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Red faces as high rise landmark defies attempt to blow it down

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2001 / January 22 2001: Red faces as high rise landmark defies attempt to blow it down

What blows up doesn't always come down. The authorities and British demolition team in charge of demolishing the nurses' home at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin were left with egg on their collective faces yesterday as the planned implosion of the 13-storey landmark home failed to collapse the building.

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