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Interesting to note that the signage at Bantry and Blarney wasn't bi-lingual. How common was this?

If you really want the Commer van, it looks like it's available fro Toy Maker Nest, in North Carolina; https://www.toymakernest.com/product/oxford-diecast-commer-pb-garda-1-76-scale/

Not that Garda van but a couple of Garda cars from that period here; https://briancollinsenterprises.ie/product/brian-collins-enterprises-3-piece-garda-siochana-set/

Compare prepwned https://railsofsheffield.com/products/pre-owned-mk2a-tso-open-second-coach-ie-intercity-4101?_pos=14&_fid=94206d735&_ss=c To mint

Mark 2A coaches IE Intercity packs MM4108 (running numbers 4108 & 4101) and MM4110 (running numbers 4110 & 4102) are still available for 110.00 euro per pack. Note these are mint and still factory sealed. May be collected or delivered in Dublin. If interested please send me a PM

Maybe of interest; https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/dapol-upgraded-oo-gauge-lms-stanier-coaches?srsltid=AfmBOoreu8HjrRG-fxIlLE86DqfyPcibO-4TdZjqaQqPduSuIaUadUnT

Not as many stores as Maplins but Radionics are a very good alternative. List of UK stores https://uk.rs-online.com/web/content/services/branch-finder They also have a store in Rialto Dublin

Agree with all of the above, but AEC railcars must be on he agenda at some point.

I was one of those who paid a substantial deposit and agree with Fran, "don't go there". However, in fairness I must state that after much persistence over a long period of time I was eventually fully refunded in instalments, But to my knowledge I'm unique in this and I know of others who are out of pocket.

It's at a point where Alan Turing would struggle to decipher Why do we feel the need for code?

No doubt a lot is changing for the better but the pace is still much too slow, low cost low hanging fruit is ignored, the priorities seem illogical. and money is being wasted.. The GSR line runs for almost a mile behind Landen Rd and crosses Kylemore Road where the provision of a station similar to Harmonstown could have easily been built at minimal cost seventy years ago but the core population of 20,000 (full population exceeds 50,000) are still waiting. Why is it that CIE did not do this when at the same time the GNR could build a station at Harmonstown? That is an example of the ineptitude of CIE, IR, IE,and the Dept of Transport over seven decades. By what logic can the spending of three million at the behest of the Ryder Cup organisation on a elitist event for a facility that will be in use for only a few days, take priority over real need elsewhere? That is scandalous and outrages me. I

Pure semantics. Long and short of it is that public money is being wasted to fund a very temporary facility for an elitist event at the expense of providing services where the need has been ignored for decades and this is indeed being done in haste, probably no more than a couple of years in the making, The decision to hold the Ryder cup there was only made in 2019 and if the Ryder Cup organisation is so concerned with the provision of Pubic Transport they should have considered this before deciding on a location. They should fund this if they want it. I use Ballyfermot as an example only and Indeed after seventy years a station is promised for Ballyfermot but it still won't be delivered for many years yet because of preconditions that supposedly need to be satisfied. Apply similar preconditions to Adare, they exist, and accordingly should similarly be delayed and built properly.. Harmonstown does give context to this issue because, without any fuss and even in the face of bankruptcy the GNR opened that station to coincide with the new residential development in that area (coinciding with Ballyfermot) seventy years ago. Would that have happened if CIE or the department of transport had control of the northern line at that time? I think not. One of the greatest failings by public institutions in Ireland has always been the failure to coordinate the provision of infrastructure with development but they have no problem wasting money.

"Temporary", "as the platform & trackbed will need to be raised when the nearby bridge over the river is raised." So it isn't a permanent structure even if a service may be possible to a properly structured station in the never never future. What is the demand versus requirements elsewhere? The reality and truth is IE can waste three million on a ELITIST EVENT lasting just seven days and do so in haste but when it comes to real need for the masses it can drag it heels for decades. Spend the 3m now on a station in Ballyfermot which is at least 70 years overdue. To put this in context the GNR opened a basic station in Harmonstown in Jan 1957 to service the new community there and they certainly did not have the equivalent of 3m to do so at that time..

Three million for a station that will be operational for seven days, am I reading that correctly??????????????????/

As a small gesture of my disapproval of their behaviour, I have unsubscribed from receiving promotional emails from Rails of Sheffield and notified them I will not be purchasing from them again.