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Repairs to roof of Dublin's Pearse station to cause disruption to Irish Rail users this weekend

Engineering works at Pearse are also planned for 21-22 March and 25-26 April.

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IRISH RAIL USERS will face some disruption this week as works are carried out on the Pearse Station roof.

As a result of the work, Tara Street and Pearse stations will be closed today and tomorrow. No Dart services will operate between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock. 

Dart services will operation on the northside between Howth or Malahide to Connolly only. 

On the southside, Dart services will operate between Greystones or Bray to Grand Canal Dock. 

Bus transfers will operate between Connolly and Bray only and will connect with the train at Bray station. 

Services to Rosslare Europort will operate to and from the Bray. 

Engineering works at Pearse are also planned for 21-22 March and 25-26 April. 

In October 2018, Irish Rail announced details of a €17 million project to replace the roof at Pearse Station, the busiest in Dublin’s commuter network.

The structure, which dates from the 1880s, is in poor condition and corrosion has led the transport company to install a protective mesh underneath it to protect passengers and trains.

Its replacement has therefore been identified by Irish Rail as a “crucial safety project”.

Works to replace the roof, which will aim to retain the appearance and character of the original structure, is taking place across 13 weekends over a period of 23 months.

The works, which started last October, will take place up to July 2020.

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    Mute Rafa Condron
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    Jan 23rd 2023, 6:55 AM

    Horrendous act of pure evil. With guns available so readily any person with a grievance or psychotic motive can commit a mass murder at any time, anywhere.

    5th a mass KILLING this year alone, it’s 23 January. That’s a mass shooting every 4 days or so.

    There’s actually been 33 Mass Shootings in January – That’s almost 1.5 mass shootings per day!

    Any other country experiences a mass shooting and the next day they are putting into place stricter gun controls. Not America, they want to put guns in everyones hands to protect others against a mass shooter… what a weird way of thinking…

    ‘Murica.

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    Jan 23rd 2023, 7:13 AM

    @Rafa Condron: they live in different world over there.

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    Jan 23rd 2023, 7:17 AM

    So sad to think of all the needless deaths and suffering. I am not sure that gun control would even be enough – but it might be a start. However, something in the US physic seems to create an element of self entitlement which manifests in many ways and not just in mass shootings. Still we hope and pray.

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    Jan 23rd 2023, 7:39 AM

    National Rifle Association – I hope you’re happy. As long as you resist reasonable legislation to curb gun control, these events will continue.

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    Jan 23rd 2023, 8:21 AM

    No doubt more weapons would sort out this type of problem, maybe even a few tanks. Yeah, let them have tanks. Freeeedoom!

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    Jan 23rd 2023, 7:36 AM

    There are more guns than people in the US. Literally.

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    Jan 23rd 2023, 8:20 AM

    @Bert Carolan: I can’t remember the exact statistic, but it would take an incredible amount of time to decommission all the guns owned in America. I think it was beyond decades and into hundreds of years. The logistics that would be involved are staggering.

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    Jan 23rd 2023, 8:18 AM

    The article states this is the fifth mass shooting of 2023. However, according to CNN who reference Gun Violence Archive this is in fact number 33.

    https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/23/politics/mass-shootings-in-2023-what-matters/index.html

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    Jan 23rd 2023, 1:02 PM

    @Steve: 5th mass killing. There have been of course 33 mass shootings as I said in the comments already.

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    Jan 23rd 2023, 9:26 AM

    Not a bit surprised. It’s the norm in Amercia to go around shooting people.

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