Luas is just as bad since you can't purchase in advance you get the ridiculous bus vs luas validation game as well.
What we need is a simple straightforward uncomplicated structure, tickets are valid between the specified dates and no more. You should be able to select the start and end dates and so on even if its 3 weeks 4 days and so on. All perfectly doable
Smartcard will implictly handle this we hope since it will charge based on actual trips not based on expected, you never know where you are going to be next week.
Given the poor Irish compliance with rules allowing grace on tickets is likely to cause more trouble than it is worth, of course it would work fine on mainland Europe
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