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LAST UPDATE | 31 Oct 2019
DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE has dealt with over 500 calls today, as units across the city contend with a large number of blazes as a result of Halloween.
On what is always one of the busiest days of the year for the force, fire officers have been dealing with bonfires as well as other Halloween-related and non-Halloween-related incidents.
From midnight to 7.30pm, DFB said it received 561 calls of which 194 were for fires in Dublin and 279 were for an ambulance call.
“Happily, so far this Halloween night, we have had no reports of any firework or bonfire related injuries,” DFB tweeted.
Units from North Strand fire station said they “encountered anti-social behaviour” as they dealt with two cars on fire in Darndale off the R139.
At the entrance to an estate in Fortunestown DFB dealt with two flaming cars and a downed lamp post.
Dublin Fire Brigade / Twitter
Dublin Fire Brigade / Twitter / Twitter
Units from Kilbarrack were called earlier this evening after a car was driven onto a bonfire in Coolock. Separately in West Dublin, DFB extinguished a van set alight in a driveway.
Dublin Fire Brigade / Twitter
Dublin Fire Brigade / Twitter / Twitter
Earlier, DFB was called out to deal with a bonfire which was acting as a barricade across a Dublin road.
Units from Dolphin’s Barn were dispatched and dealt with the makeshift bonfire which had been erected in the Drimnagh area.
Firefighters also responded to reports of two derelict homes on fire in Tallaght and Cherry Orchard.
DFB has been busy in the run up to Halloween. As of midnight yesterday, they had responded to over 45 dangerous bonfires.
They expect that number to significantly increase this evening.
DFB as well as Dublin City Council are urging people to stay away from unsecured bonfires as they are dangerous.
Instead, they want people to attend one of the many official events being hosted by the council.
You can find the details here.
- With reporting from Adam Daly
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The Crane Bar Galway, more locals than tourists has to be in top 9.
The Glen Tavern, Glenties, Donegal is definitely worth checking out!
@cníchi: This is The Journal. Venturing as far north as Sligo for a feature like this is a feat on its own.
The Crane bar in Galway.
Cryan’s, Carrick on Shannon is missing.
Peadar Browns Clanbrassil Street
Piper’s Corner should have made the list.
@Dublin By Pub: I’ve been there only two or three times (more a Briody’s fan) but had no idea they hosted trad sessions.
Mad how Matt Molloys in Westport didn’t get a mention considering there’s a trad session every night of the year and him and the other members The Chietains play together there regularly
@John Lally: very fair point. I was there about 6 years ago and it was one hell of a night.
@John Lally: great craic, but headline includes ‘without the tourists’ and Molloys gets lots of tourists.
Good to see Shoot The Crows, Sligo, there. Rustic Inn, Abbeyshrule, Longford very good too.
Wednesday nights Larkin’s pub in Corbally, Limerick
Thursday nights, HiB in Mallow, Co. Cork
two really nice authentic weekly sessions.
This is a local pub for local people!
An Spailpin in Cork is a great spot.. Like stepping out of the city into the countryside.
@Rob Cahill: nice pint of Beamish in there too
Nothing in Belfast?
@Brendan M:
They don’t seem to regard Belfast as being in Ireland on this site.
McNeill’s on Capel Street in Dublin
Jim O the mills is a great place to go
Imagine no pub in Co Clare included in s list of traditional music venues….I’d say there was a lot of research done for that report. Fake news ????
@Pat Duggan: corofin is in clare !!
The CIE Hall/Inchicore Sports and Social Club has a very serious session on the last Friday night of every month too. Absolutely no tourists anywhere near the place, and no leprauchans or tat at all! https://www.facebook.com/InchicoreSportsAndSocialClub/
The Cobblestone, Smithfield.
James griffens bar (Lenehans) in trim co.meath should be on the list too
Whats the best pub in Killarney? Bringing the American cousins down on Monday for a couple of day’s.
@Jim Jiminy: You will be spoilt for choice in Killarney, get there early and walk around town, most places will have signs up if they have music that night. A great pub is Reidy’s lovely atmosphere there. Also Tatler Jack, O’Connor’s, O’Donoghue’s, Dunloe Lodge, ah the list goes on and on so my advice is to call to a few & get chatting to the locals & you can’t go far wrong in finding plenty ceol & craic for your American cousins. Enjoy it all of you.
@Mary Cullinane: Thank’s Mary
@Jim Jiminy: Reidy’s on Main St. This spot alone is worth a visit to Killarney, and there’s proper music every night.
Tuohys in Rathdowney Co Laois. Once owned by 2 sisters, bought some years ago by a Dublin musician, who didn’t change a thing. It only holds about 30 people but the Sat and Mon night open mic sessions are legendary!
Mccarthys bar in Buttevant every Friday night. Craicing music. Lovely old world bar.
Hughes’ has a very nice ‘general’ folk, singer-songwriter, americana etc session in the Snug on Wednesday nights….
and no mention of wexford…
Traynors in Oldcastle any Sat night
Drogheda has #MusicAtTheGate each month and sessions every week. The best one is in the Grey Goose every Monday from 9.
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