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Cork Kent station closed - partial roof collapse

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    #62
    Hungerford
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    corktina wrote: »
    Questions will be asked about IEs maintenance standards no doubt

    The fact is that every time that there are high winds in the Dublin area, something falls off the roof and the station has to be shut. It was closed yesterday and will probably be once again when the next storm comes.

    It seems that the issue will only been resolved when a falling piece falls on a train and the RSC/RAIU become involved.:eek:


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    #63
    Jamie2k9
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    Hungerford wrote: »
    The fact is that every time that there are high winds in the Dublin area, something falls off the roof and the station has to be shut. It was closed yesterday and will probably be once again when the next storm comes.

    It seems that the issue will only been resolved when a falling piece falls on a train and the RSC/RAIU become involved.:eek:

    What about the roof on the school in Lucan, looked new and it blew off during the "storm". The roof of Clerys over the summer. Why are IE to blame when roofs and walls were blown down across the country over the last few weeks,
    very unfortunate for IE that Pearse was closed due to wind damage to it's roof recently. Questions will be asked about IEs maintenance standards no doubt

    Will the same questions be asked from all other buildings also effected? The building in Tallaght is a bigger concern but that's fine because IE don't manage it. Yes?


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    #64
    SpaceTime
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    IE are in the unfortunate position of owning a lot of 19th century canopy structures that are in heavy use.


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    #65
    dowlingm
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    The reality is that if IE had sought to change the platform as is on the grounds that it had the potential to be unsafe, An Taisce would have done their nut. The question is now what will be built to replace it?


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    #66
    Jamie2k9
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    SpaceTime wrote: »
    IE are in the unfortunate position of owning a lot of 19th century canopy structures that are in heavy use.

    When the wind also affected 20 and 21th century structures, the age means nothing.
    The reality is that if IE had sought to change the platform as is on the grounds that it had the potential to be unsafe, An Taisce would have done their nut. The question is now what will be built to replace it?

    Potential being the important word, it wasn't an actual safety risk. The reality is nothing is safe from the weather.


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    #67
    Hungerford
    Registered Users Posts: 912 ✭✭✭Hungerford


    EU rail accident database indicates that an investigation into event has been opened by the Railway Safety Commission.


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    #68
    Bogger77
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    Victor wrote: »
    The houses on Lower Glanmire Road suffered slate damage, not complete destruction. Compare foreground and middle ground here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/11438095896/

    There's currently more than 10 houses on that stretch of road, with scaffolding erected. No houses on the other side of the road were damaged, so less than 30 feet away. In my area, less than 200 meters from the train station, the aerials and sat dishes on poles above the roof were not damaged or moved. There's an abandoned house nearby, which was a tiger era development opportunity, with a slate roof that doesn't look great, which again didn't suffer any damage. So it was very localized. but, the biggest inconvenience, and risk to life, was caused by the falling slates, yet no one is blaming householders for their lack of maintenance. In the pictures in the link, you can see there's one or two houses with undamaged roofs surrounded by destroyed roofs, making it obvious to me, at least, that the wind wasn't the only reason the roofs failed.


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