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The scene at the flats complex. Andrew Roberts/TheJournal.ie

Gardaí investigate 'assault' claims after piece of ear discovered outside Dublin flats complex

Investigations are at a very early stage.

LAST UPDATE | 1 Aug 2018

GARDAÍ IN DUBLIN are investigating if two people were involved in an altercation prior to a piece of human flesh being found near a flats complex in the inner city.

The piece of flesh or cartilage was found on Whitefriar Street at around 9.45am. It is believed to be a piece of an ear but tests have not yet been carried out.

A member of the public is believed to have raised the alarm. It is not known how much of the ear was found or the condition it was found in.

Gardaí say investigations are ongoing. Anyone with any information can call any garda station.

Early indications have suggested that two men were having a row outside the complex. However, investigations are still at a very early stage and the results from the forensic tests will determine the course of the investigation.

With reporting by Garreth MacNamee

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    Mute Paul Freeman
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:26 PM

    WHAT?

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    Mute Shane Cusack
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:31 PM

    @Paul Freeman: Brilliant!

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    Mute Never Forget
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:43 PM

    @Paul Freeman: ‘ear bud, listen up.

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    Mute Patabake Kennedy
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    Aug 1st 2018, 1:01 PM

    @Never Forget: Howya, hay listen, can ya point me to the lost and found office be any chance.

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    Mute Alan Scott
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    Aug 1st 2018, 1:06 PM

    @Shane Cusack: I dont think so at least not for its owner.

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    Mute Kevin Moylan
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    Aug 1st 2018, 2:12 PM

    @Never Forget: ear today, gone tomorrow

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    Mute Ken Hayden
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:37 PM

    If it has a pencil behind it , it’s mine .

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    Mute Geraldine O'Riordan
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:29 PM

    If you “hear” anything…give us a call…

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    Mute Ruairi Gagarin
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:31 PM

    @Geraldine O’Riordan: I’ll keep an ear to the ground, for the Guards.

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    Mute Mel Finn
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:35 PM

    there’s someone out there with wonky glasses

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    Mute John Tierney
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:53 PM

    So they found the cluas. Should be solved in no time.

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    Mute Benny Millar
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:28 PM

    Must have been very eerie at that time around their…

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    Mute Josh Hanners
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:43 PM

    Just when you thought you’d heard everything…………

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    Mute Gary Sommerville
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:43 PM

    I hope Mike Tyson has an alibi

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    Mute John Hagin Meade
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:36 PM

    Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend your ear!

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    Mute John Mc Donagh
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    Aug 1st 2018, 6:19 PM

    @John Hagin Meade: Yeah, could have been part of Mark Antony’s borrowed collection!

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    Mute John Leonard
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:49 PM

    AHH that must be yerr man’s leo verruca s .. apparently he herd nothing about ptsb 1,5 billion sale too the vulchers

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    Mute Emachine
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    Aug 1st 2018, 2:40 PM

    Clicked on this just to read the comments

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    Mute William O' Connor
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:31 PM

    maybe someone was “keeping his ear to the ground”

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    Aug 1st 2018, 2:27 PM

    @William O’ Connor: His?

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    Mute Chad Logan Hogan
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    Aug 1st 2018, 3:51 PM

    @WreckDefier: It had a pen1s attached!

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    Mute Johnny Mason
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:56 PM

    its only part of a ear so the other part could still be at almost at large !

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    Mute Ciarān
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    Aug 1st 2018, 1:20 PM

    Van Gogh Dublin style

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    Mute Trac Gar
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    Aug 1st 2018, 2:20 PM

    Should be easy to find the owner. He’ll be the lad with the missing ear

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    Mute Gareth Cooney
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:52 PM

    Ear we go, ear we go, ear we go.

    Ear we go, ear we go, eat we go oh

    Repeat until full time whistle is blown

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    Mute Ken Hayden
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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:30 PM

    I was talking on the CB to this nice kid , Bottler . He said he lost his ear in a freak accident at a hatchet and Knife throwing competition .

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    Mute WreckDefier
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    Aug 1st 2018, 2:37 PM

    Update: Gardai have also found an eye nearby. They are now checking the Eye and Ear Hospital.

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    Mute Bill Brown
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    Aug 1st 2018, 2:52 PM

    @WreckDefier: is that a joke?

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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:56 PM

    #lobedublin

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    Aug 1st 2018, 3:27 PM

    Garda say investigations are at an ear – ly stage

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    Aug 1st 2018, 1:23 PM

    EAR WE GO!!!!

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    Mute Paul Brierley
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    Aug 1st 2018, 2:06 PM

    Ear today, gone tomorrow!

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    Aug 1st 2018, 12:52 PM

    Better keep their ears to the ground

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    Mute Michelle Murphy
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    Aug 1st 2018, 9:17 PM

    Not funny jokes about some human looseing part of his ear bit by another irish animal . Feeling probation act coming on with our out of touch judges

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    Mute Jim Sullivan
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    Aug 1st 2018, 7:28 PM

    At Specsavers we listen you ear.

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    Mute Dublin Psychomodo
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    Aug 1st 2018, 10:28 PM

    The Garda will track the culprit by using delinEARation.

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    Mute Dublin Psychomodo
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    Aug 1st 2018, 6:07 PM

    It must belong to a pilot. It was an ear miss incident.

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