Truck brings the house down at Olympia Theatre

IT had been standing for over a century but yesterday the famous cast iron and glass canopy at the front of Dublin’s oldest surviving theatre came crashing down.

The Olympia Theatre canopy, which has sheltered hundreds of thousands of theatre-goers and passersby since it was built in the late 19th century, was wrecked after being hit by a truck.

No one was injured in the crash, which happened at about 8.30am yesterday. Gardaí said the truck driver was reversing back on to Dame Street from a side avenue when it hit a supporting pole.