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DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE received 186 calls on Halloween yesterday, down from over 480 last year.
From midnight Saturday to midnight last night, Dublin Fire Brigade received calls reporting 186 fire-related incidents. Of these, 113 were fires related to Halloween.
Last year, there were 415 fire-related calls, 323 were fires related to Halloween.
Over the 24-hour period yesterday, the emergency ambulance service received 483 calls.
One person was injured by a firework exploding.
We're busy this evening as fires are reported across the city#Killiney firefighters attended a fire where petrol was being thrown onto a bonfire#Clondalkin gas cylinders were found in a bonfire#Leopardstown Smoke from a bonfire is reducing visibility on the #M50
Most fires required no intervention and there was limited anti-social behaviour towards firefighters and paramedics yesterday, Dublin City Council said in a statement.
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One fire appliance from the South City suffered damaged to its windscreen, but none of the crew were injured.
“Inclement weather, members of the public playing their part and a significant waste removal campaign by local authorities all helped enormously with fire calls on Halloween night,” the Council said.
“We would like to thank everyone who took a responsible approach to the Halloween celebrations and also took heed of our safety advice during the preceding month,” it said.
Working closely with Gardaí, a large bonfire was extinguished and removed in Crumlin tonight.
While we wanted everyone to enjoy their #Halloween celebrations, if a fire was dangerous we would intervene to extinguish it.
The Journal reported last month that gardaí have seen a marked decrease in the amount of illegal fireworks on Irish streets this year while Customs have increased the number of seizures.
The Halloween season normally sees large quantities of fireworks going off across Irish towns and cities from September onwards.
However supply chain issues in the UK due to Brexit and the global supply crunch means that stocks there are down by as much as 70%, which has led to fewer being made available for purchase in Ireland illegally.
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I’m not entirely sure how many people he intends to feed with an area of only 800 square miles but, if it does get the funding to go ahead, it would certainly make a strong point.
Reminds me of the time Smithers, Burns and Homer are flying in a plane, trying to find an island to start a new country on:
Mr. Burns: Ohhh, there’s a big one! And it has freedom written all over it!
Waylon Smithers: Sir… that’s Cuba.
Mr. Burns: Cuba, eh? Take ‘er down, Smithers.
Waylon Smithers: Uh, you’re flying the plane, sir.
Mr. Burns: Excellent.
Google Sealand. It is a hilarious story of a man who claimed a disused platform in the sea and declared it a country. He was even once overthrown but he managed to get it back again. He has his own passports and currency… and royal family.
Once the country gets on it’s feet he will be surprised how many people want his hard worked profitable land people will probably die and if he’s an American citizen anything could happen !
Jason he didn’t mention the U.S. …it was Britain that provided the W.M.D. evidence …..
“The eye that sees only what it wants to is the blindest of them all !”
Ching Zo ; Chinese Philosopher.
What a miserable comments from everyone who thinks is brilliant what this man is doing while on the other hand criticizes the Queen, and when asked why they say “I’m not against the British Royal family, I am against Royalty in general, people are not minions”
If you are one of those who thinks he’s great while being against the British Crown, then, you are a miserable poor little brainwashed eejit with no brain of your own.
I personally am against his idea of being a king as I am against ANY kind of Royalty. And he is worst, what a father example by making a spoil little girl a princess, future spoil brat in the making
If it takes of and achieves nation status how long before it becomes another corrupt African Republic. I’d give it 2 generations.
Headline news 2054
“King Jeremiah Heaton III. Despot of North Sudan and his 28 child brides today welcomes King Obama V of the confederation of America to a barbecue of lightly grilled Egyptian served on a bed of Sudanese toenails”
Oh I can see it all. The new Cecil Rhodes has set it all in motion.
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