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This morning/afternoon.

Moatview Gardens, Coolock, Dublin

Scenes at the estate where human remains were discovered in a sports bag by local residents just after 10pm last night.

The body has not been identified but detectives are “investigating information they received in one case of a teenager involved in the drugs business”.

Human remains found in bag in Dublin estate (RTÉ)

Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews

Marc Power

Last night.

Near the Odeon Cinema on the Malahide Road in Coolock, Co Dublin.

Marc Power was the victim of a pre-planned homophobic attack.

Gardai are currently investigating.

Last night, Marc wrote on Facebook:

I’ve just been the victim of a premeditated homophobic attack here in Dublin. Went to meet someone off Grindr. Was met with a group of teenage boys with weapons. They tried to kill me with these weapons. They were trying to hit me on the head with hammers.

They didn’t manage but I’m in the emergency room in hospital with facial injuries and my car was destroyed. I’m ok but fu**ing angry. I need to find out why Grindr allows violent scum to open accounts.

Gardai investigating after homophobic thugs lure gay man to cinema before beating him with hammer in North Dublin (Dublin Live)

Gay man victim of horrific homophobic attack in Dublin (GCN)

Thanks Frillybiscuits



This morning.

At Scoil Chaitriona Cailini on Mask Avenue off the Malahide Road in Coolock, Dublin 5.

RTÉ reports:

Dublin Fire Brigade crews are tending to a substantial fire at a primary school in Coolock in Dublin.

A local resident reported seeing smoke at Scoil Chaitríona Cailíní, which is located off the Malahide Road near Mask Avenue, around 6.10am.

The fire is reported to be substantial and six fire tenders are at the scene, including a specialist unit.

One local resident has been taken to hospital as a precaution as a result of smoke inhalation.

Fire crews battling blaze at Dublin school (RTE)

Pics via Brian Fairbrother and Dublin Fire Brigade

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Scenes from outside Coolock Garda Station in Dublin, on Tuesday night.

John Ayres writes:

“Up to 200 women stood in silence, their presence spoke volumes. Occasionally cars used their horns in support but the silence stood and was not broken. Many women are up from 5am to get ready to go to protests – on Tuesday night they stood for over an hour.

Photos by John Ayres

Meanwhile…

“You have made a very serious mistake here today. I think it is an historic day, as the minister said. Ye had an opportunity to listen, ye had an opportunity to step back and abolish the charges and Irish Water. You haven’t taken that opportunity. And the reality is, is that no one can govern against the will of the people. And you’ve lost the will and the mandate of people and, honestly, your days are now numbered. And if you had any respect for yourself, you really should go to the people and call a general election because we’ve had to listen to a lot of waffle about democracy, from the Taoiseach over the weekend, aided and abetted by some of his friends in the media, trying to discredit a people’s movement, trying to insult people? That they would allow themselves to be led by a sinister fringe? Where was the coverage to the 200 women in Coolock who peacefully protested outside the [Garda] station last night?”

“Those who are undermining democracy are not in the communities, they’re sitting across the way there because ye went to the people. You said, ‘vote for Labour and we’ll save you from Fine Gael’s water charges’. Fine Gael said, ‘vote for us and we’ll never bring in a charge unless meters are in’. That’s not democracy, that is fraud. And you have betrayed the people of this country, you’ve succeeded in awakening a sleeping giant of the Irish people. And, do you know what, now that they’re awake, they actually like it and they’re not going back into their box. December the 10th will be absolutely enormous, in my opinion. I don’t think you’ll survive it, unless you cop on before that. But if you try and limp along, after that date, you will find that this charge will be absolutely uncollectable by the time you try and bring it in and collect that in April. But I strongly suspect that it’s not going to be your problem because you’ll probably be gone before then.”

United Left Alliance TD, Clare Daly, addressing Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Dáil yesterday

RTÉ News (Facebook)

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Chaoitic scenes outside Coolock Garda Station, Dublin tonight (above) following the detention of three irish Water protestors this afternoon in Santry (Top video).

The two men and one woman were detained during The Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s earlier visit to Santry [for a meeting with Denis O’Brien], where anti-water charge protesters heckled him as he arrived. They have since been released and Gardaí say they are no longer at the station, however the protest continued.
Gardaí confirmed that a crowd gathered outside, and that the road by the station was closed for a time and diversions were in place.

Angry clashes between water-charge protesters and gardaí in Coolock (BreakingNews.ie)