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Major Irish Rail warning with all services AXED between 2 busy seaside destinations for full day during weekend heatwave

Major Irish Rail warning with all services AXED between 2 busy seaside destinations for full day during weekend heatwave

The Irish Suna day ago
AN URGENT warning has been issued to thousands of Irish Rail commuters as "engineering works" are set to take place at a major train station.
There will be no train services between Dun Laoghaire and
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They said: "Engineering works will take place between Dun Laoghaire and Bray on Saturday 12th July.
"There will be no train service between Dun Laoghaire and Bray.
"DART services will operate between Malahide / Howth and Dun Laoghaire stations only."
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There will be no train service between Dun Laoghaire and Bray this Saturday.
And the following stations will be closed for train services: Sandycove and Glasthule, Glenageary, Dalkey, Killiney, and Shankill.
Passengers
are now being advised to check Irish
Rail's JourneyPlanner before
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Additional engineering works will also take place this Saturday between Mallow and
And some service alterations and amendments will take place on Saturday, July 12.
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The 9pm Heuston to Cork service will operate to Mallow only - as a result, bus transfers from Mallow to Cork will operate instead.
The 10pm and the 11pm Cork to Mallow services will be substituted by bus transfers.
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And the 10:30pm Mallow to Cork will also be substituted by bus transfers.
Meanwhile, an urgent warning has been issued to Irish drivers as a major tunnel used by thousands is set to close for hours tonight.
The planned full tunnel closure is set to take place tonight.
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The busy tunnel will also be fully closed from 9pm to 4am on July 9 and July 10.
And Irish
The Cork Super Cup match between Cork city and Celtic is taking place at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh this evening from 6pm.
And an Evening with Roy Keane in conversation with Roddy Doyle is also set to take place at Live At Marquee tonight and also tomorrow starting at 8pm.
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