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Man who spent over four hours on six-storey Dame Street building taken away safely

Gardaí, ambulances and the fire service are all responded to the scene at Dublin’s College Green.

Updated at 3.45pm

The man on top of the Ulster Bank building this morning.

AN INCIDENT ON Dublin’s Dame Street in which a man spent over four hours perched dangerously on top of a six-storey building has ended when he was taken away safely.

A large-scale emergency services response shut down one of the city’s main thoroughfares from about 10.45am this morning until 3.15 pm this afternoon.

At least two garda negotiators spent over two and a half hours on a nearby roof talking to the man before convincing him to return to safety.

Eyewitnesses say the man was then returned to safety by gardaí who led him down nearby Church Lane to Dame Street as people continued to look above.

He was then taken away by gardaí.

The initial response began as the man was spotted atop the building that contains the Abercrombie & Fitch store on Dame Street.

He then moved to the even taller Ulster Bank building next door where he began to talk to gardaí, sometimes sitting down to do so.

The man, who appeared to be his late 20s to early 30s, was stripped to the waist for the first 90 minutes of the incident but later put on a t-shirt and hoody.

Crowds of up to 300 people at a time continued to look at the man from the street below throughout the afternoon.

Gardaí sealed off both sides of Dame Street between Starbucks and the Tourist Office.

Four fire brigades were at the scene and were moved in place to restrict public access and view.

The incident began at around 10.45am with the man repeatedly climbing back and forth between the peak of the building and a the roof just behind it.

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Numerous times the man was seen leaning against and rattling the flag pole behind him as well as freely moving around on the edge of the building.

Earlier, at the Abercrombie building.

 

People watched the developing scene from the gates of Trinity College, and from near the junction of Dame Street and Parliament Street.

Four fire units, an ambulance and gardaí were present during the incident

Around eight members of Dublin Fire Brigade stayed in place close to the front of the building.
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The incident cause major diversions during the afternoon with no access to Dame Street or around College Green.

Restrictions have now been lifted and traffic is moving as normal.

 

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    Oct 9th 2011, 9:32 AM

    Disobey the rules, don’t except our sympathy when the consequences arrive!

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    Oct 9th 2011, 9:47 AM

    The Nazis were just following the "rules" also.

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    Oct 9th 2011, 9:55 AM

    ever heard of a thing called civil disobedience at all?

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    Oct 9th 2011, 12:40 PM

    You say ‘civil disobedience’ as if it was the equivalent to peaceful protesting!

    Jeeez, some people seem to think that their self-righteousness justifies breaking the law!

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    Oct 9th 2011, 1:04 PM

    If I was working as a security guard for A MUSEUM and some self righteous twit held down my co-worker I’d get them off pretty sharply too.

    Now not saying that’s definitely what happened but they have no right to physically restrain a working member of the public.

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    Oct 9th 2011, 10:10 AM

    They called medics caused they were peppered sprayed. Should be done for wasting their time.

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    Oct 9th 2011, 11:31 AM

    Have you ever seen the results of pepper spray? I worked in a nightclub where a girl was pepper sprayed. She was in agony afterwards. I found it hard to stay near her as the residue on her face was enough to cause my eyes and face to have the same symptoms. She was taken away by ambulance & I assure you it was necessary.

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    Oct 9th 2011, 12:53 PM

    While never been pepper sprayed myself I have seen the effects of those who have numerous times(actually more than numerous) and ALL just had to wash out there eyes with water.

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    Oct 10th 2011, 12:58 AM

    more than numerous? how many is more than numerous? is it, loike, a lot?
    do tell flanagan, how and where did u see the effects of those who’ve been pepper sprayed
    numerous times. sorry i mean more than numerous times
    CSI or some other show?

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    Oct 9th 2011, 9:54 AM

    Conservative Spectator Magazine Brags of its Agent Provacateur’s Role in Provoking Attack on DC Museum http://t.co/Gsm8wqTK

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    Oct 9th 2011, 10:56 AM

    Sounds pretty damming

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    Oct 9th 2011, 12:43 PM

    They rushed and held down a security guard… A normal Average Joe doing his job… Not an SS Officer!

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    Oct 9th 2011, 11:43 AM

    Heil Obama!

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    Oct 9th 2011, 12:11 PM

    bloddy yanks

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    Oct 9th 2011, 12:09 PM

    Amazing how they don’t object to war aircraft which carry a living pilot!
    They seem to have a superstitious fear of automation.

    Drones are just the start of the automation.
    Google Earth can tell me the difference in latitude and longitude between the front and the back of my car parked in my driveway.
    Within 20 years piloted warplanes will look as antiquated as the Wright Brothers plane in Kitty Hawk in 1903.

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    Oct 9th 2011, 11:26 AM

    I got chili in my eyes making a curry recently and it was truly awful – poor people

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