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Prop Joe · 09-09-2011 11:19PM #1

80 Bloody squid for a return Kerry to Dublin are these cants for real ????

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squod · 09-09-2011 11:20PM

Choo choo-se to take the car next time.

Shane L · 09-09-2011 11:21PM

Bus?

wolf moon · 09-09-2011 11:22PM

Taxi?

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 09-09-2011 11:23PM

But you get wi-fi so it's great value now

Prop Joe · 09-09-2011 11:25PM

Shane L wrote: »

Bus?

Probably quicker too bud..

Think ill ring Joe about it Monday.He will fix it

Chris P. Bacon · 09-09-2011 11:27PM

Cants?

Uriel. · 09-09-2011 11:28PM

They sure are for real. Tis grand oul value sure... You get a 5% discount for cleaning the toilets too

Rocky_Dennis · 09-09-2011 11:28PM

Prop Joe wrote: »

80 Bloody squid for a return Kerry to Dublin are these cants for real ????

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That's the price culchies have to pay to experience civilisation.

Cicero · 09-09-2011 11:29PM

Prop Joe wrote: »

80 Bloody squid for a return Kerry to Dublin are these cants for real ????

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it's not like the "region- Kerry forum" is that far...could you not move it yourself like?

Prop Joe · 09-09-2011 11:31PM

Cicero wrote: »

it's not like the "region- Kerry forum" is that far...could you not move it yourself like?

Cant !! ??

Guill · 09-09-2011 11:31PM

They are cu nts, stupid money to be asked to pay. Ignorant pricks working for them too, smelly carraiges, **** food, ****tier toilets, always late, etc, etc, etc.

The_Minister · 09-09-2011 11:32PM

Online is way cheaper.

LightningBolt · 09-09-2011 11:33PM

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

Cants?

Say it in a cockney accent...

OneArt · 09-09-2011 11:38PM

The_Minister wrote: »

Online is way cheaper.

You can transport yourself online now!?

Technology is amazing.

Aldebaran · 09-09-2011 11:39PM

Prop Joe wrote: »

Cant !! ??

What did you call him??!

Eurovisionmad · 09-09-2011 11:42PM

I was told on good authority that they still use typewriters in some stations!

squod · 09-09-2011 11:43PM

Eurovisionmad wrote: »

I was told on good authority that they still use typewriters in some stations!

CIE. They waste so much money they wipe their holes with typewriters

09-09-2011 11:50PM

Prop Joe wrote: »

Probably quicker too bud..

Not really with the Kerry routes, you're looking at between 5 hours, 45 minutes and 6 hours via bus. 4 hours 15 minutes via rail is the norm.

Still, the reservation system has become a complete joke in recent months. Unless you book several weeks in advance you'll often find it's actually a couple of euros cheaper to buy the ticket at the station due to credit card fees online.

Chris P. Bacon · 09-09-2011 11:50PM

LightningBolt wrote: »

Say it in a cockney accent...

Im saying it in a Waterford accent and it sounds like cants,why didnt they just say cunts?

languagenerd · 10-09-2011 12:00AM

The rail prices are pretty ridiculous here. You could get return flights to Spain for that!

I was in Belgium last month, and they had a deal on that you could get return train tickets to anywhere else in Belgium for €15 during the summer. And their trains are clean!

cocoshovel · 10-09-2011 12:01AM

Isnt it cheaper to fly?

10-09-2011 12:04AM

cocoshovel wrote: »

Isnt it cheaper to fly?

It can be. Though with Aer Arann taking over the Dublin-Farranfore route I wonder what the prices will be?

previous user · 10-09-2011 12:07AM

travelled to Cork return 80 euro, wtf, they're not doing their tourism sector any favours with this sort of thing.

Stinicker · 10-09-2011 12:17AM

Where is the €80 coming from I always thought it was €72 + €3 in Credit Card fees? I no longer travel by train and always drive to Dublin now.

10-09-2011 12:21AM

Stinicker wrote: »

Where is the €80 coming from I always thought it was €72 + €3 in Credit Card fees? I no longer travel by train and always drive to Dublin now.

It went up to €74 recently. I'm guessing the OP rounded it up or something.

Stinicker · 10-09-2011 12:27AM

Karsini wrote: »

It went up to €74 recently. I'm guessing the OP rounded it up or something.

Just looking at a sample fare there from Killarney to Heuston tomorrow and it is still at €72 + (€2 for laser or €3 for credit card) so still either between €72 to €75, just as well if booking it late to try get it at the station and I wonder do they charge the credit card/laser fee when booking in person; or do their lazy incompetent unionised staff even know how to use the eftpos machine? Or is it cash only. Most cars will do the journey on less fuel and in the same amount of time.

Bus Eireann charge €42.50/€38.50 if booked online from Killarney to Dublin except you must change in Baghdad Limerick and get to see every two bit village and town along the way and it takes nearly 6 hours.

10-09-2011 12:30AM

Stinicker wrote: »

Just looking at a sample fare there from Killarney to Heuston tomorrow and it is still at €72 + (€2 for laser or €3 for credit card) so still either between €72 to €75, just as well if booking it late to try get it at the station and I wonder do they charge the credit card/laser fee when booking in person; or do their lazy incompetent unionised staff even know how to use the eftpos machine? Or is it cash only. Most cars will do the journey on less fuel and in the same amount of time.

Bus Eireann charge €42.50/€38.50 if booked online from Killarney to Dublin except you must change in Baghdad Limerick and get to see every two bit village and town along the way and it takes nearly 6 hours.

Ah, I see what they did. They increased a single from €36 to €37 but if you go in both directions they still charge €72.

You're dead right about the bus, have got it from Listowel to Dublin on occasion and hate it.

squod · 10-09-2011 12:31AM

Can you not still buy tickets in the credit union for near half the price? last time I did this was more than four years ago.

Locker10a · 10-09-2011 12:33AM

Prop Joe wrote: »

80 Bloody squid for a return Kerry to Dublin are these cants for real ????

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fly!!!!
I cant fly to where im going but i nearly always get the 10euro tickets

sometimes its 13 and if im unlucky its 26euro!!! :O
Its not soo bad!!!

dagdha · 10-09-2011 12:38AM

The price of going by train in this country is a fcuking joke!! It's ridiculous that they can charge this much but I suppose there is the argument if people are willing to pay it they will keep it that high......what a load of bollix! Alot of people that use the rail in Ireland are using it to get to and from work and they probably don't have any other option than to use it. As previous user mentioned above, it must be great for the tourist trade when tourists arrive and have to pay probably more for a train ticket in Ireland than their flight to Ireland in the first place cost (assuming they flew in from Europe).

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