Niall
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How patriotic!
Smash up trains, throw litter everywhere, piss and vomit in the streets!!!
Can we please throw these scum out and let a few more descent immigrants in??
http://www.dublincity.ie/traffic/frame_c.htm
Is it just me? But, why are there three lanes of traffic only to merge to two when you reach O’Connell Street from the bridge??? No hint of what is coming and isn’t it dangerous that traffic is merging to avoid the newly extended pavement??
Arrows or chevrons??
(imagine driving on the very left lane on the bridge)
Irish Times 9 Feb 2004
Theft of Kerry road signs ‘an industry’
Anne LuceyRoad signs in Co Kerry are being stolen by “professional” sign takers, who were profiting from people’s sentimental attachment to the county, a councillor has claimed.
Any sign with Kerry on it is particularly vulnerable, according to Cllr Michael Healy-Rae. In a recent episode, only the “Welcome to Cork” sign was left on the main tourist route between Kerry and west Cork, he said – all others inside the Kerry border were stolen.
The Independent councillor said professional gangs were “roaming the country” and conducting “an industry” nationwide in road sign removal. “You can’t keep a sign with a popular place- name on it.” The signs were ending up in bars and homes in New York and the UK and the lucrative trade was costing Kerry taxpayers thousands of euro each year, he added.
Mr Healy-Rae said a stronger adhesive for the poles and a new method of fixing the signs needed to be found. In some cases, “pole and all has been carried”.
The matter emerged during a motion by Mr Healy-Rae at an area meeting of Kerry County Council. Mr Healy-Rae said there was “extreme confusion” regarding signposts for graveyards in Glencar, a remote mountain and valley area which stretches from the foothills of Ireland’s highest mountains, the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, to Glenbeigh. Different names were being used on the signs than on public death notices.
Near Bonane, on the Kerry-Cork border, all but one of around six signs had been taken recently. Only the “Welcome to Cork” sign on the other side of the tunnel remained, according to Mr Paul Neary, senior engineer for south Kerry council. The local Kerry placenames and the “Welcome to Kerry” signs were gone. It cost between €500 and €2,000 to replace the metal signs on galvanised poles, he added.
I live in County Wicklow, the place sign for the village I live in has been unclipped from its pole as well, not surprising, as it was only clipped on to one pole!!!
Graham
On the continent, road signs come with poles. They are manufacured all in one, so when you place/replace signs you replace the pole. The advantage is the signs are screwed in and straight on the poles, when the leave the factory.
We use the British clips and poles separetly. However while they manage to tighten/straighten and put them on the top of right sized poles. It defeats our workmen!!
‘Sure, it’ll do rightly’
It looks a mess. Good point about the black and white stripes.
That is a joke!!!!!
Also, again we have copied the British and used ‘clip’ roadsigns, 500 euro that one on the right will be the wrong way around in a couple of weeks!!
Screw the bloody things to the poles!!! (look at the Spaniards and French!)
Lorcan,
Only speed limit signs are being tackled with our adoption, at long last of metric speed limits. The remaining warning signs and directional signs will probably carry on as re, confusing, hit and miss or completely absent.
Time for a root and branch reform?!?
Should bring in a foreign body and give them the contracts?
Peter Jordan’s excellent road signs in Ireland website:
Waitrose here we come. I would put money on the fact, that these new owners will sell to waitrose, within a year
Yes, MT you are right, crazy situation is Department of Transport and NRA run the National M and N Roads, generally these well signed and surfaced. And the Department of Environment and the councils look after everything else.
Good point, there should be a regional roads authority, which should contract out to the private sector, who would be accountable straight to the Minister for TRANSPORT. What probably happens at moment is hard-pressed councils divert money for roads budget to other areas, endangering the lives of Johnny and Mary motorist, never mind the poor pedestrians. They should have roads responsibility taken away from them altogether.
Also, there should be a Driving Standards Authority who should organise all testing and maintain same standards countrywide. At present 31 local authorities, are responsible for driving tests in their own area. You should see the hilarious pass/fail rates
http://www.drivingtest.ie/drivingtest/HTMLContent/frameset.html
As someone once said ‘Irish road signs defy gravity’ Ask any tourist or visitor. While the road surface quality has improved tremendously in recent years. There is no political will, let alone any other will to sort out signage or road markings. While there is a lot of talk about road safety in this country, the most glaringly obvious road safety aspects are completely ignored.
Commonplace:
1. Signs non-existent at junctions
2. Signs turned around!?!?! This is thanks to our adoption of British standard ‘clips’ as opposed to continental nailed signs to poles
3. Signs in a ditch or blown off
4. Filthy signs, caked in dirt, that no one wants to clean
5. Signs covered in hedgerow, same reasons as 4.
6. Absent road markings (lethal at night!!)The main problem is county councils employ their own road teams, who like to do as little work as possible. They all work on a work to rule basis. As local government is unaccountable in the Republic, nobody has paid domestic rates, since 1978. Who can object?
The road crews are ‘supervised by local authority bureaucrats who most of the time, don’t want to rock the boat or simply don’t care. Topped off by the Department of Environment, who have responsibility for non-national roads, who don’t or WON’T issue directives. The road teams would be offended if you asked one or two of them to go out and straighten never mind clean a road sign. I have seen two man crews in many countries, drive along roads and clean, tidy up and straighten signs, Not in this country!!!!!!
While most of the road surfacing is carried out in summer, the road crews lie relatively idle in winter months. ideal time to tackle signage?
I also really think the whole question of enforcing traffic laws is laughable, never mind when speed cameras are rolled out. Due to the chances of escaping prosecution, ‘ I couldn’t see any signs, there was no line on the road, your honour’ Case dismissed!
Fortunately, Northern Ireland has an independent Roads Service, separate from council control. We should emulate that in the Republic for non-national roads or a least privatise the non-national network as No amount of money is going to change the existing, couldn’t give a damn attitude.
Really Connolly should be a flagship for IE. The entrance is a disgrace. Floodlighting should be a priority and cheap materials should be avoided. I agree Heuston is so much better than it was.
To be fair, in my experience I have never seen anything on this scale and so new into a relatively recent service, it is quite shocking!!!
Excellent idea as connects with all existing services.
Dublin doesn’t need a ‘metro’.
We have DART, extending it is the way to go!
P.S. this was the original plan till government binned it in 1987 and left us only one Dart Line.
Not mad about Airport using Dundalk/Belfast line, seriously congested as is.
Filthy Cork
Cork is Ireland’s dirtiest city: survey
30 August 2004 13:33
Cork has been branded the dirtiest city in the country just four months before it will become the European Capital of Culture.This is the second survey published this year by the Irish Business Against Litter alliance and, encouragingly, it shows major improvements in the state of many towns and cities.
But IBAL Chairman Dr Tom Cavanagh slams the condition of Dublin city centre and Cork city centre which, he says, is the dirtiest in the country.
Cork’s main street, Patrick Street, was described as being filthy, with large amounts of litter and not enough bins. Nearby Oliver Plunkett Street was said to have a serious litter problem too, while the approach roads to the city were branded blackspots which presented a terrible image to visitors.
Cork City Council, which spends €5m per year on street cleaning, said it would not comment until it had studied the findings of the survey.
Dublin city centre was similarly described as having a serious litter problem, while Tallaght and Tullamore were branded litter blackspots.
Cavan is the country’s cleanest town while the survey’s authors said there had been a spectacular improvement in Galway city, which was litter free.
Correct if I’m wrong by the awful markings and horrific signage on Irish roads must contribute to a lot of road accidents?
For an interesting more Irish perspective of this national ‘disease’.
Check out:
