Kinda mad to see this. Wonder what part of the main building it was in. Coulda been an experiment gone wrong in a lab or shipment of chemical broken in transit (lots of different labs in the main building and the post room is also part of it).
Maybe it’s something simpler though lol.
Must be someone smoking the devils lettuce 😨😨😨
I hope this is not the start of a trend.
>These strange outbreaks of mass hysteria also affect students in Western countries. During a British jazz gala, 130 hand members tumble over like dominoes. Near London, a young English girl feels nauseated; her stomach bloats. Girls around her experience similar symptoms and begin to suspect that they are pregnant. Tests reveal that no one is pregnant; all are victims of a rare psychiatric condition. An itching frenzy that lasts for months sweeps through dozens of American and Canadian schools. In the Middle East, odor from a school latrine almost leads to war when students fall ill, believing it is poison gas. In Soviet Georgia, reports tell of government forces unleashing a powerful chemical to break up a protest. The incident makes such a deep impression on 400 schoolgirls that they develop symptoms of gas poisoning, despite being nowhere near the rally.
My boyfriend was in a class nearby the student kitchen over the restaurant and said when they were evacuating that the coughing got worse when they got closer. He’s betting someone was just cooking with something stupidly spicy and let it get too hot.
“From: Vincent Cunnane
TUS Students
As you may know, the main building in Moylish was evacuated shortly before 11am this morning in response to an incident involving an irritant in the air which effected some staff and students in one part of the building.
During the incident, several units of both the Fire Service and the National Ambulance Service attended the campus. The incident was judged to be a possible ‘chemical exposure’ and their protocols for such an event were put in motion. The Fire Service investigated the source of the exposure and advised they could not find any leak or other source for the chemical, and on their advice the building was ventilated. Chemical sniffers were used by the Fire Service, and they adjudged after a series of investigations that no chemical exposure remained in the building. They then gave the all clear to re-open shortly after 2:30pm.
Paramedics at the scene referred 8 staff and students to University Hospital Limerick, where a Critical Incident protocol was adopted. All staff and students have since been released from hospital.
This was a particularly difficult experience for all those involved, and I would like to assure you that all supports required by effected students have been and will continue to be made available by TUS. I am also now instigating a formal review into the incident, and I will be making you aware of the process and results of this review. A report is being prepared for the HSA.
I would like to thank all of you who were evacuated for your cooperation, and I particularly hope that those directly effected will recover from any effects soon. Information on Student Counselling is [here](https://tus.ie/counselling/midwest/).
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Kinda mad to see this. Wonder what part of the main building it was in. Coulda been an experiment gone wrong in a lab or shipment of chemical broken in transit (lots of different labs in the main building and the post room is also part of it).
Maybe it’s something simpler though lol.
Must be someone smoking the devils lettuce 😨😨😨
I hope this is not the start of a trend.
>These strange outbreaks of mass hysteria also affect students in Western countries. During a British jazz gala, 130 hand members tumble over like dominoes. Near London, a young English girl feels nauseated; her stomach bloats. Girls around her experience similar symptoms and begin to suspect that they are pregnant. Tests reveal that no one is pregnant; all are victims of a rare psychiatric condition. An itching frenzy that lasts for months sweeps through dozens of American and Canadian schools. In the Middle East, odor from a school latrine almost leads to war when students fall ill, believing it is poison gas. In Soviet Georgia, reports tell of government forces unleashing a powerful chemical to break up a protest. The incident makes such a deep impression on 400 schoolgirls that they develop symptoms of gas poisoning, despite being nowhere near the rally.
Bartholomew, R.E. and Rickard, B., 2014. [Mass hysteria in schools: a worldwide history since 1566](https://books.google.ie/books?id=1pDLAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&ots=fce877dKL-&dq=mass%20hysteria%20in%20schools&lr&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=mass%20hysteria%20in%20schools&f=false). McFarland.
Probably just a lab leak
My boyfriend was in a class nearby the student kitchen over the restaurant and said when they were evacuating that the coughing got worse when they got closer. He’s betting someone was just cooking with something stupidly spicy and let it get too hot.
“From: Vincent Cunnane
TUS Students
As you may know, the main building in Moylish was evacuated shortly before 11am this morning in response to an incident involving an irritant in the air which effected some staff and students in one part of the building.
During the incident, several units of both the Fire Service and the National Ambulance Service attended the campus. The incident was judged to be a possible ‘chemical exposure’ and their protocols for such an event were put in motion. The Fire Service investigated the source of the exposure and advised they could not find any leak or other source for the chemical, and on their advice the building was ventilated. Chemical sniffers were used by the Fire Service, and they adjudged after a series of investigations that no chemical exposure remained in the building. They then gave the all clear to re-open shortly after 2:30pm.
Paramedics at the scene referred 8 staff and students to University Hospital Limerick, where a Critical Incident protocol was adopted. All staff and students have since been released from hospital.
This was a particularly difficult experience for all those involved, and I would like to assure you that all supports required by effected students have been and will continue to be made available by TUS. I am also now instigating a formal review into the incident, and I will be making you aware of the process and results of this review. A report is being prepared for the HSA.
I would like to thank all of you who were evacuated for your cooperation, and I particularly hope that those directly effected will recover from any effects soon. Information on Student Counselling is [here](https://tus.ie/counselling/midwest/).
Best wishes
Vincent
President”