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Turns out that hand dryers can spread bacteria

That’s according to a new study from the University of Leeds.

Updated 12.17pm

Dyson Event Launch Mark Von Holden Mark Von Holden

IF YOU USE hand dryers because you think they’re the most hygienic choice at a public toilet, you might want to read ahead…

Scientists at the University of Leeds have found that high-powered ‘jet-air’ and warm air hand dryers can actually spread bacteria in public restrooms.

The details of their study were released by the University of Leeds and show that:

Airborne germ counts were 27 times higher around jet air dryers in comparison with the air around paper towel dispensers.

Yikes.

However, it must be noted that the study was funded by the European Tissue Symposium.

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According to the University:

The research team, led by Professor Mark Wilcox of the School of Medicine, contaminated hands with a harmless type of bacteria called Lactobacillus, which is not normally found in public bathrooms. This was done to mimic hands that have been poorly washed.

It said that subsequent detection of the Lactobacillus in the air “proved that it must have come from the hands during drying”.

The team collected air samples around the hand dryers and from one and two metres away.

They found that during their study:

  • Air bacterial counts close to jet air dryers were 4.5 times higher than around warm air dryers
  • They were 27 times higher compared with the air when using paper towels.
  • 48% of the Lactobacilli were collected more than five minutes after drying ended
  • The Lactobacilli were still detected in the air 15 minutes after hand drying.

Professor Wilcox said:

Next time you dry your hands in a public toilet using an electric hand dryer, you may be spreading bacteria without knowing it.  You may also be splattered with bugs from other people’s hands.

Dyson’s response

In an email, Dyson said that its Airblade hand dryer “has been proven [through research] to be as hygienic as paper towels”.

Its in-house microbiologist noted that the research was commissioned by the paper towel industry.

They have tested glove covered hands, which have been contaminated with unrealistically high levels of bacteria, and not washed. The Dyson Airblade hand dryer is the fastest, most hygienic way to dry hands and it produces up to 71 per cent less CO2 than paper towels. It can dry 18 pairs of hands for the price of a single paper towel.

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    Mute lelookcoco
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:09 AM

    I travel by train when abroad, never in Ireland

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    Mute Mirabelle Stonegate
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:29 AM

    @lelookcoco: Same. Travelling by train in Ireland is far too expensive and impractical the vast majority of the time.

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    Mute Tim Pot
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    Jul 31st 2022, 5:50 PM

    @Mirabelle Stonegate:
    I suggest you check the prices as they are actually the cheapest way to get around at the moment. Fares reduced by 20% for most people, 50% for students.

    Bus to Dublin was €20 for me, €11 on the train. using viamichelin(dot)com estimated car costs to be €16

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    Mute Mirabelle Stonegate
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    Jul 31st 2022, 6:41 PM

    @Tim Pot: If I want to go to Cork City, I have to pay about €20 for a taxi, or more one way if I want to drive into town for a bus, and pay for parking, then €14 return for a ticket. Then, if I want to go to Dublin, it’s a further €21.49 each way.

    Based on the Iaranrod Eireann website, it’s €31.31 each way by car.

    So, by car, it’s €62.62 to Dublin. Or to go by train, it’s €97, once a taxi and a bus are added into the mix. €63,50 return, to go by bus, without having to account for the train.

    To get a train to Dublin, I have to literally get a bus in the opposite direction first.

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    Mute Luan Willis
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    Aug 1st 2022, 11:01 AM

    @Mirabelle Stonegate: From where?

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    Mute M Bowe
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:47 AM

    I live in Donegal, what is a train????

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    Mute Dave Connolly
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:16 AM

    Portlaoise to Dublin 25 euro return. Car 20 euro in juice. Do the math Irish Rail. Far too expensive.

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    Mute Paddy Bo Diddly
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:21 AM

    @Dave Connolly: How much for the car, the insurance, the tax, the maintenance, the parking… do the math Dave

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    Mute DK Donnelly
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:26 AM

    @Paddy Bo Diddly: you can put up to 5 in the car for the same price.
    5 x €25 = ????
    Do the math.

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    Mute Colm de Cleir
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:35 AM

    @Paddy Bo Diddly: Unfortunately you have to pay the tax and insurance, and NCT, whether you bring the car or leave it at home. The only way to avoid it is to get rid of it altogether which isn’t really an option for most as some of the Donegalese commenters have poonted out.

    And if you did that you’d have to get the bus/train/taxis everywhere so you’d likely end up spending more than the tax/insurance would have cost you. Bringing a family anywhere would cost a fortune!

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    Mute Gary
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:38 AM

    @Paddy Bo Diddly: But most people that use public transport will also have a car, therefore tax and insurance should not be considered, so dave is correct, public transport is still too expensive to encourage people to use it instead of a car. It needs to be less expensive. Trains are now overcrowded in Germany with tickets at €9 per month, thats how we need to be going here in Ireland. We still need to charge to use public transport, but not at the current prices

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    Mute Liam Meade
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:50 AM

    @Dave Connolly: and parking add €5-10

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    Mute Pól Leavser
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:57 AM

    @Dave Connolly: yeah no idea how this isn’t a commuter train and fare yet. Day out in Dublin on the train for a family of 4 is 75 quid. Makes zero sense to me why it’s so expensive yet naas 15 minutes up the road is only 9€ return

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    Mute Paul Owens
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:38 AM

    @Dave Connolly: Don’t forget wear and tear on car,tax, insurance and of course the NCT,,,lot more than fuel costs

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    Mute Pól Leavser
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:58 AM

    @Paul Owens: you have them costs anyways. Very few people outside the major cities don’t have a car. It’s nearly impossible to not have a car in any county outside Dublin. If you have kids trying to get them to matches is impossible without a car. Ireland isn’t designed to survive without a car unfortunately. But the places that have good train infrastructure trains should be a viable cost option. And at 25 quid return it isn’t. Driving is cheaper even for one person

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    Mute Megan Finnegan Ward
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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:41 PM

    @Gary: agree with you on a few points there but most people I know who use public transport don’t own a car. Thats why they use public transport. And they choose not to drive because they can use public transport. So it doesn’t need to be factored in for many

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    Mute Paul Linehan
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    Jul 31st 2022, 2:08 PM

    @Dave Connolly: factor in the time taken to find a parking space and the stress of driving in Dublin traffic. Average cost of suburban parking is €1.80 per hour and city centre parking €3.50 per hour. Doing business on the train journey can be helpful pre meeting and the benefit of knowing that a couple of pints won’t affect your journey on the way home. If you’re within walking distance of your nearest train station, then it’s a lot less stressful to use the train and the online fares are much cheaper than the €25 you quote. A lot of return fares from most places are good value and allow you to include the city centre return fare on your ticket… There also provincial bus services that are very competitive too.

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    Mute John Rowan
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    Jul 31st 2022, 3:46 PM

    @Dave Connolly: in Porto at the moment – 3 day travel pass €15, metro, bus and trams. Probably cheaper if you get weekly or monthly pass. Always on time.

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    Mute Tim Pot
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    Jul 31st 2022, 5:58 PM

    @Dave Connolly:
    €5 in the difference and you haven’t even paid for parking yet. You can work on the train, read a book etc. When was the last time the train was delayed due to the evening rush hour?

    I think it’s you who need to do the Math to be honest.

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    Mute John Smith
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    Jul 31st 2022, 6:04 PM

    @Paddy Bo Diddly: you have to pay them anyway,

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    Mute Heather Knowles
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    Aug 1st 2022, 9:54 AM

    @Paddy Bo Diddly: I’m sure the insurance, tax and maintenance need to be paid regardless of an occasional train journey! Plus for every additional passenger in the car it soon works out multiple times cheaper.

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    Mute Heather Knowles
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    Aug 1st 2022, 9:59 AM

    @Paddy Bo Diddly: Let’s also add in the chaotic seat booking where you may not even get your reserved seat/s. The complete lack of refreshments available on board and having to put up with the antisocial behaviour that occurs quite regularly on board, If the price difference is negligible no one in their right mind would choose it over the comfort and convenience of their car. Sorry but that’s the truth.

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    Mute Gareth Keenan
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:20 AM

    From Donegal. So never.

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    Mute S
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:21 AM

    @Gareth Keenan: same

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    Mute Jim Buckley Barrett
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:34 AM

    Try and get from Cork to Galway and see why people don’t use the train

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    Mute rugbyanbeer
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:06 AM

    @Jim Buckley Barrett: the scenery must be spectacular

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    Mute Steve O'Hara-Smith
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:44 AM

    @Jim Buckley Barrett: That’s easy if tedious. Try getting from 50 kilometres out of Cork (say to the West) to a village 30 kilometers out of Galway using only public transport – on a Sunday.

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    Mute Seamus O'Corcorain
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    Aug 1st 2022, 7:40 PM

    @Jim Buckley Barrett: Cork to Waterford is worse. Grand tour of Dublins railway stations… As for Waterford to Rosslare… shambles doesnt cover it.

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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:06 AM

    I use the train every day for work. I wish I didn’t have to. I wish we had a system like any other European country.

    Capacity issues, frequency issues, signalling issues, dirty carriages, etc etc. As someone who uses the train to get to work every day, it is more rare that the train is on time. And connections? You can forget about it. Public transport in Ireland is not punctual and then you end up waiting an hour to make the connection waiting for the next bus/train.

    Disgusting system altogether, and anyone who defends it is part of the problem. We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world, why do we have the worst infrastructure in Europe. See: any other country in Europe.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jul 31st 2022, 4:42 PM

    @Tomo: I don’t see either why people without a Leap Card can’t buy a train and DART ticket in one machine. Visitors don’t have a Leap Card handy, they don’t have coins to hand coming from an airport, but they have to queue for vending machines at each leg of a connecting journey.

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    Mute Type17
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    Jul 31st 2022, 9:34 PM

    @Tomo: If you want to get even angrier about our own train service, have a look at this YouTube video by a Canadian living in The Netherlands – he reckons that Swiss trains are even better than his own Dutch ones – it’ll make you sick if you use Irish trains – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muPcHs-E4qc

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    Mute Jacqueline Reid
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    Aug 1st 2022, 6:28 PM

    @Fiona Fitzgerald: there is a visitor leap card which is available at the airport. There is a 1, 3 or 7 day card which can be used in all public transport..

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    Mute Patrick O'Brien
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:13 AM

    ‘getting from A to B’, where ‘A’ is for airshow and ‘B’ is for Bray

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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:41 AM

    Our rail days went with the British, there’ll never be new track of significance as contemporary politicians are just jobbers, with no vision or long-term plan to improve life on the island, even if there was we won’t pay for it, zero aspiration.

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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:03 PM

    @thesaltyurchin: there was tracks everywhere then

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    Mute Teresa O'Halloran
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:48 AM

    I love the train, but there is no train station near me, as they closed it in the 1970s.

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    Mute B Ó Raghallaigh
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:57 AM

    Half an hour to drive from home to work, 3 hours by train.

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    Mute Anne Marie Kearney
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:29 AM

    Vision impaired people cannot drive have free travel in Ireland… How do I get from Wexford to Kilkenny? Oh I can’t. I would rather pay a little bit and actually have a service… has The train still left Rosslare port before the boat actually gets in? How do we reduce using the car if there is actually no alternative? It’s easier for me to get to London than to get to the beach ten miles away

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    Mute Stephen Kelly
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    Jul 31st 2022, 4:06 PM

    @Anne Marie Kearney: and arrived in the Port after the boat has gone. IR only want the few busy lines, the test can close as far as they are concerned.

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    Mute Stephen Kelly
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    Jul 31st 2022, 4:07 PM

    @Stephen Kelly: *rest*

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    Mute DK Donnelly
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:28 AM

    Prices are reasonable at the moment with the reduction. The problem is frequency & journey time. Rail still can’t compete with the car at the moment on those fronts.

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    Mute Mirabelle Stonegate
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:46 AM

    @DK Donnelly: Accessibility is also an issue.

    In order to access any form of public transport, I need to use a car.

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    Mute Gary
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:58 AM

    @Mirabelle Stonegate: they have some very good Park and Ride systems in place outside towns and cities in the UK, why can’t we have them? And the parking in these should be included in the price of the bus/train ticket. Public transport needs to be an attractive option, not money making, but in Ireland it will always be too expensive to ditch the car

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    Mute Brian Tracy
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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:00 PM

    Got the train from Dublin to Kerry 14 years ago, cost €80.Got a flight from Dublin to Amsterdam 6 years ago cost €80 plus I got to Amsterdam in less time.

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    Mute Kevin O'Brien
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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:53 PM

    @Brian Tracy: Considering a plane moves at about 500 mph +, of course you got there in less time lol. Looked to get a train for my parents from Cork to Waterford a few months ago online. It would have taken them over 4 hours (other times were over 5 hours) absolute joke.

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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:22 PM

    For a major European city like Dublin, it’s embarassing that we don’t have a train service to and from the airport. You arrive at Dublin Airpport at 5am, there are no buses running & you have to get a taxi. Such a disgrace!

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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:28 AM

    Connoly Station is a Dump. and Sligo train not much better

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    Mute Peter Cuthbert
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:54 AM

    Trains as a means of transport is OK in the greater Dublin area and for Cork,Limerick
    Limited .Rest of the County has much Limited routes

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    Mute Richard Ahern
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    Jul 31st 2022, 1:07 PM

    A number of years ago I used the train to and from Dublin at off peak times. On each trip there were undesirables in the carriage, loud aggressive & somewhat drunk. One clown had a radio on full blast. I noticed that some of the the ticket checkers avoided them. I won’t be going using that method of transport again as, for me, it feels too unsafe & menacing. I wish it were otherwise but it ain’t.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jul 31st 2022, 4:37 PM

    @Richard Ahern: That’s why I switched to coaches at peak times or Bank Holiday weekends. When a train’s full, you can’t easily change carriage to get away from drunks. Our trains are fine at off-peak times – but there aren’t enough routes.

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    Mute Paul Shepherd
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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:59 PM

    The last time I used a train was Dublin to Cork in December a number of years ago. There was no heat, we had to sit in coats and gloves. The light was broken in the overflowing toilet so it was a case of holding it or risk catching a disease. Never again….

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jul 31st 2022, 4:39 PM

    @Paul Shepherd: Trains are a lot better nowadays! They even have phone chargers if you get a window seat.

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    Mute Paul Mohan
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    Jul 31st 2022, 1:24 PM

    I travel 5 days a week with a bicycle ( booked on website free of charge ) out of normally 4/5 carriages 1 carriage for bicycles that fits max 3 at a squeeze, note most of the time full with suitcases.
    If you book your seat 80 percent of the time there is a technical issues with the seat reservation system.
    What’s the point booking when it becomes a free for all

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    Mute Ken Curran
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    Aug 1st 2022, 8:10 AM

    @Paul Mohan: what source are you quoting for 80%? I frequently use the online booking reservation system and never had an issue with it.

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    Mute Jonny kerr
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:27 AM

    Only the one in fintown donegal. Didn’t go far bit it’s the longest one we have. LOL

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    Mute Liam Meade
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:56 AM

    This is rail travel …..

    prices for one-way tickets in Germany start from €19 for short distances (up to 250 km). For longer distances prices start at €29 (Second Class) and €49 (First Class) Travel on the ICE is possible. Prices for two people traveling together start at €49 in Second Class.

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    Mute Dearbhal Teresa Cannon
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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:37 PM

    @Liam Meade: 9 € per month for tickets for all regional trains in Germany (can also be used on trams & buses). ICE tickets can be bought cheap well in advance, 115 € return to Paris first class from here in Germany.

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    Mute James Johnson
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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:11 PM

    Train, do we have trains in the country

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    Mute Dick Barrett
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:35 AM

    I use the Dart quite often and with my free pass, I use mainline a few times a year as well.

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    Mute Hans Vos
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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:48 PM

    I have to drive 30 kilometres to go to the train station. Not really welcoming and encouraging.

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    Mute Steve O'Hara-Smith
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:41 AM

    It’s a twenty minute drive to the nearest station and an hour to the one with the better routes, car parking isn’t cheap . Then there is the other end, taxis are expensive buses might be available and there might be routes to where I need to go … but only in large cities.
    Even if the train was free it would be marginal on cost and a dead loss on hassle except perhaps for trips to Dublin. .
    An electric car wins hands down – self driving would be gravy.

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    Mute Robert Lumezi
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    Jul 31st 2022, 8:44 PM

    Cmon lads , Ireland had 3500km of railways in 1930s. Today, maybe 2000. Instead of building new towns in Dublin , money should be spent on adding more train tracks all over Ireland. That would make amazing impact. Then families would consider moving into deserted homes in many beautiful counties of Ireland.

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    Mute Ken Curran
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    Aug 1st 2022, 8:15 AM

    @Robert Lumezi: The market is not there for more routes in rural parts of the country. . Limerick to Galway is a loss leader. Not enough passengers use the daily service.

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    Mute Cathal Keeshan
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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:46 PM

    Train! Are they some kind of new contraption? Lord they’d make anything nowadays

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    Mute Robert Lumezi
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    Aug 2nd 2022, 5:13 AM

    @Cathal Keeshan: they actually run on tracks… You can see them occasionally inTipperary, once in a year.

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    Mute Mary Fitzsimons
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    Jul 31st 2022, 1:07 PM

    It’s more expensive than bus and not so frequent. For me Train tickets, monthly, is slightly less than half the cost of fuel. Whereas bus would be 1/3 of my fuel costs. But I get bus sick and the walk from the bus stop to my work place would be 20mins .
    It’s a very limited service. Some lines only have trains travelling toward Dublin in the.mornings so it you wanted to commute in the other direction youd have to get a bus or drive. Also no or limited late night service. It is the most pleasant way to travel. Please keep the trains alcohol free. It’s far nicer when there’s no vomit.

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    Mute lelookcoco
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    Jul 31st 2022, 4:00 PM

    @Mary Fitzsimons: Bus sick and train vomit. You make me puke!

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    Mute Daniel Muldoon
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    Jul 31st 2022, 12:15 PM

    There would have to be a train station for me to use first. North west of Dublin its a no mans land when it comes to public rail.

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    Mute Peter McCabe
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    Jul 31st 2022, 1:00 PM

    Cost of return ticket Dublin to Killarney €60; cost of similar car journey €120. But the onboard experience is poor…..no hot drinks available, inadequate messages, welcome non-existent!

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    Mute Jonathan
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    Jul 31st 2022, 1:21 PM

    Tell them nothing

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    Mute Paul O' Riada
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    Jul 31st 2022, 4:32 PM

    The Drogheda Commuter train is cheap from Balbriggan, then 3km up in Gormanstown, then Laytown and Drogheda, the exact same train becomes mad expensive as it is just outside the Dublin short hop zone. People drive to Balbriggan to be able to use leap card, park and ride instead of paying massive fares for the same train. Irish rail and NTA are driving people onto the roads every day with their extortion. They’ve a lot to answer for.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jul 31st 2022, 4:49 PM

    @Paul O’ Riada: Exactly – the really crazy part is that the more congested the town or city becomes, the more it costs to use public transport instead. It should be the default and faster option.

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    Mute Wooden Spoon
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    Jul 31st 2022, 10:41 AM

    Train > Bus

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    Mute Aidan Genocchi
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:42 AM

    Navan to dublin

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    Mute Wurps
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    Jul 31st 2022, 7:52 PM

    Daily in Europe, never in Ireland. The stations are not connected to bus or air.

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    Mute Jp Vaughan
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    Jul 31st 2022, 6:44 PM

    I would if we had a line coming to Navan. The rail

    network of this country was vastly better at the time the Brits pulled out , 100 years ago !!! There’s 3rd world countries with better rail networks

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    Mute Veronica
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    Jul 31st 2022, 11:05 PM

    Local train Monday-Friday but rarely Cork-Dublin as its so expensive

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    Mute Joe_X
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    Jul 31st 2022, 9:38 PM

    Not since I was a child, and the same can be said for the bus.

    After all, by the time I’d have used the car, to get to the bus station, to catch a bus in the opposite direction to my ultimate destination to catch a train to beyond my ultimate destination, through a change at Limerick Junction in Tipperary (which means again I was probably travelling in the wrong direction for a bit on the train too) and then catch another bus to somewhere near my destination and have a friend or cab meet me and go the last bit, which would probably be next door to that village’s closed railway station, which I had passed through on the train on the way there, I’d have been there cheaper and faster driving there and would have saved myself the car parking fees too!

    Way better system when I was a child when there was a bus stop within reach, and the trains actually stopped in every parish and the network worked!

    BTW, I’m not actually that old so a lot of others should remember how it was too.

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    Mute Carl Campbell
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    Aug 1st 2022, 1:07 AM

    Never. There are no trains in the north west of the country.

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    Mute Daniel Roche
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    Jul 31st 2022, 4:20 PM

    Use the train regularly,find it a great price,good service from Limerick.

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    Mute Gavin Tobin
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    Aug 1st 2022, 9:52 AM

    €2 for an adult to go from Sallins/Naas as far as Kilcoole or Balbriggan using Leap card. Absolutely great value. Only 65c for a child.

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    Mute Csilla
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    Aug 1st 2022, 6:11 AM

    Never. I have to drive 45 minutes to the nearest train station, park my car, and pay for parking first. It’s unlikely I’ll ever use it.

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    Mute Ben BFI
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    Jul 31st 2022, 6:27 PM

    What really annoys me is that the value faes are usually gone but there are loads of flexi fares available. Why cant all seats be value and you can upgrade to a flexi if needs be (flexi fares aren’t even that flexible anway). And it’s cheaper to fly from Kerry to Dublin these days

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    Mute Pádraig Ó h-Éanacháin
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    Aug 1st 2022, 10:22 AM

    Still waiting for the western rail corridor to be finished. But Leo had other ideas when he disregarded the whole western region from Belfast to Cork by excluding us from EU fund Ten T when he was minister for transport. He said Ireland had not got the funds but amazing we had for East of that. Disgraceful Leo, wasn’t it Cromwell that had that attitude about the west and see how popular he was.

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    Mute Oisín O'Mahony
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    Aug 1st 2022, 9:40 PM

    Pretty much use the train every day – but I live in Germany…

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    Mute Dave
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    Aug 1st 2022, 5:35 PM

    Never, i might think about it when it is cheaper for me to travel by train rather than by car…

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