Residents evacuated after crane collapse

MORE than 60 residents of the Ringsend district of Dublin were forced to leave their homes yesterday after part of a 200-foot crane collapsed.

The incident is also likely to cause severe traffic disruption on the city’s south side this morning as all DART services between Pearse Street and Sydney Parade have been cancelled until further notice.

Officials from the Health and Safety Authority took the decision to evacuate people living in the Barrow Street area of Ringsend after the front jib of the crane appeared to snap off and dangle precariously from its main frame.