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Ex Irish P20 class delivered to the Libyan Navy
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Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Postit also begs the question, why doesnt the NS have a base elsewhere? Even the Don had two!
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostThere were a number of Naval ports in use in the early 20th century, including Killybegs, Bear island, Dunlaoghaire. We do need another Naval base with alongside berths, shore installations, fuel tanks, and acceptable accommodation. In any event a port of refuge is needed, if you have to reposition assets in a conflict or emergency situation. The Defence forces have never acquired a predictive outlook and plan for the inevitable. The relinquishing of Defence lands all over the country has painted us into a corner with the Curragh as the last Bastion for the Army, while the Navy are squeezed by loss of harbour property and an ongoing encroachment by the CHB.
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostNow our mandarins have augmented the use of our only Naval Base, squeezed by Harbour developments, by adding an Amenity/Play Park to it's Naval Dockyard. So now Haulbowline is , in geographic order, a Crematorium, Naval Base and Dockyard, and Public Amenity Park, all using the same bridge access. I wonder who is in charge of Strategic thinking!!!
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Originally posted by DeV View PostWhat use could the DF had put the now park?
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Not a chance. That is a green field site for at least the next centenary. Anyone considering breaking ground there does so risking exposure of toxic by products, which they have spent the last few years going to lots of trouble keeping them below the subsoil and out of the atmosphere.
Those who work on the island will have a nice park to take their lunchtime run, an alternative to crossing the bridge.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostNot a chance. That is a green field site for at least the next centenary. Anyone considering breaking ground there does so risking exposure of toxic by products, which they have spent the last few years going to lots of trouble keeping them below the subsoil and out of the atmosphere.
Those who work on the island will have a nice park to take their lunchtime run, an alternative to crossing the bridge.
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostThe only way to use such a site is bury it deep with cleaner materials. If, say ,widening the East wall by moving it 350 feet eastwards then all that material could be spread over the present remediated area. New buildings could be built on drill hole piles that are rafted together, and services could be run in the new added top layers. In the meantime it could be a recreational facility. Right now it gets waterlogged in part.
I fear though it will become like the other park on a dump in Cork, which is inaccessible most of the time, and impossible to access as pedestrians, due to one locked gate.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostThe remediation dealt with the pools.
I fear though it will become like the other park on a dump in Cork, which is inaccessible most of the time, and impossible to access as pedestrians, due to one locked gate.
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