Iarnrod Eireann have ‘sincerely’ apologised to a gay man and his husband for an incident in Heuston Station on Sunday where they were prevented from travelling on a train to Cork because the ticket checker and station master would not allow them to travel on a Department of Social Protection travel pass. The pass was […]
Very interesting ruling from the Equality Tribunal about the rights of people with Free Travel to book tickets on Irish Rail trains in advance. The case was taken by a senior citizen. The complainant is a regular user of the respondent’s train services, primarily between Dublin and Killarney. Prior to receiving his Free Travel Pass […]
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I get more than a few visits to the blog – Google is kind to me – lots of google searches for Steve Staunton, Niall McElwee, more recently People in Need land here. This morning a commuter from yesterdays Dublin-Waterford 4.25pm train searched visited and went to the post on signage for people with disabilities […]
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On the commuter trains in every carriage there are at least 4 seats marked with this sign. Commuting on the train each day can be a lottery in terms of getting a seat. Depending on how packed it is, how generous other commuters are and how pissed off and stroppy I am I try […]
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