Talk about lazy journalism - the TGV may only have started in 1981, but the French had run trains at 320 kph as early as 1967. 200 kph may be faster than we've ever run passenger services before, but it really isn't very fast by European standards.
If IE ever do achieve 200 kph on the Dublin Cork line, I suspect it will only hit its top speed for a few short sections, with lots of restricted sections.
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