Free travel extension just a ploy to win votes

SOCIAL and Family Affairs Minister Seamus Brennan recently announced that he was lifting restrictions on the 600,000 people entitled to free travel.

Free travel extension just a ploy to win votes
Mon, 21 Aug, 2006 - 01:00
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The minister claims that “in the 21st century, in progressive and enlightened Ireland, such restrictions are no longer acceptable”.

Yet there has been no announcement of extra transport to meet the increased flow of passengers at peak times.

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