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Its happened again….
This evening In Carrigtwohill, a small village just 10 miles outside the city, A local landmark, which had stood on the main st for well over 100 years was “knocked”, In spite of the frontage being Subject to a preservation order.
Barry Bros of main st, formerly centra, suffered some inexplicable structural difficulty while it was being “renovated” which meant the entire building was knocked unceremoniusly this evening, and quite unprofessionaly too, in my opinion. I understand the roof collapsed last night after those involved in renovations removed a supporting pillar from the lower floor.
The Building, which is the end building on the Main st formes the corner at the Entrance to St Als convent. It was knocked using a Loadalls bucket. No bracing is in place to support the adjoining Shop, Forrests.Locals are wondering when the bulldozer will arrive to do similar to Barryscourt Castle.
Its nothing other than Pure vandalism.
Cork CoCo (including FF) are asking why they were not consulted about the speed limit change on the old road. The comparison was drawn between this one and the “windey” Fermoy Mallow road which maintains a 100km/h speed limit.
The amount of fatal accidents there in recent years are evidence enough that its not suitable for a 100km/h speed limit.
I drove the M8 yesterday and was frankly not impressed. First problem is that signeage is shocking and its impossible to tell who goes where. There will be accidents as drivers unfamiliar with the layout will cross lanes in an attempt to get to the correct booths.
Rolling up to the “exact change” barrier, with exact change ready(while on my motorcycle) comes the first problem. The “exact change” barriers are only for cars.
Barrier fails to open until I pay my remaining 70c(Not bloody likely) so I wait and watch the q build up behind me. German engineer type comes over and explains that barrier is for class 1 vehicle only, Not class 2.I never new there was a class system in motoring. How do I become upper class? Who is lower class?
Another yellow jacketed individual pushes barrier open for me and i speed off(to the sound of the “tilt” alarm going off on the barriers, but you can push them 😉 )
Motorway is nice, but just two lanes, and little room for expanding, should the need arise, particularly in the region of Dr Barrys Bridge, where the road is cut through the hillside. On my travels I noticed on occasion the old N8, still full of the many articulated trucks that will divert through Watergrasshill to avoid paying the toll.The central reservation has those concrete wall type barriers, and no “run off”, apart from at the other off ramps along the way.
The ending is confusing, as rather than merging two lanes into one at Moorepark, the inner lane gets fed up the slip road to one roundabout, while the outside lane gets fed up the offramp against traffic entering the motorway.
I made the return leg, noticing that there may be crosswinds for high vehicles on the Blackwater bridge.
After my experience with the toll booth on the outward leg, on my return I joined the q behind all the trucks,buses and other lower class vehicles that would not fit through the height controlled “exact change” booths. This single q also includes those seeking reciepts, and thosw who wish to pay by cheque or from their loose change jar.
5 minutes waiting at toll.
Sure it beats waiting in Fermoy traffic, but its not very encouraging. High speed motorway=hot engine. Waiting in a stationery vehicle with a hot engine is not good for the cooling system of ones vehicle.Good effort, but needs much improvement.
I still don’t see what all the fuss is about St Colmans Cathedral. Its not as if they are knocking the spire and replacing the roof tiles with red slate. Much of this “protest” is merely a means of venting dislike of Bishop Magee.
In the Custom House in cork, the Sign for the Customs office clearly has the Prefix “HM” in recently removed letters.
Also Much of the Naval base maintains its Royal Naval heritage(and rightly so) including the sign for the Royal Naval Hospital, and the Housing with streets named after famous Royal Naval Warships.
Todays examiner has it earmarked as the location of the Old Dunkettle Railway station, as hilighted in the above photo.
Amgen also want their own railway sidings for freight. I assume Like IFI much of their product will travel by rail.
Local residents have loged a number of objections to the Amgen plant, mostly in the area of Infastructure. There will be a large volume of Construction traffic using the already poor roads in the area for the building of the plant. The Council plan to replace the Interchange to the quarries with a flyover, but many fear this will not be done until after the plant is constructed.(it won’t be needed then) There is a large amount of underground geological oddities in that area also. Thats why the surface is so poor.
The main fear again is that the heavy construction traffic will compromise this already delicate surface.
