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 ā€œin the 21st century, in progressive and enlightened Ireland, such restrictions are no longer acceptableā€.

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

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