News from Ballybrophy
Residents in Castleconnell, Co Limerick, were left reeling after the 7pm Ballybrophy to Limerick train sounded its horn and screeched its breaks before careering through the busy crossing, which was open to road traffic at the time. "It was a miracle ...
Train crash into barrier prompts Irish Rail probe
Iarnród Éireann are investigating how a train crashed through a level crossing which was open to road traffic at the time. The 7pm Ballybrophy to Limerick train crashed through safety barrier gates at the level-crossing at Castleconnell, Co Limerick ...
Iarnród Éireann investigating how train crashed through a...
Iarnród Éireann has described an incident involving a train that crashed through a railway level crossing while it remained open to road traffic and pedestrians as "very serious". The company said it is investigating how the 7pm Ballybrophy to Limerick ...
Leaf residue blamed after Limerick train crashes through level-crossing gates
“We were planning to get the 6.40am train and we were hoping to be home in Ballybrophy by 9am but that's all gone by the wayside now,” said Roisin who is studying Applied Psychology. Aisling, who is studying law, admitted they missed media coverage of ...
Students among the few to arrive at Cork train station
The annual Mass at the Mass Pit in Ballyquaid, Ballybrophy will be celebrated on Sunday evening August 16 at 7.30pm. This ancient and historic place of worship was restored ten years ago and the annual Mass serves to remind us of the sacrifices and ...
There are just minutes to scramble from the intercity train to the branch line at Ballybrophy. Thankfully though, the two-carriage local train is waiting in a cloud of steam. Five people clamber aboard and the train leaves at a slow, laborious, almost ...
Taking the slow train to Limerick
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