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Updated, 07.40
RAIL SERVICES between Grand Canal Dock and Sydney Parade are to be disrupted for several days – impacting commuter and DART services.
The line is being closed in order to allow for repairs to the Dodder Bridge, just south of Lansdowne Road station, which was damaged during the flooding earlier this week.
There will be no DART service along the line; services will run only between Howth/Malahide to Grand Canal Dock, and from Sydney Parade onward to Greystones. Southside reserves will run on a reduced frequency – around once every 30 minutes – as a result.
Dublin Bus will accept valid rail tickets for the duration of the disruptions.
Trains to Dublin from Rosslare and Gorey will stop at Bray, with bus transfers being provided to bring passengers to Connolly.
Commuter services from the north and west to Dublin will now terminate at Pearse, with Dublin Bus accepting tickets for passengers hoping to travel south of Pearse.
Irish Rail said inspections by divers had revealed damage to the ground around one of the bridge’s support piers. It’s understood works to repair the damage are now being planned and it will then be possible to put a timescale on the works.
Two large trees had lodged under the bridge after being swept downstream by the flooding on Monday evening, causing debris to build up and flood waters to spill over.
Irish Rail tonight said it could not estimate how long the service would be disrupted for, but suggested it would be for “a number of days at least”.
- Additional reporting by Michael Freeman
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The Hoverboard Scandal of 2015 will be talked about for generations to come. “So did they really go on fire Grandad?” “Yes, Tommy they did, and the worst thing was they didn’t even hover.”
How can something with wheels be a hoverboard??
Morons call them hoverboards. So they’re not really hoverboards – some people are actually just thick morons.
Segways with no handlebars are NOT hoverboards.
Yes, finally someone has cracked it!
THEY ARE ********** N O T ********** HOVERBOARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hoverboard
Next time someone calls them hoverboards I’m gonna slap ‘em across the face. When they ask “what was that for?” I’m going to tell them my hand was just ‘hovering’ over their face
I have yet to see one of them actually hoover.
You haven’t seen the Dyson ones…
STOP. CALLING. THEM. HOVERBOARDS!
Apart from the fact that they don’t hover in any way, you’re meant to be journalists and shouldn’t be using slang in your reports?!
Emphasis on “meant to be”.
The Journal isn’t a Journal either. What’s going on!!! Everyone is gone nuts!
If that’s a hoverboard, I’m a vermicious kinit
I have yet to see one of them actually hoover.
Why sell hoverboards that don’t actually hover when they already sell other forms of transport like horses?
Hoverhorse? I’m off to the drawing board…
Nothing ‘hoovers’ as Hoover is a brand name. They vacuum, and Dyson’s do it rather well.
What ????? You mean we put the brick and on the accelator??????…
Pmsl at your comments .take a bow folks .very funny lol.
And yes there will be morons texting while on one and cause serious accident. . But that probably isn’t important
Hopefully they take a few selfies while they’re at it. let natural selection take care of them.
A lot of Bover and it don’t even hover.
They’re called self balance scooters, not hoverboard’s
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