Stasi at Heuston station

[Colm Moore]

Originally Posted by plant43

You get the same "them and us" attitude over there as well. I did encounter some incredibly rude SNCF staff while in France, equally as rude as the IR equivalent. And while they might not have STS over there, they do have the amry patrolling alot of the major stations in France these days and I would find them more intimidating than STS.

These were probably CRS, not army. Its not uncommon to see them in public places, with rifles or sub-machineguns.

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