There are definitely 4 full sets.
On the way up from Cork there were two sitting at Limerick Junction and a further two (with lights on at the sides) at Inchicore.
The only other explanation that I can come up with for the late launch is that they're waiting to have enough sets available to launch a full Cork-Dublin 2-hourly service. At least that way they'd have a good high impact PR launch as everyone taking the cork-dublin service would be on one of the new trains.
Would 4 sets be sufficient to do that? They'd still have MK3 back up should the need arrise.
Then gradually ramp the service up as the rest of the fleet arrives.
How many sets are they getting in total?
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