They simply dropped the ball here and it was flaged well in advance that flodding in the North West was expected. They got a warning on Saturday morning with flooding in Sligo station impacting signilling. Moving sets would not be a problem with planning and even if it was a last minute thing its more than doable.
As for economics, raising the line up a couple of foot would go a long way I expect and not really require significant captial spend. Given its a lake, it will take a lot of time to clear.
Question is what will they do next time, getting caught once might be acceptable to a degree but if it floods again this winter and units left in Sligo the NTA should be demanding answers.
I also say the reduced capacity on services currently is them been very lazy or un willing to swap rosters around. They could free up additional capacity if they put their minds to it for Mon-Thur at the very least. I know exactly where it can come from but I do not expect any change to happen. At the very least 05.45/17.05 could have extra capacoty but not be at normal capacity.
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