1941 The Emergency: Germans bomb Dublin's North Strand killing 28, injuring 90
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| Nazi bombs rain down on Dublin's poorest, 1941 |
12:57
13:01
Beaup beaup beaup beaup beaup beaup (The sound of a heavy goods vehicle backing up.)
13:04
Most drug dealers use the mobile phone, says the state news radio Crime Correspondent. True, true.
13:14
Prepaid, untraceable mobile phones. The Gardai bought drugs off them.
"Howeraya. This is, eh, Jim. Have oo any de ol' dope dere atall?"
13:18
Sweep up: Towns such as Longford and Monaghan, which had previously been classified as having serious litter problems, have managed to maintain their litter free status.
However, Smithfield in Dublin has been described as 'a complete disgrace', the Quays as 'very unsightly', and Moore Street has been termed an ongoing problem.
13:43
ADIO: Call now. You're frightened. The windscreen is cracked. With the cold summer of weather it'll shatter. Order our resin. Job done. Make the call. Don't put it off. Call now. Now. Call us. You're scared.
16:11
- But he wasin' barred from de house.
Three voluble tummy-mummys walking down the Hill from the prison direction making a chatting racket. Rather loud. Quick check shows why: Can of Bud on the left, can of Harp on the right and the middle one pushing the pram.
- Howerya wheer-iya gurrgiya gaargle.
17:32
Meanwhile, powerful people do pathetic things: The head of the Sisters of Charity has refused to apologise for the physical and sexual abuse of boys at St Joseph's Industrial School in Kilkenny in the early 1970s.
17:52
Ah, that explains that, then:
The property developer, John Byrne, has told the Moriarty Tribunal that he never gave the former Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, "a penny in his life, or a pound". Mr Byrne had been called to explain how more than £300,000 of his money found its way into bank accounts which were used by Mr Haughey.
22:18
Bloody slaughter, the stop:
[He] was standing at the 77A bus stop on Eden Quay in the centre of Dublin at about 9.00pm last Tuesday night when he was attacked by three men. He died in the Mater Hospital yesterday evening.
