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IARNRÓD ÉIREANN IS operating altered services across many routes tomorrow and Wednesday, but with some added late-night trains on New Year’s Eve.
Ongoing works between Grand Canal Dock and Connolly station are disrupting train travel in the capital from 27 December until 5 January, though some trains will run between Pearse station and Grand Canal Dock after midnight as revellers ring in the New Year.
The railways operator has confirmed the details of its scheduling over the New Year period.
On New Year’s Eve, Dart and Commuter trains are operating a revised Saturday schedule up until around 7.25pm to 9pm. There will be no service on the Phoenix Park Tunnel (Grand Canal Dock/Hazelhatch to Newbridge) route.
InterCity trains are due to operate on a weekday schedule on New Year’s Eve but with cancellations and alterations on some routes and last services leaving between 6pm and 8.30pm.
The Cork Commuter will operate on a Saturday schedule until around 9pm.
In Dublin, the following late-night services will operate after New Year’s Eve events:
On the southside Dart, these services will depart from Pearse Station. All other routes will depart from Connolly Station. Tara Street Station will not be open.
On New Year’s Day, there will be revised and reduced InterCity services. Iarnród Éireann is advising passengers to “check times before travel”.
Dart and most Commuter routes will operate a revised Sunday service on New Year’s Day.
There will be no service on the Phoenix Park Tunnel (Grand Canal Dock/Hazelhatch to Newbridge) route.
The Cork Commuter and Portlaoise Commuter route will have their usual Sunday service.
The adjustments for New Year’s come as Iarnród Éireann also tries to balance the disruption caused by track renewal works that have closed the section of track between Connolly and Grand Canal Dock until 5 January, other than a few exceptions on New Year’s and 2 and 3 January.
Jason Cullen, chairperson of the Dublin City Commuter Coalition, said that rail works of this significance haven’t been done “in 20 years”.
“Irish Rail’s argument for conducting the upgrades now is that usage during that period is lower, and that is correct, because a lot of people are not commuting to work,” Cullen said.
The Coalition claimed that efforts to address the public transport gaps over the Christmas period with Dublin City Council and the National Transport Authority were met with limited results.
“I tried to bring this up with Dublin City Council’s Mobility and Public Realm Strategic Policy Committee, as well as the NTA in separate meetings, but both organisations essentially said that they haven’t been able to provide nearly the amount of additional services they were hoping for,” Cullen said.
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I think anyone living on their own should have a room where they could lock themselves in and be able to sound a loud siren if they need to.
Had an elderly relative nearly left for dead by 3 gougers who left empty-handed after a couple of hours beating him up.
Like Panic Room? Last time Forest Whitaker almost killed Jodie Foster in there as far as I can remember.
How about maybe having judicial system that works instead?
Let me guess – those dirt bags had 10 previous convictions, but never been in jail longer than a week?
They were well known to the Guards. Got away with it but karma got some of them through other incidents they were involved in.
Better still you should be allowed to pump them full of lead. If they enter your house while you are in it. Self defence after all.
What is anyone doing about the feral scüm class? Why do we continue to let the breed and reward them for doing sowhen the people who pay for them can’t even afford families themselves? Surely some sort of voluntary sterilisation program is order where by members of the feral scüm class are given slightly easier sentences once caught in act of scümbaggery if they agree to be neutered? We could even offer a once of payment of €100,000 if they agree which is halved if they already have a child and halved again for any subsequent child. In the long run, we’d be saving money.
If you lock up the criminals then the legal profession go hungry and who will invest in Government bonds and vulture funds then ? -’Twould be total anarchy no jobs for economists or anything – R.T.E. would have nothing to report , Primetime would be replaced by Gareners Advice and Crimecall would not afford our Gardaí much needed exposure !
Don’t be silly gkrell , society as we know would end !
Gardeners’
what amazes me though is we usually follow the uk in their legislation…but do you ever hear a judge in Ireland sentence someone to minimum sentences..IE: Life , with a recommendation they serve 25yrs before being allowed to apply for parole etc…its common practice in the uk…
All this violence in the news these days is very disheartening =/
That’s awful but yet four hours ago the journal rubbed the Dubs noses in it that Cork was a much better place to live !!
http://jrnl.ie/1748376
So Dublin is great then?
Langer.
Brian I’m not saying Dubljn is great but it is bad out pitting counties against each other and painting a picture of a place through rose tinted glasses everywhere has its good and Bad points but the journal are stirring the s…
That article was on Culture in Cork.
I’m from Cork City, I didn’t write the article, the city didn’t write the article.
And this article has nothing to do with it.
We’re all from Ireland anyway, lets just take pride in that.
Touché
Grow up.
Bryan ya knob everyone knows Dublin is way better!
We have better breed of chavs in cork
Sooner or later the Socialist State will result in more crime. Just keep supporting the welfare state and you will pay a huge price. If you had an immigrant problem such as ours as well as a large parasite class such as we do, you would have complete chaos. A “panic room” room !!! Are the Irish kidding? A 44 Magnum is the answer. As Clint Eastwood said “Make My Day”. Johnny McCullough from Martinsburg, WV.
What we need is analytical methods and good intelligence work to catch these criminals ! But I hear that department are a bit busy catching real criminals !
Needless to say I hope the victim makes a full recovery ..
The solution by the way is cameras on the gable end of your house ! Know a Guy who had his garage broken into three times put up a camera and now he doesn’t have to even close his door …
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