Iarnród Éireann apologise for seven-hour train journey from Cork to Dublin

Iarnród Éireann has apologised and offered a full refund to customers after one of its trains took almost seven hours to travel from Cork to Dublin, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

Iarnród Éireann apologise for seven-hour train journey from Cork to Dublin

Iarnród Éireann has apologised and offered a full refund to customers after one of its trains took almost seven hours to travel from Cork to Dublin, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

The 4.20pm train between the two cities yesterday was supposed to arrive in the capital at just after 7pm. However, due to a major mechanical fault between Mallow and Charleville, it did not pull into Dublin until 11pm almost four hours late.

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