Kildare media

[Derek Wheeler]

For christs sake did either of you read what I posted?

Im not disputing the fall off. Never even attempted to, so less of the justification on that score please.

Im saying that its disingenuous to cite improved roads and car parking charges. Bot RUIs Daily Star article and NRGs Kildare article state this as the cause. Neither mention rising unemployment, which many would believe is the real cause.

As I said, the N7 has less traffic on it at the moment. Why? Because 1000s have no need to commute anymore. I know loads of them. (mainly construction and construction related.) It only swells on rainy days for the usual obvious reasons.

The Sallins councillor (Paddy McNamara) is more accurate when citing the downturn. I know people are angry about car parking charges, but its a bit rich rolling them out now as the defacto cause of a fall off. Given time they will impact.

Why
1. Economic conditions, reduction in discretionary travel
2. Car parking charges
3. 15-20% increase in annual tickets coming shortly
4. Continuing poor service
5. Massive improvement in the Red Cow situation

With respect Mark, you mentioned only 2 of those probable causes in the Star. NRG took the same stance in the Leader. Some balance was required and a selection of probable causes shouldve been presented.

However, lets remember that the exact cause has yet to be verified by any official data. Your just speculating and I think it would have been alot more professional to speculate rather than sensationalise.