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FROM THIS WEEK, Bus Éireann has removed the €10 charge to bring bikes, extra bags and prams on board bus routes in cities and towns, as well as other local and commuter routes.
The change has taken effect as of this week on all PSO routes. Up until now the fee was charged each way on a journey which meant the cost of bringing a bicycle on board was often more expensive than the ticket itself.
While the €10.00 transit charge has been removed, Bus Éireann said it will continue to stipulate that the carriage of bicycles, prams and pushchairs is subject to room on the bus.
The fee will remain in place on Expressway services.
The change comes after pressure from Labour leader and TD Ivana Bacik who engaged with Bus Éireann chief executive Stephen Kent on the matter.
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Anyone arriving into the country without a passport or documentation, needs to be deported
@Mary Toilet: To where? The reason they destroy their documentation is to conceal the port of embarkation. You can’t “send them back” if you are not able to prove where they came from. Whether you agree with this or not is irrelevant by the way, I am simply stating what the problem is.
@Kevin Collins: send them anywhere out of the country, Irish taxpayers should not have to fund foreign scammers
@Mary Toilet: “send them anywhere” is not an actual policy Mary, you’re going to have to come up with something a bit more workable I’m afraid.
Taxpayers includes more than just Irish people by the way while scammers includes plenty of non working Irish. Please stop with the “all Irish = honest hard workers, all foreigners = criminals” rhetoric, it is blatant xenophobia and completely undermines any valid points you might have.
@Kevin Collins: the plane arrived from somewhere, so send them back there, not the taxpayers problem, they have enough to deal with already, don’t be gullible, it’s not a good thing to be gullible
@Mary Toilet: the ID check does not occur immediately when you get off the plane, in fact the article I presume you are referencing clearly states “It was unknown where Biniyan had flown in from, but it was believed to be another European country.”
Like I said Mary, whether you like or dislike this situation is irrelevant, but if you wish to propose that a new policy be introduced to deal with it, perhaps you should give it a bit more thought to come up with something that is actually workable in practice.
@Kevin Collins: find out where illegal migrant came from, then deport, can’t be that difficult
@Mary Toilet: in most cases I’m sure it would be reasonably possible to figure out where they are from and which flight they arrived on. But for cases where this cannot be proven conclusively, what do you propose be done?
@Kevin Collins: find out ASAP, then deport
@Mary Toilet: and if you can’t find out where they are from or where they came from for whatever reason, what then?
@Kevin Collins: so when he is released from prison, he is just allowed to reside here, undocumented and unvetted? You don’t see a problem with that?
@Kevin Collins: don’t be ridiculous, they didn’t come from outer space ffs
@Kevin Collins: You may as well be talking to a brick wall. In fact, that explains the absence of humanity
@Mary Toilet: I recognise that there is a problem Mary, and I am not denying that. However I am asking you to propose a valid and workable solution, to which your only response seems to be “get rid of the problem… somehow”. This is not a solution and therefore the problem will continue to persist.
@Kevin Collins: cannot stay here indefinitely, that is simply not an option, without background information and vetting, that would be wholly irresponsible and dangerous
@Mary Toilet: Your policy of “send them back where they came from” merely serves to incentivise the destruction of documentation and concealing of identities, thereby preventing them from being sent back. This effectively results in them staying indefinitely. Which is the exact opposite of what you want. Perhaps you should think about the issue in a bit more depth rather than just peddling quick and easy soundbites.
@Kevin Collins: one way ticket back to Eritrea will do fine
@Kevin Collins: If fingerprints and a photo, as well as a scan copy of the passports of any non-EU person were made before they enter the plane then it would then be easier to identify them on arrival in Ireland without a passport. They cannot enter the plane without a boarding pass which is only issued after passport checks are made. If this can be done for concealed weapons etc. it should be just as easy to implement this.
@Mary Toilet: Why, Eritea doesn’t want them and can just send them back here, exactly the plan you said you wanted to do,
@Mary Toilet: Even if he has a bike…
@Mary Toilet: But surely the bike counts for something
@Mary Toilet: what even if the bike has 21 gears and a back carrier..
@Mary Toilet: so on yer
bike then …
@Mary Toilet: I saw a lad at the stop on georges,quay very suspect had a turban and pointy toed shoes very suspect but when the awl buss came he threw a shiny new racer into the hold so he was Alrigh with me turns out the turban was a bandage he was up in the matter getting his stitches out..
@Liam Meade: I know a lad who knows a boyo from somewhereastan who got a BMW free on the social welfare and a six bed semi in mullingar he has 26 kids and gets 3000 a month on the kiddy welfare so when we send mockhamhead home do we get to keep the bike..
@Mary Toilet: Send them anywhere out of the country? How exactly could we legally and morally do that. Dumping them on another country perpetuates the very thing that angers you and is perfectly hypocritical. How is that fair on the other country? And what about the morality of this? I agree there is a problem, but dumping people overboard or on other countries is not how it should be solved. I’m no expert on such policy but neither am I immoral, amoral, a murderer nor a sociopath.
@Kevin Collins: Typical inane talk of magicing away a problem. Zero though. She’s probably a politician!
An empty bus drives through our town every morning as part of a TFI local link route. It is 20 minutes too late to accommodate students going to school 13km down the road. Lots of parents have no option but to drive to the school. Despite campaigning for several years, TFI have done nothing. When putting together timetables, there is no consultation with the people – hence empty busses subsidised by taxpayers/carbon tax. A sham!
The only bicycles allowed on pso routes are fold up bicycles.All pso buses have no storage underneath and no space inside the bus.it causes no end of arguements for drivers when the company states it takes bicycles but then informs the drivers only fold up bikes are to be taken.
Hopefully we can bring dogs now as well.
@Sean Money: in a bag yea
@damien leen: that may be fine for a chihuahua but not a big dog, it’s cruel.
@Sean Money: Like that’s not asking for trouble.. !
@damien leen: drivers told no dogs unless guide dogs or service dogs.sometimes people will sneak a dog in a bag but its not allowed.
@Mark Fox: That seems hard on visitors who are travelling to dog-friendly B&Bs or rented houses for a holiday.
Helen McEntee will be delighted the 10 euro chare for a bag on a bus is eliminated. Free travel for her.
I’ve never been charged extra for luggage
Fantastic
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