Abolish Ireland's Rail System

Barely There

A country the size of Ireland does not need a rail system.

Our current inter-urban motorway network is more than sufficient to meet our needs.


At present over 99% of freight is transported by road.
Travel times between our major cities are comparable now by road with the motorway network.
Rail journeys (both passenger and freight) only start to make economic and environmental sense at distances greater than 300km.


I’d like to see us rip up the rail lines and replace them with greenways and then aggressively market our country to tourists as the best country in the world for cycle holidays.


A side-benefit is that the current batch of self-entitled, pampered Siptu employees would have the rug pulled from under them.


I would like to see a coherent argument put forward by someone who believes that the current sums of money we spend on a rail system is anyway justified.

Ken Shamrock

BuffyBot

A side-benefit is that the current batch of self-entitled, pampered Siptu employees would have the rug pulled from under them.

If you wanted a coherent argument, you should have started one. Lazy, stupid generalisations do not a solid case make.

I can't help but see this as trollery in it's basest form.