DRILLER KILLERS
27th July 2000, Page 24
27th July 2000
Page 24
Page 24, 27th July 2000
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As one who has been rudely awoken once too often from his slumbers by the strains of a malevolent pneumatic drill, The Hawk has every sympathy with the residents of Fairview, Dublin. Local people took to the streets and the police were called after a second night of roadworks that had gone on until 2.30am. "The houses were shaking, it was that bad," complained one resident.
Ironically the company responsible was communications giant NIL (it certainly succeeded in getting through to that community) which said it had permission from the Dublin Corporation to carry out roadworks between 7pm and 11pm. The company apologised to the residents and blamed the out-of-hours work on "a truck breaking down in the
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