1.
GV LIBRARY SHOT, O'CONNELL STREET PILLAR IN DISTANCE
0.04

2.
GV (NIGHT SHOT) O'CONNELL STREET SCENE OF BLAST
0.08

3.
CU PAN DEBRIS
0.19

4.
CU HEAD OF STATUE IN DEBRIS
0.22

5.
CU PAN DEBRIS
0.27

6.
SV MORE DEBRIS
0.31

7.
GV PAN DEBRIS
0.40

8.
CU AMBULANCE
0.43

9.
SCU SOUVENIR HUNTER WALKS AWAY WITH PIECE OF MASONRY
0.50



Initials JRG/V/MR/K



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Background: A POWERFUL TIME BOMB EXPLOSION IN DUBLIN DURING THE NIGHT (0130 MARCH 8) BADLY DAMAGED THE 130-FOOT (40 METRES) NELSON PILLAR. THE STATUE AND ABOUT 20 FEET (7 METRES) OF THE COLUMN WERE BLASTED TO THE GROUND.

RAILINGS AROUND A PLATFORM ABOUT 100 FEET UP (30 METRES) WERE ALSO SEVERELY DAMAGED. DUBLIN POLICE SAY NOBODY WAS INJURED.

THE PILLAR BUILT IN 1808, AND A POPULAR ATTRACTION FOR TOURISTS WHO CLAIMED IT TO GET A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITY, HAS BEEN A CENTRE OF CONTROVERSY AS A RELIC OF BRITISH DOMINATION EVER SINCE IT WAS PUT UP.

THE IRISH REPUBLICANS HAVE WAGED A CONSTANT CAMPAIGN TO HAVE IT REMOVED A WEEK AGO A PETROL BOMB WAS THROWN INTO THE BASEMENT OF THE DUBLIN HOME OF THE BRITISH MILITARY ATTACHE. IT CAUSED AN EXPLOSION AND A FIRE BUT NOBODY WAS THERE AT THE TIME.