Streaker holds up Limerick train

[Donal Quinn]

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Streaker holds up Limerick train

13 July 2006 11:34

A Limerick to Dublin train was delayed by 20 minutes this morning after a naked man stood on the railway blocking the line.

The incident occurred just outside Colbert Station in Limerick.

GardaÃ* were alerted and removed the man from the line.

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ok own up...

[Thomas J Stamp]

Insert joke about IRN members here......

[Mark Gleeson]

Gives locosexual a whole new angle

[Mark]

Where's Mr. Bibby?

[CSL]

We'll call him the 'Emperor' he must be an IE marketing manager,

[Thomas J Stamp]

Apparently he walked six miles on the track from the junction towards Limerick stark naked. I am now looking into the possibility of sponsoring him to walk naked along the Junction to Ballybrophy stretch.

[Mark Gleeson]

Not much point won't make the papers no trains

[TomB]

Originally Posted by Mark

Where's Mr. Bibby?

OK, OK, it was me. After resigning from the committee in frustration at the lack of support in the committee for my views on the revolutionary role that Parry People Movers could play in re-opening the Donegal narrow-gauge network, I am forming my own campaign.

I'm starting with my home town of Limerick, and like the suffragettes, I'm taking direct action to fight injustice, which in this case is the refusal of Irish Rail to replace those horrible 201-hauled Mk3 sets with double-headed 121s and Park Royal coaches. Only reinstatement of these gems will get my naked ass of the tracks. I will then focus on getting the whole of the North Kerry line, including the Fenit Branch, reopened.

The name of the campaign? Limerick And District Organisation against Underutilisation of Track.

Our website, www.LADOUT.com will be up shortly

[ACustomer]

If he's young and fit he could probably out-run the trains on the Nenagh line. Problem solved.

[Thomas J Stamp]

Not much point won't make the papers no trains

That do be the point.

[Mark Gleeson]

Originally Posted by Irish Independent

Streaker on the tracks is just the latest in long line of exhibitionists


THE current fascination with nudity and public transport continued yesterday after a naked man literally stopped a train in its tracks.

The latest incident comes in the wake of a streaker on the Luas, and a couple having sex in full view of other passengers on the Dart in the past week.

Passengers on a Limerick to Limerick Junction train yesterday morning were stunned to see the man enjoying the summer weather as he strolled along the busy line.

The man, who is a non-Irish national, is believed to have walked at least six miles along the tracks before he stopped the high-speed train on the city's outskirts.

"From what we're hearing, he is not in full control of his faculties," Barry Kenny of Iarnrod Eireann said.

"The 9.55 train from Limerick to Limerick Junction was blocked for about 20 minutes but the gardai then arrived and removed the man.

"He was just outside Limerick station and the driver wouldn't have got his speed up too much at that stage, so he was able to bring the train to a halt.

"I believe that the man was also throwing stones at passing road traffic and the train."

Officers from Roxboro Road Garda Station were alerted and a man in his early 30s was arrested. "He was arrested for trespassing on the railway line," a garda spokesman confirmed.

Earlier this week, Ciaran Plower (23) revealed that he had streaked along two carriages of the Luas to win a €500 bet, while Iarnrod Eireann launched an investigation last weekend after a young couple had sex on the Dart.

Reviewing

Spokesman Barry Kenny said gardai are reviewing CCTV footage from the Sandycove Dart station which they believe identifies the couple.

Although the Dart in question was an older train and not equipped with a CCTV camera, gardai believe the footage showing the couple waiting for the train at Sandycove is sufficient to track down at least one of the suspects.

"At least one of them is identifiable and gardai believe one of the two is known to them," he said.

Yet despite the outrageous display in which the couple engaged in both oral and full-on sex on the floor of the carriage during the evening rush-hour, no official complaints have been lodged by fellow passengers, he added.

Jason O'Brien

http://unison.ie/irish_independent/s...issue_id=14347
© Irish Independent 2006

[PaulM]

I think I'm glad Thomas B stepped down.

I'll only walk around busy tracks naked!