Naas Chat Thread

Pre Dunnes when it was Superquinn it was a **** show for parking. Id argue even worse then. I was in Naas today, around the 4pm park and even then the car park at Eddie rockets was full. I got the last space.

KCC dont seem to give a flying **** about the infrastructure.

You could somewhat argue that the Dunnes was needed! But no one needs an Ikea pick up point in the town. Its much better suited to outside of town with customer parking of its own.

I just read that its suppose to be a pop up planning location. So people would use it for kitchen/wardrobe planning. Didnt mention anything about it being a pick up point.

annoying part is coming down from the top of the town, with dunnes on the left, cars are queuing to go in to dunnes. traffic behind doesn't know to pass out of not as dont know if indicating left and in left lane for sallins road or going into dunnes car park. seen a number of near collisions and it blocks up traffic. people are so stingy to wait 10 minutes for a free space in Dunnes car park rather than pay to park somewhere else.

cant wait for Ireland to follow other EU countries and start pedestrianising main streets of towns.

While I understand your annoyance, it's a bit much to accuse people who want to part in the Dunnes carpark as being stingy. Those who want to do a full grocery shop have no choice but to park there, unless you are sugesting that they push a shopping trolley across the main street, and older people and those with limited mobility would obviously want to park as near as possible even for a smaller amount of shopping.

I avoid Dunnes, but don't see your logic at all.

they arent pushing trolleys across the road as they arent shopping in Dunnes. There are 100 other shops in naas town, not just dunnes. i see people parking in dunnes car park and then walk into town. they probably could get a parking space closer to the shop or cafe they are going to, but decide to park in dunnes car park cause its free.

Any recommendations regarding gyms in naas?

anyone get the commuter train from sallins into dublin city and have an idea if bikes are allowed at peakstime. the irishrail website says bikes only allowed during off-peak times but wondering if a blind eye is turned. and if there is space for bikes i dont want to be blocking up doors and annoying people.

Hi guys,

Can I confirm that the night rider bus that used to exist from Dublin to Naas is not existing anymore? If so, is there another way of getting from Dublin to Naas after midnight besides a taxi?

Thanks

You should share that map on social media. The only large town in that map that’s not included in Dublin bus region is Naas. Naas’ transport system is a complete shambles. People are paying 200-300% more for fares in Naas than they are in Maynooth or Blessington. Even Ballymore Eustace has Dublin Bus!

Route 139 is a complete and utter joke. There’s only services every 2 hours, hop-on/off only stops, VERY expensive fares, no fare integration, no fare cap, no tapping on or off, etc. like in every other area of that map. What a missed opportunity for integration and local travel. Route 126 is no different.

Even ignoring the dismal buses that exist, there aren’t even local bus routes that exist to usher people around the Naas Area. Sure, they’d probably just be run by JJ kavanagh and cost a fortune anyways. There are no options or integrated fares. No integrated anything. There’s no way to get from Naas to Tallaght or Citywest business campus. There’s no way to get from Kill to Naas or from Sallins/Monread to Naas… There isn’t even a way for people to get to Sallins train station…

And yet, despite the fact that Naas is so underserved by public transport, Celbridge is getting its own DART line. So is Maynooth. They’re also getting 17 Dublin bus routes between them as a result of BusConnects. What’s Naas getting? Nothing.