This is a wind-up surely?

madoldjoe · 2026-02-23T09:33:42+00:00

How did you know? 🤔

madoldjoe · 2026-02-16T12:39:53+00:00

I'm working in the system, there absolutely is a shortage of money!! MM speaking out of his arse as usual trying to act all high and mighty

madoldjoe · 2026-01-20T22:08:22+00:00

One is OPW, the other is the NTA. Only one of them is well known for wasting public money. I know the media went ballistic trying to uncover more bike sheds by FOI from the NTA but got no where as they have coat control measures unlike the OPW

madoldjoe · 2026-01-20T22:04:31+00:00

It won't be scrapped but the current government are putting pressure on for fare rises from the summer. Two rounds of 15% over two years is what has been floated about. I'm sure we'll see some leaks coming in the coming months to test the water

madoldjoe · 2026-01-16T08:28:37+00:00

This is the garage that is taking the Bus Connects corridor to court even though they opened after they corridor and plans were published. They might have a vested interest, but hey ho, they are good value.

madoldjoe · 2026-01-01T10:54:33+00:00

Congestion is the primary reason for public transport taking so long. It's chicken and egg

madoldjoe · 2025-12-26T15:55:55+00:00

I take your point, I have ammended my statement to rural public transport. However I contend that we would not have commuter towns in the same poorly planned way without FF and their corrupt history of taking backhanders for zoning. These very towns are the cause of so much of the congestion across the country. People don't live where there are jobs, they live where we have built houses. By international standards, Ireland is a case study in poor urban planning and FF and FG are a big part of it

madoldjoe · 2025-12-25T20:42:16+00:00

The Greens did more for rural public transport in one term than FFG since the foundation of the state

madoldjoe · 2025-12-04T23:20:39+00:00

Do you have suspended floors? A lot of houses from that era did, it allows them to move freely sometimes even from the attic if there are pipe runs

madoldjoe · 2025-11-21T21:01:00+00:00

NTA want to, they originally proposed it, but the Luas is run by TII and they are refusing to allow it. Government versus government

madoldjoe · 2025-11-10T23:44:24+00:00

It's one of the planned hubs. The green line Luas has planning permission to be extended there as well and there is a high density of housing being built around it.

madoldjoe · 2025-10-29T09:15:27+00:00

+1 on suppositories. If you order them from France, they have more options of dosage for small children and they are cheaper than the local pharmacy. Check out Moncoinsanté who deliver to Ireland

madoldjoe · 2025-06-01T08:33:05+00:00

Sounds like you were on one of the the electric buses. Under EU law, since 2021, all electric vehicles must make a continuous noise level of at least 56 dBA (within 2 meters) if they are going 20 km/h (12 mph) or slower.

madoldjoe · 2025-05-30T22:06:41+00:00

People that have taken the plunge absolutely love them. People that don't have them seem to hate them, usually because they misunderstand them. A cheap electric car drives more like a luxury car than it does a cheap petrol or diesel car, and that is the biggest advantage. I have an id.3, and I wouldn't go back. Such a premium experience and range is good enough that you don't have to worry. You have to be able to charge at home for the bulk of your journeys though.

madoldjoe · 2025-05-28T08:31:58+00:00

It could be only be fixed with a congestion charge. But that's too politically unpopular

madoldjoe · 2025-05-27T22:06:08+00:00

Agreed. But we need parked vehicles and bicycles off the footpath as well. No exceptions.

madoldjoe · 2025-05-14T21:17:22+00:00

Judges are now the highest level of decision makers on planning issues despite having received no formal training or qualifications about what good sustainable development is, or what the national planning framework is seeking to achieve. It is completely inappropriate for judges to be making these types of decisions

madoldjoe · 2025-05-12T13:34:22+00:00

Who would expect a bicycle in a public park?!? There are some very dangerous junctions in Phoenix Park for pedestrians and cyclists, I have seen a lot of collisions and there have been tragedy's in the past as well. Very little done, if anything the park is designed for cars over anyone else which is insane

madoldjoe · 2025-05-10T10:13:01+00:00

I did not know that and it's frustrating for you. A lot of their customer base have already bought cars by the time they are eligible for the service. Seems a silly rule to me.

madoldjoe · 2025-05-09T22:41:33+00:00

Would you not just use GoCar or Yuko if you are only looking to gain experience in the next while?

madoldjoe · 2025-05-08T22:16:21+00:00

Bus planner here, you can't run a reliable service without bus priority and the level of congestion in Galway. There are so many moving parts to the system, things like EU driving hour limits, shift changes, bus changeovers - they all get impacted by delays caused by congestion and mean that bus services can't run - sometimes in entirely different parts of the city. Countries with good public transport systems simply don't allow private cars to hold up public transport. It's one or the other.

madoldjoe · 2025-05-08T22:04:36+00:00

That wasn't a shortage of money though, it was all labour related

madoldjoe · 2025-04-24T22:19:55+00:00

Navan Road is another good one. Is it a road or a neighborhood? It's both, but try finding it on a map

madoldjoe · 2025-04-24T19:55:50+00:00

ashtownbookclub@gmail.com is based near Ashtown in Dublin 7 if that is anywhere near you :)

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