Interesting articles

sparky42 · 23-06-2025 09:32PM

It really does seem something so pointless that you have to wonder did Eamon Ryan and co come up with it? Of all the things that you could think about spending anything on, this is not it.

Manic Moran · 23-06-2025 10:15PM

If they are that rarely used and suitable for ceremonies, why not just use the Rolls to haul the coffin? It’s already immaculate, beautiful and with history. And they can apparently keep it running.

blindsider · 23-06-2025 10:19PM

Spoke to someone in the motor trade re this…they reckoned that €20K each would give you a really good electric engine conversion - it would be top notch!

I sincerely hope that someone credible gets in touch with the powers that be, and asks them to look again…..

BTW, anyone know anything about bike sheds…or large volume printers?

Larbre34 · 23-06-2025 11:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123574173#Comment_123574173

The Rolls might be a runner, but you couldn't call it reliable.

Especially not to tow a gun carriage at low speed for perhaps several miles. It would almost certainly overheat, or jam in gear, or lock a brake, and cause all sorts of embarrassment.

I personally don't see any issue towing a funeral gun carriage with a utility Land Cruiser that has been suitably polished up, but if they're insistent on a flat bed to accommodate the gimbel for the gun carriage tow beam, why not just get a few Hiluxes done in gloss drab green and blacked out bright work. Perfectly dignified.