Way back in the early seventies I was taking the Dublin/Holyhead ferry one night. There was still a "first class" and "second class" division on the boat at that time. It was the early days of the IRA campaign and there had been a rash of hoax bomb scares. I arrived on the quay to find a large crowd being shepherded off the boat and back to the waiting rooms. On enquiring, I was told "There's a bomb scare!" The crowd were the second class passengers only - the first class had been left, presumably, in the bar. "We didn't want to disturb them." said one of the staff!

Always struck me as an example of what we call "an Irish solution to an Irish problem".

Regards