The 08 VOR/DME was suspended PDQ after the incidents a few years back and I think it true to say that most of the Manx local aviators always believed it was a procedure waiting for an accident. However, the suspension didn't last long because I guess it was about a year later it re-appears in all its glory, unmodified, still counting down the DME into the IOM VOR and then counting out towards the field. IMHO it should never have been reintroduced. RW08 has ILS or LLZ/DME or, if push comes to shove, SRA from the admirable RWY controllers.
Would any viewers from the tower care to divulge why the 08 GP has been so tempermantal of late?