The Evening Herald [Ireland]
2 April 2015
By Paul Healy
A nineteenth century brothel is suspected to have
caused traffic chaos in Dublin after a hole opened in the middle of a city
street.
Dublin's Dame Street was brought to a halt on Tuesday
when a two-foot section of the road collapsed.
A six-feet-deep hole appeared at the George's Street
junction, around 100 metres from the Olympia Theatre, and was cordoned off from
traffic and pedestrians by council workers.
Last night, historian Gerry Cooley told the Herald
that an old cellar discovered in the hole could be part of a
"long-rumoured tunnel" used by 19th century politicians to go to
brothels. […]
