Site for bands to stay silent
In July of this year David Burke (30), who instigated the 2014 gang beating of Dale (20) on a footbridge overlooking the Tallaght Bypass in Dublin, was released from prison — making him the last of seven people to serve time over the brutal killing.
Dale’s father Darren told the ‘Magic Minds Podcast’ about his ongoing pain over their release.
“It was horrendous, it was a nightmare,” he said.
Torture
“They’re al l out walking around now free.
“From the seven years since Dale’s passing we had torture.
“A sentence like that is just horrendous. It was all captured on
CCTV. I watched it in
Tallaght garda station before the trial,” he told the new podcast, which is hosted by Mark Burke.
And in the hour-long discussion, Darren also revealed that he’s gotten a tattoo on his leg with the final words Dale ever sent to him on the night of his tragic death.
“That night I text him saying ‘Happy New Year pal’ and he says ‘same to you Da.’ I have it here on a difficult to put into words,” he said.
“Every morning when we get up we think of Dale and Danielle. There’s always something to remind you.
“Danielle’s birthday is Christmas so that’s another. I’ll never get to see grandkids, never get to see anything because of them,” he said.
“The anger will never go away. I’ll never forgive them. They took my
A BANDSTAND at risk of collapsing will remain shut down until it is at least inspected by a specialist contractor, a report shows.
The Office of Public Works was warned of the risk of “very serious injury and damage” to people if the site in St Stephen’s Green, south Dublin city centre, was left open to the public.
It came after a visual inspection found cracks to one of its iron columns, that a support structure had been pulled away from the roof, and its wooden floor was at risk of giving way.
An OPW engineer said the bandstand should remain closed at least until an inspection by a specialist contractor.
Cracks
The bandstand was shut in June after a crowd used it for a ‘party’ as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were eased.
The bandstand, which was built in 1887, is a protected structure and was not designed to hold anything except a small number of musicians.
An OPW spokesman said: “[ We are] in the process of procuring specialists to assess the bandstand and, we are not in a position to make any further comment.”