http://www.eire.com/2008/reviewing-the-signage-on-irelands-motorway-system/ Government, Infrastructure, Business Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.eire.com/2008/reviewing-the-signage-on-irelands-motorway-system/comment-page-1/#comment-215869 James Lawless Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:47:47 +0000 http://www.eire.com/2008/01/07/reviewing-the-signage-on-irelands-motorway-system/#comment-215869 Hi Antoin finally got round to checking out your blog - I like it! On the history of motorways you can go back a lot further than the 60s - you can trace their lineage back centuries to the turnpikes which were effectively early forms of PPP where local landlords would collect tithes from passing coaches for the privilege of using the road - a bit like today's tolling booths. The turnpike operators came to a sticky end when a mob lynched one of them and the magistrate said he couldn't blame them - a moral in the story for the NRA maybe?! Check out the snap of us back on my blog btw - latest post. So long for now.. Hi Antoin finally got round to checking out your blog – I like it! On the history of motorways you can go back a lot further than the 60s – you can trace their lineage back centuries to the turnpikes which were effectively early forms of PPP where local landlords would collect tithes from passing coaches for the privilege of using the road – a bit like today’s tolling booths. The turnpike operators came to a sticky end when a mob lynched one of them and the magistrate said he couldn’t blame them – a moral in the story for the NRA maybe?! Check out the snap of us back on my blog btw – latest post. So long for now..

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