@davidmill & Crazywater - I'd offer to bring stuff over from the US for you (planning on visiting Galway this summer), but I think my wife would kill me if she saw any more Lego coming into the house regardless of the reason :)
Check out bricklink, you'll be able to pickup up straight (€1.25) and curve (€0.40) sections of track for reasonable money. It really comes down to, what is your goal?
Current track sets from Lego.ie are: (when you compare the selection with regular model trains it is disappointing)
7499 Flexible and Straight Tracks
8867 Flexible Train Tracks
7895 Switching Tracks (includes 4 curve tracks)
Links:
http://www.bricklink...10&searchSort=P
http://www.bricklink...10&searchSort=P
Keep it simple, for now at least, davidmull. Read through the various posts, and learn the religion that some folk subscribe too. Finally, enjoy yourself.
I wish I could take credit for the "cow-orker" phrase:
http://en.wikipedia....#Coined_phrases
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/cow-orker.html
But there are times when it is an appropriate typo.
Hopefully Lego will get more stock before Christmas, as it is "Product Not Available" on their site - not sure how this differs from out of stock...
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/santa-s-workshop-10245