Cork Transport
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Hey, have a glance at this:
http://www.corkcorp.ie/ourservices/roads/carsharing.shtml
Does it sound promising?
:rolleyes:Ooooooo
seems a little complicated
1. Where do the cars come from?
2. If they have to be supplied by the City Council, seems like that would be a lot of money to purchase, organise, maintain, keep track of
3. Why not start at community assocation / parish level and organise it that way?
4. Drivers who allow their car for sharing should be given petrol allowances or VRT off or tax credits
5. Green routes (those that actually exist) should be allowed to car sharersFrom the quondam Cork Examiner:
20 March 2007
Airport challenge
UNLESS Aer Lingus is proactive with regard to flights between Cork and the US, the open skies policy will ensure other carriers from the EU and US will fill the void.
Constant pressure needs to be placed on politicians who reneged on their promises and saddled Cork Airport Authority (CAA) with a €100 million debt — otherwise the CAA will remain at a grave disadvantage compared with Dublin, Shannon and Knock airports.
Bill Hurley
59 School Street
Hyannis
Massachusetts
USAAnd another nice one from the quondam Cork Examiner:;
20 March 2007
Bus Éireann needs to review its priorities
I WAS the only passenger on a Bus Éireann bus yesterday, which was a day off for most people in lieu of St Patrick’s Day.
The state bus operator, in its wisdom, decided to run a Sunday service in Cork on the national holiday, which was potentially one of the busiest days of the year, and a full weekday service yesterday.
I understand that on our national holiday our national bus operator ran such a sparse service that people were left behind, including passengers at Cork airport.
I wonder is Bus Éireann run for the benefit of its passengers or slavishly to follow its own bizarre operating procedures?
Peadar Ó Laoire
Ardán Túreen
An Pasáiste
Co ChorcaÃI don’t expect Aer Lingus to consider transatlantic from Cork.
With the length of Cork’s runway and the aircraft that Aer Lingus own, it’s not likely to be a profitable operation.
In a further twist, wide-bodied aircraft (A330/340/350, B747/767/777/787) can’t park at the one and only airbridge at Cork Airport. The wide-bodied stands are where the cargo aircraft currently park.
If we see trans-atlantic from Cork, I’d say the most likely scenario is a US operator using 757s or 737ERs – Continental and Delta being the prime candidates.
@jungle wrote:
I don’t expect Aer Lingus to consider transatlantic from Cork.
With the length of Cork’s runway and the aircraft that Aer Lingus own, it’s not likely to be a profitable operation.
In a further twist, wide-bodied aircraft (A330/340/350, B747/767/777/787) can’t park at the one and only airbridge at Cork Airport. The wide-bodied stands are where the cargo aircraft currently park.
If we see trans-atlantic from Cork, I’d say the most likely scenario is a US operator using 757s or 737ERs – Continental and Delta being the prime candidates.
Is this an accident or another example of the brain-power employed in the design of the new terminal?
It may be of interest to know that the bits of things that are supposed to be airbridges are currently being used – that is until you run into a blank wall and have to climb down the emergency exit to cross the tarmac on foot and re-climb the plane steps!!
However, for those landing in Cork, in case they have noticed it, there is a well hidden public lift to left on entering the terminal at ground level.
@DubinCork wrote:
At the opening of the new docklands station in Dublin this week Bertie looked very uncomfortable sitting next to our Governmental Dolt as Mr.Cullen tried to take credit for this latest infrastructural triumph.
I am amazed that the people of Cork are not up in arms over his latest trick ?
I’m amazed that this line doesn’t stop at connolly… who exactly is it supposed to serve?
Amazing how quickly Cullen signs off orders for the capital.
Its a scam you get a train to a building site on an existing freight line; you need to pay seperately to get a bus back to the centre; the luas interchange is 300m from the station. I just hope that when the Middleton line finally opens in 2025 that it actually works.
@Praxiteles wrote:
Is this an accident or another example of the brain-power employed in the design of the new terminal?
I’m not sure. Historically, Cork has only accepted wide-bodies for the occasional charter flight, so it may have been deemed unnecessary. Shifting the whole development 20m to the north could have allowed at least one of the (potential) airbridges to be available for widebodies. It does seem to show tremendous lack of foresight, because it’s a quite difficult problem to rectify afterwards.
@mickeydocs wrote:
I’m amazed that this line doesn’t stop at connolly… who exactly is it supposed to serve?
There’s no platform space at Connolly and no room to build any more. It’s worth remembering that it’s a temporary station that’s in place until the interconnector gets built. At that point, there should be two lines in Dublin – Drogheda-Kildare (via Docklands) and Maynooth-Bray (via Connolly).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dublin_interconnector_tunnel_map.png
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The Middleton Line only awaits the stroke of a pen see here but this appears too much for one M Cullen:rolleyes: That purveyor of the finest “SNAKE OIL†in the South, Cllr Jerryboy Buttimer (Dail hopeful) is quoted in the Irish Examiner today in relation to the towing of an illegally parked car on a footpath saying, he was “horrified†at the incident. …“This is draconian. We are trying to create a friendly city and this sends of the wrong message. We have to give people a period of grace,†he said.
And in the same edition he is quoted on the rerouting of the number 10 bus service;
“There should be no reduction in this service,†he said. “We should be encouraging people to use public transport, not discouraging them.â€The same genius voted for the Cllr.David McCarthy (FF) / CSD housing height cap of 3 storeys (due to the CSD crowd in the public gallery on the night of the vote) AND now complains about urban sprawl.
The sooner this idiot is elected to the Dail where he will be less of a danger to Cork’s residents the better.
As the Steve Earle song “Snake Oil†says;
“If you ain’t impressed yet, just tell me what you wanna hearâ€Good old Jerry, a man for all seasons!!:o
@kite wrote:
The sooner this idiot is elected to the Dail where he will be less of a danger to Cork’s residents the better.
plese dont vote for him simply to get him out of cork
your points have already proved he will stand for any side (AGAINST urban sprawl but also AGAINST high rise – maybe he means us to become “the Boat People of the Lee” where we will all reside in floating barges up and down union quay) so theres no point in voting for him if you dont wish to
the man himself came to my door the other evening, said his name, asked me how are things going and said he’d be grateful if I would consider him for a vote. Forgot to tell me he was a councillor and what he stood for, didnt mention Fine Gael and why I should vote for him.
I’m not going to anyway so it dont matter
@Pug wrote:
plese dont vote for him simply to get him out of cork
your points have already proved he will stand for any side (AGAINST urban sprawl but also AGAINST high rise – maybe he means us to become “the Boat People of the Lee” where we will all reside in floating barges up and down union quay) so theres no point in voting for him if you dont wish to
the man himself came to my door the other evening, said his name, asked me how are things going and said he’d be grateful if I would consider him for a vote. Forgot to tell me he was a councillor and what he stood for, didnt mention Fine Gael and why I should vote for him.
I’m not going to anyway so it dont matter
He also called to my door about 2 months ago looking for a vote in the next election.I told him I thought his involvement with the “Comminities for sustainable development” would make that impossible for me as I thought that an amateur organisation of cranks ( Not Cork City Council B.T.W. ) should have any say in planning policy…….he stared blankly at me for 5 seconds……….and asked me would I consider voting for him !
He is a dolt of the highest order up there with Martin Cullen & Dick Roche.
I can see the Election Posters now “Jerry Buttimer –
No Urban Sprawl -No High Rise
Down with this sort of thing.[/align]
@DubinCork wrote:
He also called to my door about 2 months ago looking for a vote in the next election.I told him I thought his involvement with the “Comminities for sustainable development” would make that impossible for me as I thought that an amateur organisation of cranks ( Not Cork City Council B.T.W. ) should have any say in planning policy…….he stared blankly at me for 5 seconds……….and asked me would I consider voting for him !
He is a dolt of the highest order up there with Martin Cullen & Dick Roche.
I can see the Election Posters now “Jerry Buttimer –
No Urban Sprawl -No High Rise
Down with this sort of thing.[/align]
Bring back the very capable Simon Coveney he is someone who would be very welcome at cabinet level.
These last few posts highlight the urban rural divide more than any other in planning terms. Over the wall imn Kerry the Healy Rae school of cute hoorism dictates that to be pro all development wins votes. This Cllr appears to believe that being against all development is considered to be a viable route to power.
@PVC King wrote:
Bring back the very capable Simon Coveney he is someone who would be very welcome at cabinet level.
These last few posts highlight the urban rural divide more than any other in planning terms. Over the wall imn Kerry the Healy Rae school of cute hoorism dictates that to be pro all development wins votes. This Cllr appears to believe that being against all development is considered to be a viable route to power.
😮 You are right, put a “Blarney Woolen Mills†cap on Jerryboy Buttimer and he could be a clone of Healy-Rae?
@PVC King wrote:
Bring back the very capable Simon Coveney he is someone who would be very welcome at cabinet level.
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didnt he do the dog a bit though and take both a TD and MEP salary when he said he would pick one?
I know its nowt to do with Cork Transport but this cheered me up immensely this Monday morning (from today’s Independent)….
“Minister wasn’t in transports of delight over roomless night
TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen found himself without a bed on the opening night of the Fianna Fail Ardfheis.
At the end of the race-night fundraiser, he went to the reception desk in City West to ask for the keys to his hotel room, but was told he hadn’t been booked in. According to reliable sources, an embarrassed Mr Cullen then sought to book one of the luxury suites in the 1,100 bedroom hotel, but none of these were available, either.
In the end, the hapless minister had to be driven to another hotel in the city. “
IF THE MAN CAN’T BOOK A HOTEL ROOM IS IT ANY WONDER IRISH TRANSPORT IS IN ITS CURRENT STATE?
A right muppet of a letter to the editor today in the Indo.
“What is it about Cork people that makes many of them believe the rest of the country is envious of them?
Take the case of the recent controversy over Cork Airport.
When former Minister for Transport Seamus Brennan promised that Cork Airport would be granted independence from Dublin on a debt-free basis, the local cute hoors thought they’d pull a fast one.
Thinking they had been handed a blank cheque, they went ahead and built a Taj Mahal of a terminal at enormous expense.
Now they are bleating about being asked to pay about half the cost of their gold-plated white elephant.
Then we have Roy Keane claiming an anti-Cork bias, simply because one of his Sunderland players has not been included in the Irish football squad.
Perhaps it’s just a wise precaution on Stan’s part, given that a certain Corkman walked out on his country at a critical time a couple of years ago.
Forgotten about that one, have you Roy?
PETER MOLLOY, HADDINGTON PARK, GLENAGEARY, CO DUBLIN “
This fool is content to make cheap jibes rather than do a bit of digging and realise that the Taj Mahal on the hill was designed by the DAA and project managed by the DAA. I’m hopeful that if Cork management had been involved there’d have been less gold plating and more functional design (eg air bridges, more security staff in the mornings, more seating airside etc etc etc)
John Bourke was quoted in 2001 in the ACI newsletter as saying ‘ Who else but Aer Rianta would spend £160m on a terminal for Cork’
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