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Stand down! That 'air raid siren' heard across Dublin was not the nuclear holocaust

Come out from under those desks.

RELAX. THERE IS no reason to believe that Dublin is about to be attacked in an air raid. There’s no sign of a nuclear meltdown either.

A loud siren heard all across the Dublin bay area had a lot of Dubliners spooked this morning, and some wondering if the end was nigh.

But, thankfully, it wasn’t the beginnings of World War III but just a drill at Dublin Port.

Dublin Port have confirmed that the siren was part of a Poolbeg evacuation drill.

Phew!

That news is sure to be a relief to all these people who feared for their lives when they heard it going off.

It’s okay, we can all come out now.

Read: Dublin Port wants to dump 10 million tonnes of dredge waste off Howth. Some people aren’t too happy… >

Read: A ‘rogue seagull’ caused the closure of the Dublin Port Tunnel this afternoon >

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    Mute Little Jim
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    Oct 31st 2013, 8:08 PM

    Or did they just discover us?

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    Mute Conor
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    Oct 31st 2013, 8:27 PM

    Id say they knew about us.

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    Oct 31st 2013, 9:45 PM

    It’s only a matter of time before they crawl ashore, grow legs, stand upright and destroy the world…oh wait…that’s us, isn’t it?

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    Nov 1st 2013, 12:37 AM

    You’ve being watching too many episodes of The Simpsons

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    Mute John O'Neill
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    Nov 1st 2013, 9:33 AM

    Sad but true!

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    Nov 4th 2013, 8:22 AM

    true but sad

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    Oct 31st 2013, 8:25 PM

    Why was the dolphin depressed?
    He had no porpoise in life.
    Puntastic!

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    Mute Stephen
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    Oct 31st 2013, 8:46 PM

    Quick take a picture of it,before we slaughter them.

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    Mute Ben Reilly
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    Oct 31st 2013, 8:32 PM

    Probably just Mary Harney enjoying her retirement !

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    Oct 31st 2013, 8:36 PM

    Its called labour td osaurus. Related to some sort of dinosaur apparantly.

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    Oct 31st 2013, 10:21 PM

    Well holy god

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    Nov 1st 2013, 10:22 PM

    Called a whale

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    Oct 31st 2013, 9:42 PM

    Alpen…

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