Nigel, the lx-61, which I have is now only $119 from Sweetwater.   That's just a killer deal; free shipping, ooodles of controls, good touch, programed for sonar, transport controls... Nothing else in its class and this price is crazy awesome... You should be able to find it over in Ireland for similar bucks...
http://www.sweetwater.com...RfcOjjE5oYEaAp_f8P8HAQ

I got the A300 PRO a while ago and like it. I do not use a lot of the controller features on it (mostly just the keys), but it has an ACT button right on the board. The few things I tried with this worked fine.

It was also made in the day when Roland owned CW, so is pretty well integrated to SONAR. I do like the extra keys and small footprint of it.