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# hoverboards

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Dodgy phone chargers and sunglasses among 34,000 products seized before they could be sold
Almost 350,000 potentially unsafe products were seized in Ireland last year.
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Aug 23rd 2019, 6:00 AM
Nearly 34,000 products didn't make it onto the Irish market over safety concerns
The latest figures were released by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
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Aug 14th 2016, 12:19 PM
This hoverboard fail video is 16 seconds of comedy gold
No one and nothing is safe.
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Dec 31st 2015, 11:48 AM
A priest got in trouble for riding his hoverboard at Christmas Mass
Don’t bring your hoverboard to Mass, people.
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Dec 30th 2015, 8:16 AM
This priest got in loads of trouble for riding his hoverboard at Christmas Mass
Don’t bring your hoverboard to Mass, people.
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Dec 30th 2015, 7:56 AM
Now Tesco has been slapped on the wrist over potentially unsafe hoverboards
Safety concerns have been raised over the popular two-wheeled scooters after a number of reports of units catching fire.
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Dec 18th 2015, 5:39 PM
Brown Thomas told to stop selling potentially unsafe hoverboards
After an investigation, three Irish retailers have been directed to stop selling these non-compliant products.
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Dec 17th 2015, 8:10 PM
Retailers could face crackdown over dodgy hoverboards
The consumer protection watchdog has warned shoppers buying hoverboards to ensure they meet safety standards.
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Dec 16th 2015, 3:25 PM
1,400 hoverboards seized at Dublin Port
Yes, you read that correctly.
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Nov 26th 2015, 6:44 PM
Winter Olympic Village: Day Nine
Looks like Marty McFly’s crazy, hovering future is not so far away.
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Feb 16th 2014, 8:30 PM
This machine scans your body and tells you exactly where, and how you're fat
But we can’t even invent hoverboards?
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Sep 3rd 2013, 3:03 PM