Roof ripped off Dublin bus: photos from the accident site

10 passengers escaped harm by sitting downstairs on the 42A double-decker bus that hit a tree yesterday morning.

The Indo reports the accident took place shortly before 8.30am - as the photos below show the time was approximately 8.11am or so.

The accident occurred in a designated bus lane near the former Five Lamps pub as the bus travelled towards Artane from Abbey Street, shortly before 8.30am.

A spokeswoman for the company said the driver of the bus was taken to the Mater hospital to be treated for shock, but all 10 passengers on board escaped unharmed.

Shortly after the accident Sinéad Cochrane uploaded some great pictures to her Flickr account including the ones below.





Joe Drumgoole and Swear I'm not Paul followed quickly with photos, as did Pix.ie member dmeagher:



I received more by email last night but I'll start with this remarkable artist's impression, found via Thinkhouse PR:



Ahem, yes. Well anyway - my thanks to Lisa for sending the following through:

Out and about

Sunday Pintsecrets

On a somewhat recent photowalk thanks to Pix.ie around Dublin's Guinness Storehouse , I spotted this wall of messages.



Visitors were invited to grab a card and add it to the wall. Most had only appeared that week and no doubt there have been many new sets since. I found it a fascinating glimpse into creativity, thoughts and days in a Dublin building. Here are some of the many I liked.















I'm not too sure about this one... Hasn't she been to Kilkenny?






Got to love the memes...



My favourites - these two, especially the last one.





What cards did you like?

The Guinness Storehouse is open 9.30am to 5pm and there's a 10% entry discount on tickets through their website. There's a great photography competition called 'Share your experience' with a chance to win digital photo frames or €1,000!

Cat lovers, was this your Caturday?

Because, sometimes, just sometimes, some forwards are worth posting. Thanks, Gillyn! x

How was your Caturday?

First you had trouble getting out of bed



You had a stiff neck



You washed your hair and couldn't do a thing with it



You felt like you had a hangover and you weren't even drinking last night



Your new diet really doesn't seem to be working out



You pulled a muscle when you tried to exercise



Your new hat looked better on you at the store



You keep losing things



The boss chewed you out at work



You got caught in the rain at lunchtime



Then the lunch you had didn't seem to agree with you



You feel trapped



Uninvited guests showed up at dinnertime



On top of that you think you're coming down with the flu



And finally, you're alone in the house at night when you think you hear a noise in the basement



Maybe tomorrow will be better!

I hope it was :o)

They're going to make a fortune

The funfair is coming to Blanchardstown.

I went for a wander around the site today where they're still setting up. For the next 10 days there'll be screams, loud music, noise, flashing lights and traffic a plenty almost outside our front door.





















Have to say, fair play to this guy. I don't know if I could take the height.





Looks like it's going to be fun. Whenever it opens.





See you there, maybe?