Given the low cost it seems a bit of a no-brainer to me. When the Broombridge Luas comes on-stream, this is likely to take quite a few passenger journeys away from Connolly if cost isn't a problem.
Certainly if you were heading for O'Connell street, the south city centre or further south, it would make a lot more sense to change off a Maynooth / M3 commuter train onto the Luas and head in that way. Given how slow Broombridge - Connolly is at present and the resulting walk up to the city centre, it would have to be fast to transfer to Luas.
It is just a pity that the layout doesn't facilitate transfers from Maynooth towards Kildare - that would take some traffic away from Connolly while not affecting the service level if passengers could transfer to Luas for town.
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