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The A3 in Co Fermanagh near Wattle Bridge. Google Maps

Explosion near border was deliberate attempt to kill police officers, PSNI says

The explosion has been condemned by politicians on both sides of the border.

OFFICERS COULD HAVE been killed or injured in an explosion near the border in Co Fermanagh this morning, the PSNI has said. 

The explosion happened near to the Cavan to Clones road – a route which crosses the border between the Republic and the North multiple times. Police believe it was a deliberate attempt to murder officers. 

Politicians on both sides of the border have condemned the development, which has been labelled by the PSNI’s most senior officer as “sinister”. 

There have been no reports of injuries and an investigation is underway. Police have said they believe dissident republicans were responsible.  

“At around 10.35 am this morning Police officers at the scene have reported an explosion in the area of the Cavan Road at its junction with the Wattlebridge Road,” PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin said. 

Police had received a report that a suspect device had been left in the area of Wattle Bridge on Saturday evening. The area was secured by police and a full clearance operation began on Sunday morning.

“The initial report received by police indicated that a device had been left on the Wattlebridge Road however the explosion occurred on the main A3 Cavan Road.”

Martin said that while the investigation was at an early stage he believed whoever perpetrated the bombing had attempted to lure police and army bomb squad officers to the area to murder them.

“Although this device was intended to kill police and army personnel the fact that it was placed on a main road the result could well have been devastating for anyone in the immediate vicinity.

This attack was indiscriminate and reckless and, whilst there is no doubt in my mind that police responding to this call were the target, the reality is that anyone could have been caught up in the explosion. We are extremely fortunate that the actions of officers who were first on scene meant that there was not serious injury or death.

PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne described it a “sinister development” and expressed his thanks to police and army officers for securing the area. 

‘Despicable act’ 

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he strongly condemned the actions of those responsible for the bomb, “which could have had devastating consequences”.

“There is never any justification to use violence to achieve political aims. The people of Ireland, North and South, had their say on this issue when they voted overwhelmingly and emphatically for the Good Friday Agreement.

It is a considerable relief that no PSNI officers were seriously injured or killed when this bomb went off. We should be in no doubt that this device was intended to inflict maximum harm. I encourage anyone who has information on this incident to provide it to the PSNI, so that those responsible can be brought to justice and future attacks prevented.

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan described it as a “despicable act perpetrated by persons with no regard for law, order or democratic principles”.

The explosion happened along a road that crosses the border several times. Google Maps Google Maps

Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney also condemned it. “Terrorism and bombing has no support, no place and no justification ever,” Coveney tweeted

Health Minister Simon Harris said the events as “deeply concerning”, stating:

It’s disgusting and despicable to hear as we do from the PSNI that a notice would be sent in, an alert would be sent in which actually effectively lured police officers and members of the army and to a very dangerous situation. Thankfully, no life was lost. But I share the views of I’m sure everybody on the island of Ireland, that this action is despicable. And it’s regressive. And it’s a throwback to a narrative that no one in this country wants to go back to.
And I do think it should remind all of us of the fragility of peace, and the importance of continuing to nurture the peace process, the obligation on everybody. And the absolute necessity to make sure we do not return to a hard border on this island.

Speaking to RTÉ’s News at One Communications minister Richard Bruton said the development underlined the importance of overcoming the current political vacuum in the North. 

DUP leader and former First Minister Arlene Foster tweeted that her thoughts were with the officers who escaped injury in Wattle Bridge.

“A reminder of the bravery of our security forces. The threat from republican terrorists still exists. It’s time they left the stage & allowed everyone to move on. This was a clear attempt to kill,” Foster said. 

Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew said the attack was “totally wrong”, adding: 

“Those responsible for this incident have nothing to offer society and need to end these actions immediately. 

Anyone with information on this should bring it forward to the PSNI.

SDLP Fermanagh councillor Adam Gannon condemned the incident, and said those responsible must be caught. 

“Murdering or maiming police officers achieves no goals and it is a crime that has no support in Fermanagh. No one here wants to see members of our community killed in their name. Those responsible are criminals threatening our community and they have to be caught,” Gannon said. 

Northern Ireland Secretary of State Julian Smith tweeted that he was “following developments in County Fermanagh closely”.

I commend the bravery of police and others working to keep us safe.

Gardaí said the PSNI had sought the assistance of An Garda Síochána with road closures as they dealt with the security alert. 

- With reporting from Daragh Brophy  

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    Mute Jim O Brien Tech
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    Jun 9th 2020, 6:33 AM

    Fix the leaks. That’s all.

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    Mute Eoin McLove
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    Jun 9th 2020, 6:45 AM

    @Jim O Brien Tech: sadly never been enough money invested to do enough of it

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:00 AM

    @Jim O Brien Tech: not an easy or cheap thing to do. There are 10,000′s of kilometres of water mains in our busy streets.
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    Watermains commonly are 100 plus years old, have small leaks every few metres at joints and if you fix a big leak the increased pressure just cause a leak down the road

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    Mute Stephen Fitzgerald
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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:15 AM

    @Eoin McLove: Paying another company/quango just adds even more to what we pay already for more of the same. Irish Water Ltd has already proven this, bonuses, laughing classes to name but a few.

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    Mute Daniel
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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:53 AM

    @Jim O Brien Tech: Massive puddle of water in front of the neighbours property here. Leak. It’s been there for weeks. Looks like I will have to ring to get it fixed, neighbours to lazy to do it themselves.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:43 AM

    @Jim O Brien Tech: Sorry but that’s not correct.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:51 AM

    @Jim O Brien Tech: Lazy, simplistic, populist & untrue.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:09 AM

    @Jim O Brien Tech: They can’t fix leaks because that would mean having to work……….

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    Jun 9th 2020, 10:20 AM

    @Stephen Fitzgerald: Is Irish Water a limited company?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 10:57 AM

    @Eoin McLove: they spent loads of money trying to get it ready for selling off

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    Jun 9th 2020, 11:09 AM

    @Gavin Tobin: OK Denis

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    Jun 9th 2020, 11:27 AM

    @Jim O Brien Tech: fianna fail said they would abolish irish water the semi private corporation and they lied

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:12 PM

    @Eoin McLove: be great if we had some way of taxing people’s income to pay for this kinda stuff ;p

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    Jun 10th 2020, 7:20 AM

    @sean o’dhubhghaill: yes it is company reg no. 530363

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    Jun 9th 2020, 6:45 AM

    Ah come on, all the rain and flooding during the early months of the year and now a hosepipe ban. It’s a joke, there has to be a way of retaining some of the rainfall in a massive tanks and then filtering it so this doesn’t keep happening. The cost must be what’s stopping us.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 6:49 AM

    @aidan mccormack: correct, need to spend tens of billions to get robust number of:
    - reservoirs and their supplies
    - filters and other treatments

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    Jun 9th 2020, 6:51 AM

    @aidan mccormack: decades of increased investment also needed to fix our centuries old, neglected sieve of a waterman network

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:10 AM

    @Eoin McLove: How long are you with IW? Is a good place to work?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:50 AM

    @aidan mccormack: there is nothing stopping you from doing that yourself

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:53 AM

    @Harry Corry: I don’t know where he works but what he is saying is true. When was the last large reservoir built for the greater Dublin area? The population has grown massively over the years, we need to invest in the planned project transferring excess water from the Shannon to a new reservoir and not have to put up with years of objections and parish pump politics.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:55 AM

    @Eoin McLove: yeah! But instead let’s pay for the residential meters and their installation!

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    Jun 9th 2020, 6:59 PM

    @Harry Corry: Its a pity he didn’t read the comments I made to him yesterday challenging his comments re the real facts!!!

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    Jun 9th 2020, 6:37 AM

    How do they manage in Mediterranean countries?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 6:40 AM

    @John Quill: most have meters and large single entities to manage the water

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    Jun 13th 2020, 9:02 AM

    @John Quill: no shortage of water in Spain.
    Why?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 6:37 AM

    You get what you pay for

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:12 AM

    @Eoin McLove: Hmm, if only there would’ve been some initiative to gain funds to start repairs. /s

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:18 AM

    @Mark V: Wouldn’t that be great instead we got a private company to try and drain even more of our fund.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:45 AM

    @Eoin McLove: we pay for it through general Taxation

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:15 AM

    @Eoin McLove: No we didn’t get what we paid for. Billions have been handed over to previous governments and county councils and still we have half the water leaking into the ground. No point in throwing good money after bad if we don’t have people qualified enough to manage the funds and the upgrades.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:38 AM

    @James Lane: no we don’t. We pay general taxation. That’s all. Your politicians decide how to spend it and that’s based on what you ask for and how you vote for.

    It’s a compete lie to say we pay for water through general taxation – you ohhh as well say you pay for the Irish space program or anything else that doesn’t actually get done.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 11:13 AM

    @Eoin McLove: How much are you getting paid for all this nonsense?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 11:13 AM

    @Stephen Fitzgerald: that’s what some said alright.
    Now you’re stuck with leaky pipes.

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    Jun 10th 2020, 7:22 AM

    @Mark V: we are still stuck with leaking pipes and now on top op that meters which will eventually leak too.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:30 AM

    This is not a surprise but merely a other example of the absolute inertia in ireland when it co.es to recognizing problems and dealing with them. We have seen our population boom and not a single reservoir has been added to the system. Even disregarding the obvious changes to weather patterns which we have been witnessing it does not take any kind of genius to understand that more and more people sharing a limited supply of water is going to result in a shortage. We have plenty of rain for most of the year but insufficient storage capacity.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:32 AM

    @Ivan Connolly: We do not require rain capture systems for new builds nor encourage retrofitting through grants etc and we have been talking about pipelines from the shannon for ever. This is another case of failed governance by the same people who brought us the children’s hospital and who have made a mess of the Corona virus crisis. And once again we are paying for their incompetence.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:30 AM

    @Ivan Connolly: yes the government failed to get it to rain for three months it’s a national disgrace exactly the same as the National maternity hospital.. Jesus wept!!

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:39 AM

    @John Rock: an idiotic comment. It rains plenty. We simply don’t gather enough of it nor do we have the infrastructure in place not to use it.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:22 PM

    @John Rock: if Jesus wept we’d be grand, sure that’s where rain comes from ;) the fact is our pop. has been increasing for almost 25 years now and there has been no spending on the kind of infrastructure required to facilitate that increase.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:41 AM

    We have had no schools open for the past 11-12 weeks, no hotels, no public houses, no shops other than the major supermarkets, no cafés, no construction, basically everything was shut down. All these major retailers, and businesses who would normally use large amounts of water were and in a lot of cases are still closed. And yet here we are with a major water shortage Must be all the HAND WASHING

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    Jun 9th 2020, 10:03 AM

    @James Mccartan: Probably more efficient water usage in public buildings. E.g. urinals vs flushing the toilet every time at home.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:00 AM

    Why can I fill a pool from my tap using a container and not using a hose

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:09 AM

    @John Doyle: IW website says its a “Conservation Order prohibits the use of garden hosepipes and other non-essential uses of water.”
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    Suppose just “hosepipe ban” sounds snappier

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:36 AM

    @John Doyle: because hauling the container from the tap to your pool is deemed to be of such effort and inconvenience as to be a deterrent. Simple!

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:08 AM

    @John Doyle: must be a different kind of water!!!!!!

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:43 AM

    @Eoin McLove: IW must have you a nice set up working from home yeah?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:52 AM

    I am not an Irish Water customer… No contract no consent

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    Jun 9th 2020, 10:03 AM

    @Colm Feighery: It’s only for those supplied by IW. IF you have a well… well

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:54 AM

    THIS IS ANOTHER ATTACK ON OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES WE ARE ENTITLED TO WATER OUR FLOWERS AND LOOK AFTER OUR GARDENS, WE ARE ENTITLED TO CLEAN OUR CARS, VANS, TRUCKS, TRACTORS A BILLION EURO WASTED FITTING WATER METERS THAT NO ONE WANTED WOULD HAVE GONE A MIGHTY LONG WAY IN REPLACING LEAKING LED PIPES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED DECADS AGO… IRISH WATER AN IRISH PROBLEM THAT WON’T FIX ANYTHING…

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:49 AM

    @James Lane: that being said James we have to conserve water for essential services. I’m sure your car etc will be fine.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 1:09 PM

    @James Lane: you hit caps lock again James….

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    Jun 9th 2020, 11:30 PM

    @James Lane: no need to SHOUT

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:44 AM

    It’s meant to piss rain for the rest of the week ! Will the ban be reviewed I wonder , phase one maybe Water pistols , phase 2 sprinklers and phase 3 all out paddling pools

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:46 AM

    Wouldn’t it be great if people did a little bit of rain water harvesting for themselves! They could watch the container fill up, and overflow, when it rains, and as they continue to use the water throughout a dry spell, they could see their little reservoir diminish over a period of time! Dare I say it, it might actually be an education in itself!

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:21 AM

    @Joe L: I suspect it would and after their little reservoir ran dry a week into the first summer they would realise that to supply their needs for the entire summer they would need to expand their capacity greatly. Now the question is why isnt that little lesson being learned by the people responsible for supplying the nations water needs or the people running the government?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:41 AM

    @Ivan Connolly: It is realised. But they don’t care because the Irish voter doesn’t care. Simple.

    You cannot CANNOT keep electing the same twits and expect them to perform better. It doesn’t work that way. They’ll just keep doing what they’re doing.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:24 AM

    They must be looking for another pay rise???? Going out now to water the GARDEN

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:18 AM

    FIND the leaks then fix them!!! That might do it.
    FYI Raining in Clare today

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    Jun 9th 2020, 10:15 AM

    Whens the bonus ban kicking in at Irish Water, seems to me it can rain money all year round at this quango with lovely ad campaign’s and media blitzing to stay relevant

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:50 AM

    Is there a way to get your water tested? Every morning I pour a glass of water it smells bad – like rotten eggs

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:45 AM

    @Brian Hunt: sounds like Sulfur, is it your own supply?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:53 AM

    @Tom kenny: no it’s a public supply. It’s been bad for a few years now

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    Jun 9th 2020, 10:40 AM

    Consider doing these actions using rain water instead… he hello… thats why we’re using the hose pipes… there is no rain water….Muppets!!!!!

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    Jun 9th 2020, 10:07 AM

    We can’t get people to wear masks in supermarkets. What’s the chances of people not watering the garden. Lool. No chance.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:11 AM

    Well Father, you’ve got 4 out of 5 questions right on your specialist subject, William Shatner’s Tek Wars. So, if you get the general knowledge question right, the £500 will be yours. Oh no! People will think this is rigged. John Paul II. What was his name before he became Pope?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:07 AM

    IW website says its a “Conservation Order prohibits the use of garden hosepipes and other non-essential uses of water.”
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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:52 AM

    @Eoin McLove: Water consumption is actually DOWN this year so far with business closed so IW please stop your propaganda

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    Jun 10th 2020, 12:39 AM

    @Eoin McLove: Jim?????

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    Jun 9th 2020, 1:02 PM

    Plan for tomorrow not today, no foresight in all aspects of Government. Instead of wasting over a billion on meters they should have been repairing pipes not terrorising home owners over minor leaks.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:31 AM

    At times like this, I’m really happy with my rainwater harvesting system. 1200 gallons of water in an underground tank, garden never looked greener.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 1:33 PM

    So you can’t use a hose to fill a paddling pool but you can use the exact same amount of water it would take if you use a bucket? How is that reducing water usage?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 7:28 AM

    Jim

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    Jun 9th 2020, 10:05 AM

    Up keeping a large community garden area having to use hose pipes will be easy.
    Run hose pipe to garden and fill water cans from hose.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:31 AM

    Thank the Lord for my large butts!

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    Jun 9th 2020, 1:37 PM

    Are car washes open?

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    Jun 9th 2020, 9:45 AM

    Ah so I can power wash the drive way

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    Jun 9th 2020, 12:24 PM

    @BriP75: No

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    Jun 9th 2020, 8:24 PM

    @BriP75: do you not connect the power washer to a hosepipe? If your looking for chores to do, gimme a shout, i’m fierce lazy!

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    Jun 9th 2020, 11:51 AM

    No ban on power-washing the driveway. I must put the wellies on so.

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    Jun 9th 2020, 12:23 PM

    @LAOTG: that’s fed by a hose

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