Visitor gets run-around from Bus Éireann

I HAVE just spent two weeks in the beautiful city of Cork. I enjoyed my stay but, as a foreigner, I would like to mention my experience of Bus Éireann.

One morning I decided to go to Kinsale by bus. I had to get the ticket on the bus. I only had a €50 note, whereas the cost of the two tickets was about €16. The driver told me he didn’t have sufficient change, and I should go to the station at the office where I could get change from an inspector.

I had just three minutes to do this before the bus was due to leave, but the inspector told me he had no change either and that it wasn’t his job. He advised me to ask the driver.