Barry Hall
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There is a subhurb in Sydney called Killarney Heights where many of the streets have Irish names Donegal Road, Galway Avenue, Shamrock Parade etc. – I kid you not.
Apparently there is a lot of concern that the new devolved goverment in NI might row back on this welcome change- freind of mine is doing his dissertation on the subject which should be interesting.
At least it led to something I never thought I’d see – Kieran Cuffe and Dick Roche on radio agreeing with each other.
Sorry if this does not follow on logically from previous posts. I just had a discussion with an interested party as part of a college project looking at Regional Airports specifically Waterford. This man put forward the view that if the South East Airport had been located around Carlow / Kilkenny (rather than behind the dunes in Tramore) with transport links to Dublin it would take the pressure off Dublin completely and be set in the biggest catchment area in the state. Currently there are airports on the West Coast in Kerry, Shannon, Galway, Sligo, Knock and Corofin and only Dublin serving the entire east coast where most people live. I thought it was an interesting idea.
Rail line is being extended to Midelton and I believe the track bed for the old Youghal Line is still in existence. On the other side the track bed from Waterford to Dungarvan is still in CIE hands – 18 mile gap for a potential Cork – Dungarvan – Waterford – Rosslare – rail line – any views on long term possibility – should a route be identified and safegaurded.
