Neat!
by Tommy
This came in the post recently: an Irish Rail disability travel-card. Once over 16 (as I became last June), one can apply for the card that entitles the user and one companion to free rail travel on all Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and LUAS journeys.
Having clocked up 20 hours on the train this week alone, I can see myself really using the service that they’re providing a lot. Let alone it now being easier to go to Dublin on Saturdays to see friends, I’m also making the transition into going to physio appointments on my own (as opposed to with my folks) which means going up via train and getting public transport and/or walking to the appointment, and the lack of costs in that area (especially when Cerebral Palsy mounts costs in other ways) is really handy.
Things that I’ve (unsuccessfully) tried to get the card to work on: taxis and the first-class carriages.