When you are travelling on an Irish train – as one disgruntled reader from Cork discovered, to his cost. “A member of staff allowed me through once he reviewed the ticket,” our disgruntled Cork reader continues. Our reader, a very regular train user, did not recognise this Irish Rail staff member as a regular train host. I have never in all my 30-plus years of using Irish Rail felt compelled to write a complaint. Please tell me Irish Rail is not now following that example.”Now, we have to say that we were surprised by this story.

Source: The Irish Times March 23, 2026 12:03 UTC