Coming to Ireland

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I' ve posted this on the Ireland site but there' s more traffic here so!!

I' ve got to come to Ireland for a couple of days next week. Work is in Belfast / Ballymena but I' m going to base myself in or around Dublin.

Three basically simple questions

Am I likely to have any trouble with an English Registered Porsche in this area? (I came over a few years ago and remember an incident when kids threw stones at my Golf in a small southern Ireland village)

Are the roads the sort that I would enjoy?

Can I use / do I need my radar detector?

Any suggestions where to go - I' m booked into a hotel just outside Dublin Friday, Sunday, and Monday (Couldn' t get Saturday because of the Rugby) so I' m looking for an overnight trip saturday and a couple of day trips - got the girlfriend so I can' t get away with just visiting a good road if you know what I mean

Thanks

Roy

 

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Roy

Having taken my porker across the south coast of Ireland last year, we got nothing but friendly responses from all the people that we met; certainly no stones, so that was probably a bit of a one-off (I hope !)

The roads that we used, admitedly further south than you will be, were the worst that I have seen in Europe ! Huge pot holes and broken surfaces, making braking a bit hit and miss at times ! At least the EU was spending money on them.

The idea of distances in kilometres, and speed limits in mph, took a bit of head scratching on the first day, until you realise that 30 kph is just too slow to be true, so it must be mph.