A person was rushed to hospital after finding themselves impaled on a railing in South Dublin.
Emergency services rushed to the scene in Tallaght where the patient had to wait agonisingly to be cut out.
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Firefighters removed the railing with high powered tools before medics rushed them to hospital with the bar still attached.
The Dublin Fire Brigade said: "Earlier this week Firefighter/Paramedics were called to a person impaled on a railing in Tallaght.
"Battery-powered cutting gear was used to cut a section of the railing to allow transport to hospital.
"The same equipment was used later in the ED to remove more of the railing."
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