no driver's license

[Brian Condron]

Originally Posted by markh

Does the opposite of this mean, that if we drive we wouldnt give a toss about public transport?

That's the general impression I get in this country.

[sandraoh]

I quit my job in Dublin because of the lack of a late train service to Portlaoise. I will have to drive to my new job in Birr because there is no public transport option. I have a provisional licence and have been waiting for my test for 6 months and have just found out the waiting list have gone up by another month.

[Thomas J Stamp]

Originally Posted by sandraoh

I quit my job in Dublin because of the lack of a late train service to Portlaoise. I will have to drive to my new job in Birr because there is no public transport option. I have a provisional licence and have been waiting for my test for 6 months and have just found out the waiting list have gone up by another month.

That is an absolute disgrace. To all those idiots who still think Irish Rail provide anything like a proper service - even as close in as Portlaoise to Dublin - read that post again. Disgraceful.

[Mark Gleeson]

Well the usual IE game of its a good idea and we wiill think about it bascially f*** off this is our trainset don't tell us how to run it

Now where do I remember that same sentiment being expressed..........

[sandraoh]

Last year at a meeting with Myles I was promised a service after 9pm to portlaoise in this new timetable. This year in the same meeting I was told 2009 which probably means January 2010. Up until recently I had to go to my parents house on an 11 o'clock bus for 1 week out of every 3 because I needed to work until half nine. We have since bought a car and my husband collects me from Kildare at the moment. Once I got told 2009 I had my mind made up for me. I'll be "meeting the manager" next week and telling them the same thing. Also my employer is going to write a complaint to Irish Rail about the service.

[Mark Gleeson]

We where expecting a 22:00 to Cork in 2007 but it didn't happen

Dundalk at 50 miles last train is 22:22 and has been for years

Irish Rail persits in sending empty trains around the place, 22:45 to Kildare runs empty back to Inchicore, shortly after 5 a empty train leaves Dublin for Portlaois

[2Funki4Wheelz]

Originally Posted by sandraoh

Last year at a meeting with Myles I was promised a service after 9pm to portlaoise in this new timetable. This year in the same meeting I was told 2009 which probably means January 2010. Up until recently I had to go to my parents house on an 11 o'clock bus for 1 week out of every 3 because I needed to work until half nine. We have since bought a car and my husband collects me from Kildare at the moment. Once I got told 2009 I had my mind made up for me. I'll be "meeting the manager" next week and telling them the same thing. Also my employer is going to write a complaint to Irish Rail about the service.

It is shocking, same for me in Portarlington, I had to leave a position where there was often overtime so the last train @ 9pm wasn't suitable, and for us there's not even a bus alternative and we've no car in our house.

At our meeting it was said there wouldn't really be scope for later trains until all the new rolling stock had arrived = 12th of Never.

[Mark Gleeson]

Fact is the 22:45 could run the whole way to Cork its not needed again until 5:30 am

The lack of rolling stock was never a excuse

Then of course why the 22:45 can't run from Pearse, after all by the admissiion of Steve and Myles the railcars swap at night to go to Drogheda so again no reason why not

Now if I had €50,000 could charter a train every night for a month and charge you nothing