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Irish Times
2 days ago
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- Irish Times
Lorry driver saves man from burning building in Dublin by parking under window
A lorry driver on his daily delivery round in Dublin saved a man from a burning building on Granby Row in Dublin's north inner city on Monday morning. A video posted to social media shows Tomasz Zareba, who delivers groceries for the Eurospar chain, parking his lorry outside the burning building, allowing a man to jump from a window to land on the vehicle. Mr Zareba told The Irish Times that he 'thought it would be much safer for him to jump on the lorry instead of the footpath'. The driver had already seen someone jump from the building before parking his lorry beside the window. READ MORE 'One guy was lying on the footpath. He had blood on his face, and I think he might have broken both his legs when he jumped from the building,' he said. He then saw another man 'screaming from the window'. Tomasz Zareba: 'It would be much safer for him to jump on the lorry instead of the footpath' 'He didn't know what he was supposed to do because he had flames behind him, and the long drop below him,' said Mr Zareba. 'I reversed the lorry as close as I safely could to the window and the other lads from the footpath told him to jump on the roof of the lorry. 'He was okay, I think. I asked him how many people were in the building, but he didn't know because he was in shock.' The lorry driver waited at the scene 'in case maybe somebody else would need to jump from the window'. Once Dublin Fire Brigade arrived, Mr Zareba left the scene and continued his deliveries for the day. Footage posted online captured a truck driver saving a man from a burning building on Granby Row in Dublin's north inner city yesterday Gardaí assisted emergency services at the scene at around 8.15am. Six fire engines attended the scene of the fire. Seven people were treated at the scene, and three were hospitalised. Mr Zareba is originally from Poland and has been driving a lorry in Ireland since 1998. The cause of the fire is not yet known. Dublin Fire Brigade and gardaí at the scene of a fire on Granby Road, Dublin 1. Photograph: Sam Boal/Collins Photos
BreakingNews.ie
17-06-2025
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- BreakingNews.ie
Dublin City Council vows to end waste collection via plastic bag in next two years
Dublin City Council has vowed to end collection via plastic bin bags over the next 18 months to two years. Although the vast majority of households use bins to collect their waste, some parts of the inner city continue to use plastic bags. Advertisement The situation arises because many of the small terraced houses and apartments in the area lack sufficient room for bins. As a result, they have been exempted from the requirement to use them. This week, Irish Business Against Litter revealed that Dublin's north inner city is the most littered area nationwide. This has been attributed to the continued use of plastic bags for the collection of rubbish. Dublin City Council spokesperson, Derek Kelly, told Newstalk Breakfast on Tuesday that all cities struggle with littering. 'It's not just the north inner city, there are other areas and other areas of the country that have similar issues,' he said. Advertisement 'What we need to be conscious of is, the public have to do their part too. 'The city council is putting significant resources into trying to improve the visual amenity of the city and tackle littering. 'We've recruited over 100 additional staff in the last 12 months to improve our operations. 'We're investing significant sums in a new, modern fleet which helps us wash and scrub over 27km a week of our city pavements - so, when people come into work in the morning, the city is as clean as it can be.' Advertisement Mr Kelly indicated that the city council does 'have a plan' to end the of plastic bags. However, he stressed it was not an 'easy task'. 'We are just ready to go on a pilot area off Grafton Street - there are 90 streets around Grafton Street,' he said. 'We have all the arrangements in place; we have two waste compactors that we placed at two strategic locations in that area. 'Customers of the private collectors will have a number of options for disposing of their waste. 'We do intend to move that throughout the city; we have an equally sized area in the north city, covering Henry Street, O'Connell Street, Abbey Street and the surrounds. 'Then we'll be moving further out into the suburbs and urban villages.' Mr Kelly insisted that the days of plastic bags on the streets of Dublin are coming to an end. 'We're all in agreement that the days of plastic bag presentation are ending,' he said. 'And it will be gone within the next 18 to 24 months.'
