

Santa Cruz

sbsquarepants wrote: »

What a fúcking nonsensical story. Why, for any reason whatsoever, would a republican group try to bomb a bike race in the republic? It's ridiculous

Why would they want to bomb the Grand National in Aintree?

Maybe because they are scumbags

Fonzerella

Who controls hotel in question?very interesting characters I think you'll find..bum steer talking about giro..

bumper234

Fonzerella wrote: »

Who controls hotel in question?very interesting characters I think you'll find..bum steer talking about giro..

Welcome oh newbie, please enlighten us.

Fonzerella

bumper234 wrote: »

Welcome oh newbie, please enlighten us.

Citywest set...,

harry Bailey esq

P_1 wrote: »

Well SF claim not to represent the dissidents nor have any influence over them so I'd presume they'll be condemning it. Also interesting that the Indo seems to be the only source for this.

+1 i highly doubt it was intended for the giro,an extremely dubious claim by the indo.Wouldn't be the first time either.Dissidents learned their lesson with omagh,They only had a handful of supporters back then,and even less now.If indeed it was dissidents behind yesterdays find id hazard a guess that the bomb was bound for one of the ferry ports and onward to the mainland UK. Just my two cents.

bumper234

Fonzerella wrote: »

Citywest set...,

Aaaaaand? Will need a bit more detail than one or two word answers please.

Grayson

failinis wrote: »

From the BBC website says the "The bomb was not primed." - yes there is a chance it was not finished, but almost all bombs around the place (unless at a police station) are not primed and are simply set there as a warning or to spook people.
I highly doubt this device was going to be made to go off - no bloody reason to.
Disgusting they are still pulling tricks like this.

You have to assume that it was going to be used. Those groups have set off bombs that were larger in public places (Omagh?).
Saying they weren't going to set it off is like saying that a dangerous dog that is growling isn't going to bite.

wazky

Grayson wrote: »

Saying they weren't going to set it off is like saying that a dangerous dog that is growling isn't going to bite.

It probably won't if its growling, when it goes silent is usually when the biting happens.