Melanie Finn: How my lunchtime shopping trip to North Earl Street turned into a scene of unimaginable tragedy
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Melanie Finn: How my lunchtime shopping trip to North Earl Street turned into a scene of unimaginable tragedy
"Going to a sports store to pick up some soccer gear for my 11-year-old was the only thing on my mind on a dreary Thursday lunchtime, but when I stepped out of our offices at the bottom of Talbot Street yesterday, everything changed. I was met by a garda cordon. Looking grim in the stormy weather, the gardaí were stopping all the traffic heading up towards O'Connell Street."
"Dublin 1 became the site of a disaster yesterday when a Bus Éireann vehicle crashed into pedestrians Going to a sports store to pick up some soccer gear for my 11-year-old was the only thing on my mind on a dreary Thursday lunchtime, but when I stepped out of our offices at the bottom of Talbot Street yesterday, everything changed. I was met by a garda cordon. Looking grim in the stormy weather, the gardaí were stopping all the traffic heading up towards O'Connell Street."
A Bus Éireann vehicle crashed into pedestrians in Dublin 1, creating a scene described as a disaster. A person heading to a sports store to pick up soccer gear for an 11-year-old left offices at the bottom of Talbot Street during a dreary Thursday lunchtime. The ordinary errand was interrupted upon stepping outside as everything changed. A garda cordon blocked the area. The gardaí appeared grim in stormy weather and stopped all traffic heading up towards O'Connell Street. The situation transformed a routine midday errand into an emergency scene requiring police control.
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