Iron bars embedded in the masonry would bind the two together, like hoops around a barrel.

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Mr Quinn, 21, died after being beaten by nine men with iron bars at a farm shed in County Monaghan on Saturday.

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He waved to the dog on the opposite sidewalk, held the iron bars, hoisted himself up, pushed aside the wire, got cut, and jumped inside, twisting his ankle slightly.

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He was also cramped and squashed up against the iron bars of his bed with an oxygen mask that did not fit and he had an eye infection, she added.

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Iron bars cover the windows and screen door.

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Around us, stores in the Chinese-dominated downtown remain shuttered, the windows above blank and empty behind bars of iron.

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