Oh...dear...God..

whisky_galore · 26-09-2014 1:33pm #1

http://irishrail.info/

Not connected in any way, shape or form with IR/IE, despite the URL.

corktina · 26-09-2014 1:37pm

Oh dear god as you say.... (I stopped reading when it got to the Cork station canopy which isn't in disrepair...it got hit by a bus

end of the road · 26-09-2014 4:21pm

brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!! gave me a laugh anyway

Judgement Day · 26-09-2014 4:29pm

Strange site - I wonder is there the hand of a Corkman involved?

TheBandicoot · 26-09-2014 5:23pm

I didn't know there was a Heuston train driver and a Cork bus driver on the boards of CIE and IE, so at least the site taught me that much. Interesting.

BonkeyDonker · 26-09-2014 5:49pm

Is it just me or did the owner of the site leave him/herself open to alot of libel cases?

end of the road · 26-09-2014 6:44pm

BonkeyDonker wrote: »

Is it just me or did the owner of the site leave him/herself open to alot of libel cases?

well certainly an interesting question. realistically is he/she saying anything that if one dug deep enough wouldn't turn out to be true?

RustyNut · 26-09-2014 6:48pm

Have to say its a step up from the usual internet whining.

burnsey1987 · 27-09-2014 4:27pm

Judgement Day wrote: »

Strange site - I wonder is there the hand of a Corkman involved?

I wonder which particular Corkman it could be. My money is on the curator of a certain transport "museum"/scrapyard who shall remain nameless

LXFlyer · 27-09-2014 8:41pm

I think we can take that as guaranteed.

It's up there with http://corkairport.info/ which I'm pretty sure is from the same source.

Fred Swanson · 27-09-2014 10:06pm

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LXFlyer · 27-09-2014 10:28pm

I think it is pretty obvious who it is - as suggested in post #9.

cml387 · 27-09-2014 10:33pm

It's whole point seems to be a warning about a clickbait scam which seems to me a legitimate complaint.

Fred Swanson · 27-09-2014 10:34pm

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Jamie2k9 · 27-09-2014 10:49pm

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Can't see IE being to bothered but if they were they could easily get a court order saying the info is defamatory and the host will block the content as per there AUP. That would be a US court, not sure an Irish order is enough.

Fred Swanson · 27-09-2014 10:57pm

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Losty Dublin · 27-09-2014 11:01pm

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Irish Rail are aware of the site and lets just say this much; their suspicions align with ours for some bizarre reason

Jamie2k9 · 27-09-2014 11:01pm

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Indeed which is why I don't think they will be bothered. The site has barely got 1500 views of which around 200 are from visiting the link posted on this page.

Its not going to damage the company in anyway.

Hilly Bill · 27-09-2014 11:31pm

If he keeps using real names in the articles , the courts would be the least of his worries.

corktina · 28-09-2014 7:47am

it's not me.

Losty Dublin · 28-09-2014 8:01pm

corktina wrote: »

it's not me.

Tell that to a judge

sporty56 · 28-09-2014 9:38pm

Whoever wrote "Our stupid board" page is well informed.

One scandal of early 00s not referred to is the purchase of considerable quantity of permanent way materials from a particular source specifically against engineering advice of local permanent way gangs. Initial defence by CAF of rough riding of Mark4s blaming poor track conditions was certainly true for a substantial length of the middle third of the route. The excellence of the bogie design and consquent ride performance of Mark3s papered over the cracks for ages.

The slow and expense refurbishment of that track plus mechanical alterations to bogies has improved Mark4 riding considerably but it was an expensive fiasco that could have avoided if advice of experienced railway folk had been heeded in both instances.

Hopefully someone will create a similar website featuring RPA - that would certainly catch everybody's attention, not just railway folk.

whisky_galore · 29-09-2014 9:14am

There are grains of truth in it, but it's just a rambling rant to me.

The cynicism is strong with this one.

ClovenHoof · 29-09-2014 4:02pm

Fantastic!

Libel? Screw that. Nothing but the truth from what I am reading.

corktina · 29-09-2014 4:08pm

Are you from Cork?

Heisenberg1 · 29-09-2014 4:12pm

The creator of that site must have a lot time on his/her hands why don't they do one on the health system or the Gardai. I'd like to see how that would go down.

Grandeeod · 29-09-2014 7:33pm

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Fantastic!

Libel? Screw that. Nothing but the truth from what I am reading.

Absolutely.

Grandeeod · 29-09-2014 7:37pm

corktina wrote: »

Are you from Cork?

We all know who's behind it, but it's still refreshing to read it rather than the usual media checked/CIE/IE drivel. These days you can't even get a decent rant from RUI. Believe it or not, now is the time for serious commentary on the railway, but alas those that were usually capable of it have disappeared off the planet. Any attempt here and your banned.

end of the road · 29-09-2014 7:43pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

RUI. rant

ah now. giving CIE's side kick to much credit there aren't we. bring back platform 11 i say. people like you know who who aren't afraid to try get things done is what we need.

Grandeeod · 29-09-2014 8:12pm

end of the road wrote: »

ah now. giving CIE's side kick to much credit there aren't we. bring back platform 11 i say. people like you know who who aren't afraid to try get things done is what we need.

LOL! That can be interpreted as inciteful around here. Unfortunate how RUI turned out but thats their decision and business. I just find it interesting that when platform 11 was started, there was less need for an alternative voice than these days! We can only imagine how they would have reacted to what's going on now as it's far more dangerous to the future of rail transport in Ireland.

end of the road · 29-09-2014 9:24pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

LOL! That can be interpreted as inciteful around here. Unfortunate how RUI turned out but thats their decision and business. I just find it interesting that when platform 11 was started, there was less need for an alternative voice than these days! We can only imagine how they would have reacted to what's going on now as it's far more dangerous to the future of rail transport in Ireland.

what might have been, could have been, should have been, could be, thats the irish rail system and those running it and funding it in a nutshell sadly.

sporty56 · 29-09-2014 10:31pm

Sorry but what's RUI ?

end of the road · 29-09-2014 10:35pm

sporty56 wrote: »

Sorry but what's RUI ?

rail users ireland.

sporty56 · 30-09-2014 12:53pm

Thanks for info. Do RUI have a website ?

Judgement Day · 30-09-2014 12:57pm

sporty56 wrote: »

Thanks for info. Do RUI have a website ?

Google is an amazing invention.

http://www.railusers.ie/

SeanW · 01-10-2014 12:39am

I had forgotten how angry that guy was. Nonetheless, if even half of what he wrote about that "Complete Savings" entity (or non-entity as the case may be) is accurate, it raises very serious questions.

Jamie2k9 · 01-10-2014 1:22am

SeanW wrote: »

I had forgotten how angry that guy was. Nonetheless, if even half of what he wrote about that "Complete Savings" entity (or non-entity as the case may be) is accurate, it raises very serious questions.

You see the only people affected by Complete Savings are those who don't bother reading the T&C's.

SeanW · 01-10-2014 10:42am

What he described sounds like one of those shady torrent sites, where you click on a result, and there's a big advertisement made out like a "download" button for the result, only it leads to some malware "codec" or something. Though I admit I have no first hand experience of this as I normally buy tickets in station, this sounds slimy, and indefensible if true.

Hilly Bill · 01-10-2014 9:55pm

For a chap that has a major issue with IR he hangs around the stations quite a bit being all nicey nicey to staff who dont know him .

Oh...dear...God..

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