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Fire brigade rescues 45 tourists from River Liffey boat

These visitors got a unique tour…

Updated 8.14pm

TOURISTS ON A River Liffey cruise boat this afternoon are getting a bit more action than they bargained for as they were rescued by the fire brigade.

Images from the scene show the boat was stranded near a low section of the Millennium Bridge.

Barry Finnegan Barry Finnegan

John O’Neill, manager of Dublin Discovered Boat Tours told TheJournal.ie that the vessel broke down and was brought safely to the quay wall by the skipper.

The crew called in the the fire brigade to help get passengers off the boat.

The bridge has been closed off and Dublin Fire Bridgade swift water rescue crews from Tara Street and Phibsboro attended.

O’Neill said none of the passengers on board were in any danger and his staff “followed training and procedures by bringing in Dublin Fire Brigade”.

The remaining sailings this afternoon were cancelled and tomorrow’s sailings have also been cancelled as the company investigates the cause of the failure.

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    Mute B-Egan
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    Jun 12th 2015, 11:13 AM

    Friend of mine from Madrid tells me Spain is done with the old guard monarchy and politically alike. They are moving towards a citizens rights based country they want a government and system that works for them not against them and there not going to stop until they achieve it. Good luck to them thats what you call moving forward and progress it I the 21st century not the 18th . The Monarchy and establishment are shitting themselves and rightly so. They sabotaged their own existence by lazyness and greed.

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    Mute Jo Buckley
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    Jun 12th 2015, 3:00 PM

    B-Egan for your information, Spain is a democratic country where the rule of law is applied, as much as Ireland.
    “Citizens rights based country” What is that? Would you mind to explain?

    In Spain like in any other democratic country, power brings corruption.
    The law is applied, corrupts finish in court or jail and the public express their opinion through their voting.
    The centre-right governing party will lose the next election (despite doing a decent economic job) and the left wing (very left in this occasion) will win. Then they will destroy the economy again and the centre right will come back. That is the democratic process, here and in Spain.
    All governments will have some corruption, both will have the judiciary going after some of them.
    This is the reality, the good news is the control of corruption is tighter and the level of tolerance lower than ever.

    Regarding Monarchy or Republic, I enjoy our republican dribble every time the British royal family have a new baby or jubilee or a wedding or visit a castle. It is a show for the media and a monarch is much more attractive than a president.

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    Mute Liam Treacy
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    Jun 12th 2015, 8:23 PM

    100% Jo. The Journal is full of commentators that don’t understand democracy led by AAA, Sinn Fein of all shades, anti water, anti property tax. All single issue promise the sun, moon and stars groups that always get gobbled up when the people have to make a decision in the round at election time.

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    Mute gordon kennedy
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    Jun 12th 2015, 12:05 PM

    Monarchy..? Feudal theft.. Yet we still pander and fawn to these parasites., particularly the Windsor spongers of our nearest neighbour.. Over 200 yrs since the enlightenment and we still stand in awe of these scroungers. Mind boggles..

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    Mute Mick Bacon
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    Jun 12th 2015, 11:37 AM

    Is her dad still murdering the wildlife in Africa .

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    Mute Cupid Stunt
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    Jun 12th 2015, 12:19 PM

    next time the media go on a welfare whichhunt against the poor. could they please include the rich that steal our taxes. I’d say welfare fraud pales in comparison to tax fraud perpetrated by the already wealthy.

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    Mute Liam Treacy
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    Jun 12th 2015, 8:33 PM

    The got something wrong there buddy.
    Question: Who steals taxes? Answer: Governments. Any government who promises to rob Peter to pay Paul will always have Paul’s vote.
    Question: Who avoids or evades taxes? Answer: anyone that can.
    Happens from top to bottom in all societies. History of man and society.
    Question: Why does it happen? Answer: Because most people know that massive amounts of tax collected is wasted and divided up between them by the insiders, namely those in the public pay by both salary and welfare.
    Nobody on the receiving end protects the tax payer by driving real savings and reform. Taxes always increase even when they reduce the rate.
    Do we want to start listing were the waste is?

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    Mute Vicko Aguilar
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    Jun 12th 2015, 12:06 PM

    Is not tax fraud is corruption the issue! Read a bit more.

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    Mute Cupid Stunt
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    Jun 12th 2015, 2:27 PM

    Vicko it boils down to one thing and that’s money. you can be sure they’re not being accused of being to generous to the poor. these people acquired their money through nepotism and war.

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    Mute Kevin Higgins
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    Jun 12th 2015, 4:24 PM

    my comment merely called them welfare claimants and it’s deleted, sound….

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    Mute Gisbert Bayertz
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    Jun 12th 2015, 3:16 PM

    Somebody think of the children

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