Upcoming Events

National | Consumer Issues

no events match your query!

Blog Feeds

Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

offsite link RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail?supporter? Anthony

offsite link Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony

offsite link Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony

offsite link RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony

offsite link Waiting for SIPO Anthony

Public Inquiry >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Met Officer Cleared of Murdering Gangster Chris Kaba Faces Sack for ?Gross Misconduct? Wed Apr 30, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Sgt Martyn Blake, the armed Metropolitan police officer who was cleared of murdering violent gangster Chris Kaba, now faces a gross misconduct disciplinary over the shooting and could be sacked.
The post Met Officer Cleared of Murdering Gangster Chris Kaba Faces Sack for “Gross Misconduct” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Pope Francis?s Liberalism is Not Why Young People Are Returning to Church Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:00 | Dr Roger Watson
As a Catholic, Prof Roger Watson is sure Francis was appointed Pope for a reason. It's just that he's damned if he can figure out what it was. Certainly, it's not his liberalism that's drawn young people back to church.
The post Pope Francis’s Liberalism is Not Why Young People Are Returning to Church appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Global Climate Database Fed with Junk Data From RAF Airbase Where Helicopters Hover Over the Thermom... Wed Apr 30, 2025 09:00 | Chris Morrison
A key global climate database is being fed with junk data from an RAF airbase where helicopters regularly hover over the thermometer. Why does the Met Office keep sending junk class data, asks Chris Morrison.
The post Global Climate Database Fed with Junk Data From RAF Airbase Where Helicopters Hover Over the Thermometer appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Revealed: The ?Secret? Base Where Far Left MPs Plot Their Radical Campaigns Wed Apr 30, 2025 07:00 | Charlotte Gill
Charlotte Gill has tracked down the 'secret' base where a group of far Left MPs including Jeremy Corbyn and Carla Denyer plot their radical campaigns. Read what she learned about Pelican House.
The post Revealed: The ‘Secret’ Base Where Far Left MPs Plot Their Radical Campaigns appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link News Round-Up Wed Apr 30, 2025 01:30 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

offsite link Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

offsite link The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

YFG call on CIE to end student-card rip-off!

category national | consumer issues | press release author Wednesday February 18, 2004 15:27author by President - YFG Report this post to the editors

Young Fine Gael President William Lavelle has today asked CIE to introduce a new €5 national travel card for students of 3rd level colleges outside Dublin.

Lavelle states: "CIE are ripping-off students of 3rd level colleges outside Dublin by obliging them, when buying a national travel card, to pay an extra €10 for a discount card for Dublin Bus & Rail services, even though they may never use Dublin Bus or Rail.

"At present, Dublin-based students can purchase a 'City Student Travel Card' for €10 which entitles them to discounts on Dublin Bus weekly and monthly tickets and for weekly and monthly tickets on Dart and Commuter Rail Services.

"For an extra €5, Dublin-based students can purchase a 'National Student Travel Card' which entitles them to discounts on all ticket types covered on the 'City Student Travel Card' and also single and return InterCity rail tickets.

"Meanwhile, if students of 3rd level colleges outside Dublin wish to avail of discounts on InterCity rail tickets, then they must buy the same 'National Student Travel Card' for the full €15 even though will very rarely if ever, avail of the discounts on Dublin Bus and on Dart and Dublin Commuter Rail.

"This situation means that if a student in college in Galway, who doesn't usually use Irish Rail to travel to Galway from her home, wishes to make a one-off journey to Dublin then her options are:
• Pay the full adult fare of €35/€38;
OR
• Buy a €15 'National Student Travel Card' and pay the Students fare of €24.50 costing a total of €39.50

• i.e. no discount is available to that student!

"If a Dublin-based student can be given a choice between buying a 'City' and a 'National' Student Travel Card, then students based outside Dublin should be given the option of buying a national card without having to pay an extra €10 for the 'City Travel Card' discount entitlements.

Lavelle says: I'm calling on CIE to end-this rip-off and start treating all students from all parts of the country equally and this should be done by introducing a new €5 national travel card for student of 3rd level colleges outside Dublin.

Related Link: http://www.yfg.ie
author by and another thingpublication date Wed Feb 18, 2004 17:41author address author phone Report this post to the editors

looking for votes from the young lads then?

author by get stuffed properpublication date Wed Feb 18, 2004 17:54author address author phone Report this post to the editors

stuff stuff stuff ye!!!!

 
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy