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The IRA fitted vehicles, specially vans and trucks, with both types of weapons. Vans, trucks and tractors were modified to transport concealed improvised mortars to a launch area near the intended target and fire them, [1] while light and heavy trucks were employed as firing platforms mounting machine guns, particularly M60s and DShKs. [2]
Until the early 1970s CIÉ built its own buses at its Spa Road factory in Dublin, which was taken over by Van Hool McArdle in 1974 but closed in 1978. In 1980 GAC Ireland was established in Shannon, but closed in 1986, leaving the Republic of Ireland needing to import buses thereafter.
The Northern Ireland section of the line was also upgraded to 90 mph running on many sections of the line. [ citation needed ] Today the journey times vary between 2 hours 5 minutes (with four intermediate stops) and 2 hours 20 minutes (with six intermediate stops), [ 4 ] with an average speed of 93 and 84 km/h (58 and 52 mph) respectively.
The Northern Irish authorities have no plans to replace the A1 route (currently dual carriageway) with a motorway, although many junctions have now been grade separated. Currently, to drive from Dublin city centre to Belfast, one travels along the M1 (Republic of Ireland), N1, A1 and M1 (Northern Ireland).
Cavan (/ ˈ k æ v ən / KAV-ən; Irish: An Cabhán, meaning 'the hollow' [2]) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Ballyshannon and Donegal Town (to the north).
An Ulsterbus Volvo B7R at former Europa Buscentre in October 2023. Ulsterbus is responsible for most of the bus services in Northern Ireland.They operate around 20 bus stations which include: Armagh, Antrim, Lisburn, Bangor, Newtownards, Downpatrick, Newry, Craigavon, Dungannon, Omagh, Enniskillen, Derry, Coleraine, Ballymena, Magherafelt, Larne and Newcastle and others within Belfast and ...
Car and truck bombings in Northern Ireland (1 C, 21 P, 1 F) ... (Northern Ireland) Dublin–Belfast corridor; P. Pedestrian crossings in the United Kingdom
On 15 June 1988 an unmarked military van carrying six British Army soldiers was blown up by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) at Market Place in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The explosion took place at the end of a charity marathon run in which the soldiers had participated. All six soldiers were killed in the attack – four outright ...