Irish 18-year-olds can apply for free Interrail tickets to travel across Europe next summer 

The competition is open this year to two groups of young people aged between 18 and 20 for the first time after the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Irish people aged between 18 and 20 can apply for free Interrail tickets today to travel across Europe next summer. 

The DiscoverEU initiative is a European Union programme that allows members of the EU who are 18 years old to apply for 60,000 travel passes to be used around Europe next summer.