Was there lobbying that ensured Ireland committed itself completely and irrevocably to becoming a country covered in motorways, rather than train lines? Who knows. I would certainly not discount it.

April 09, 2026 - 12:59 UTC

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Yes - Ford built their first car plant outside the US in Cork in 1917 and my understanding is that the aggressive removal of tram lines and railways from Ireland post-independence was a direct result of their lobbying.
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I can remember freight trains going through Cork city to the docks.
And a lot of the tracks were still there when I was a teenager.
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Chances are @aodhquinlivan.bsky.social might might know at council level, if documents survived the burning of Cork
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: 😠
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An entire country ensnared by the plot of Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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