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ALMOST HALF OF Irish drivers are spending longer on commuting to work, or to classes than they were a year ago, a recent survey has indicated.
In response to an AA Car Insurance survey of over 6,500 Irish drivers, 30.29% of those surveyed indicated that they now spend more time on their commute to and from work, university or college than they were 12 months ago.
A further 16.04% stated that this was somewhat true, depending largely on traffic levels.
The survey also found indicators of a growing reliance on the private car, with 20.42% of respondents stating that they were more likely to use a car for their morning commute than they would have been 12 months ago.
Conor Faughnan, AA Director of Consumer Affairs said that as employment has increased since the recession, but the services and infrastructure to deal with that increase has not been put in place.
“…With many public transport options operating at peak capacity during the main morning and evening rush, many are spending longer commuting than they previously have due to increased road traffic,” said Faughnan.
When asked about their commuting habits, 35.26% of those surveyed strongly agreed that a lack of reliable public transport had left them reliant on a car to get to work, even though they would prefer not to use their car. Meanwhile, a further 13.63% indicated that they were somewhat in agreement with this prompt.
Faughnan said of this: “Many of those who do drive are conscious of the negative climate and environmental implications of relying so heavily on a car, but often view the alternatives as too unreliable for them to rely on.”
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Can’t stand Alan Kelly but I believe him here.
@a: why,any proof.
@Daniel Roche: Martin has a history of publicly lying like when he said the government didn’t bail out the banks. He is the most irresponsible Taoiseach we have ever had, I can’t understand why FF haven’t had a heave against him because of the damage he has done to their already flaky reputation.
@Daniel Roche: Stop digging
@Daniel Roche: Well the proof is Martin’s record on u turns. A bit like when Martin stated there was no bank bailout.
@a: what digging am I doing,I don’t trust either but straight away Kelly is right, martin is wrong,short memory.
@Donal Desmond: so again no proof,I’m Irish and believe in our system, innocent till proven wrong but ya sure Kelly is a saint.
@Donal Desmond: We also have the infamous attack on Fine Gael days before the last General Election when he basically accused them of being unfit to govern then he does a u-turn and goes into coalition with them. He is a lying spoofer, end of.
@Frank Cauldhame: we also had every leader more or less say the same things,we had Mary Lou cry cause they weren’t asked but didn’t want to be in government with FF or FG,we had labour and a few the same, wanted to be opposition,not one of party leaders tell the truth,it was what a British general said about the Irish,we have the best sliders/fighters but we have the worst leaders.
@Daniel Roche: Have you got “proof” of opposition leaders “crying” because they weren’t asked to enter coalition talks? Also after the election all the FFG fanboys accused the opposition of “not trying” to form a government, you can’t have it both ways !
@a: same. When is Leo taking over again. MM has been a disaster from the start.
@Daniel Roche: Yes go check.
@Daniel Roche: Why didn’t Martin call him a lair then?
Do we need proof he said the banks were not bailed out?
The guy is a busted flush. A total embarrassment to Ireland and his legacy will be the destruction of his party.
I have personally spoken to a FF TD, a very well established and long serving elected member of the party who told me that Martin had to be Taoiseach at all costs. It didn’t matter how much damage he did to the party.
Many in the party are against him, some voted confidence in him recently only not to be marginalized when the push against him does come. It will come, it is only a matter of time.
Once his current stint as Taoiseach is up I reckon he will get his marching orders.
@Frank Cauldhame: yes look up SF after last election.
@Daniel Roche: What proof are you looking for though? Martin said he had no conversation with Kelly in the chamber, the video footage shows there was a conversation in the chamber. On this Martin is not telling the truth (or mis-remembers events)
So… the proof is in the video. What more do you need?
if you’re asking for proof of what was said, that doesn’t exist since we can’t hear the conversation, however, given the many backtracking statements from Martin it isn’t unbelievable that Kelly is telling the truth.
@Daniel Roche: Martin went on every single news, every single current affairs programme and even during the leaders debate and stated categorically he would never coalesce with F.G. So you still saying he doesn’t lie!!
@Frank Cauldhame: and he said on the news that he was hearing on the doorsteps that people wanted FG out. He then sells his granny to be taoiseach and hops into bed with FG. The man can’t be trusted
@Daniel Roche: True, when I first read the headline, I wondered which one asked “If you want to call me a Liar” as they both lied as often as taking a breath while in power.
@Frank Cauldhame: I didn’t vote for FF or FG,not sure who FFG are but didn’t vote for them either,yes the opposition hid away, google is your friend,parties said they needed to into opposition,SF cried cause the won the most votes but didn’t run enough and they was told to then before the election,but still they held rallies crying that they are not allowed in government.Again I didn’t vote for any of the government parties,I voted for a party that wanted to be in opposition,I have learned my lesson.
@Carm(Orange Vampire): Surely Leo taking over will be the final nail in FFG.
Mehole is some spoofer but Leo is in another league.
@Daniel Roche: Which Yes is that Danny, The one where you say Marylou cried because she refused to enter government or the one where you say she cried because FFG wouldn’t share the government ball with her?
@Carm(Orange Vampire): Mehole is some spoofer, you would have to be fairly naive to believe anything he says.
Leo will be worse, hopefully then people will start to wake up then and end this circus for good.
@Frank Cauldhame: Frank, siding with Alan irish water Kelly. Tut tut, goes against the usual nonsense you post on here.
@Franny Ando: what do I have to check.
@Denis Ryan: oooh Denis, you copying Martin by getting personal, tut tut ;-)
@Fay Moynihan: I’m not saying your wrong but what I’m laughing at is without any proof we are believing Alan Kelly,I didn’t vote for FF in the last election,I voted for a party hiding in opposition.
@Daniel Roche: No time for Kelly and so called Labour or Martin and FF for that matter. Would you consider it a lie by Martin when he stated there was No bank bailout? .
@Franny Ando: please show show were I said he doesn’t lie, please show it.
@Frank Cauldhame: Not personal, in my opinion your opinion is usually nonsense :)
@Dave B: actually proof,like when we convict someone,we need actual proof.
@Cobh Rebel Tour Mccarthy: thank you,two liars, wouldn’t believe either.
@G Row.: But you will believe Alan Kelly.
@Daniel Roche: Wonder why you failed to mention FF/FG stated before and after the election..under no circumstances would they talk or enter government with S.F. They were quite happy to put their pretend differences aside to preserve the status quo.
@Denis Ryan: So “your” opinion isn’t personal, strange that, please evict me from your head so :-)
@Angela McCarthy: I’m Daniel not Danny,it’s where Mary Lou said she didn’t want to go into government with FF or FG,not sure who FFG are, didn’t see them win any seats,again I didn’t vote for any of the three government parties,I voted for a party that hid in opposition.
@Daniel Roche: Nope don’t like Kelly.
Wouldn’t believe any of them.
As I said I’m just waiting for Leo to get his spin. That should sink them all hopefully.
@Daniel Roche: It Martin was wronged he would have called him a liar. He knew he was caught out immediately after he was caught out lying about not having a discussion with Kelly once the questioning had finished.
Where was the proof when Varadkar was going to finish the Village magazing.
Where was the proof when Simon Harris was going after Matt Carthy.
FF/FG can’t lie straight in bed.
@Daniel Roche:
Leaky Leo Varadkar said, Voting for Michael Martin would be like putting John delaney back in charge of the FAI. I agree.
@Frank Cauldhame: Not in my head Frank. Of course my opinion is personal to me but that is not how you used the word. You used in the context of personal attack. Your welcome, no need to thank me for educating you :)
@Liam Byrne: They’re a pair of political gangsters, chancing charlatans.
@Fay Moynihan: again any proof, thankfully we live in Ireland.
@Daniel Roche: Not what I remember Daniel. I seem to recall Marylou stating before last election that she wanted FFG out of government and her preferred alternative was for people to vote in sufficient numbers to parties or independent candidates to form an alternative administration. I would challenge you to produce evidence where Marylou said before she would not under any circumstances enter government with either FF or FG!
@Frank Cauldhame: who let you out of the box
@Carm(Orange Vampire): Leo is a walking disaster
@a: believe him or not. He’s repulsive. All he does is used information gained under corrupt ways and uses it against people. He is a horrible individual. Remember he barely got his seat. Speaks volumes of what local people think of him
@Daniel Roche: The proof is in the fact that both Varadkar and Harris did nothing as they knew they would be exposed and had absolutely no chance of a victory.
@Frank Cauldhame: you can’t take something out of context. What makes him irresponsible ? You not liking him doesn’t count.
@Fay Moynihan: Do you think he will actually last that long. There’s a huge groundswell against him now very few even attempting to fight his corner. If he’s allowed to continue he will drag the party to the point of no return if its not there already.
@Daniel Roche: You wanted proof of him lying I just gave it to you. Now please stop embarrassing yourself.
@Daniel Roche: Yes his lips moved.
Martin has demonstrably lied about where the conversation happened, why would anyone believe him about what was said in it?
@John Duggan: Any proof,thank god we live in amazing country,where you need proof and not cause you don’t the leader of our country.
@Daniel Roche: it’s clear as day on camera where the conversation happened
@Daniel Roche: You are not sure who FFG are?
Seriously?
This is why the Shinners are going to clean up in the next election.
@Daniel Roche: I,m Sure the recently deceased Sean Fitzpatrick would agree with you, especially when the State shredded evidence which led to the collapse of his criminal trial. Amazing country for some indeed.
@alan nolan: it’s not clear what was said.
@alan nolan: I wouldn’t trust either of them.
@paul kelly: who are ffg,never heard of them.
@paul kelly: I’m sure SF with the looney left will get in,I actually hope they get in.
@alan nolan: I believe in evidence but sure I’m only the majority.
@Daniel Roche: Your wounded now Dan. At this point, if M. Martin said he was not in the Dail yesterday, therefore couldn’t have had that conversation with Kelly, you would continue to defend and argue in his favour based on the fact that Kelly was also a liar.
Two found out liars, doesnt make one more credible than the other. Only in this particular case, Alan Kelly was found out telling a truth!
Martin always gets personal, and can’t ever take criticism. How deluded must FFs members and representatives be to elect him leader of the party.
@James Reardon: i dont know who is worse. martin b/s ing regarding teachers and or an earlier shocking interview with Norma Foley on RTE. Usually Claire Byrne is on the ball but she just let Foley blather on about 1 million students, 4000 schools (repeated four times..so at least i now know that… without interruption from Byrne who seemed to have fallen asleep… a benign interpretation of the interview). How on earth RTE can let people like Foley come on, deliver the same pre-written govt message several times and then slope off is simply beyond me.
How contemptible from Micheál, he seems to have chosen the path of just outright lying to the country on a conversation that can plainly be seen taking place on camera rather than accepting the embarrassment of yet another miscommunication from his government on covid guidelines.
Actually Trump-esque and this isn’t the first time he’s spouted complete fiction in front of the country, apparently the bank bailout didn’t happen either.
@Rochelle: any proof his lying or are you going to believe Kelly,just cause you don’t like our leader.
@Daniel Roche: “the government didn’t bail out the banks”
@Daniel Roche: https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1460706030648803328
@Frank Cauldhame: yes they did with the support of the opposition,were you asleep or away for that.
@Daniel Roche: he has lied multiple times in the past, is that not benchmark enough
@Rochelle: so no proof, thanks for agreeing with me.
@Brian Burns: and Kelly has always been honest,I wouldn’t trust either but I find it funny,that straight away martin is lying and Kelly is telling the truth,like we are forgetting everything Kelly done,same old problem in Ireland.
@Daniel Roche: He literally said “there was none” in regards to a conversation with Alan Kelly in the chamber despite footage clearly showing a conversation with Alan Kelly in the chamber. He implied Alan Kelly was untrustworthy and made up the interaction.
Upon learning he was caught on camera he then backtracked to say it was a 40 second conversation but Alan Kelly twisted his words. How could you believe him after initially and demonstrably lying?
@Brian Burns: and Alan Kelly hasn’t .
@Rochelle: I wouldn’t believe either is my point.
@Daniel Roche: is your middle name “proof” ??
@Rochelle: Trump-esque really what has Trump said that is complete fiction? Been proven right about the made up story from Russian coluions to win the election. Was proven right on the ivermectin drug kills covid, a study with 2.4 million people. Was proven right with the wall to keep the illegal immigrants out with 1.6 million people crossing the border last month. You have a leader of the so called free world who won’t take questions from media because he is cognitivly gone in the head so again Trump-esque?
And they could be later heard in the Dáil bar shouting, my Dad’s stronger than your Dad.
@Seymour business: Martin had his bluff called and rightly so, I’m not a Labour voter but fair dues to Alan Kelly.
@Frank Cauldhame: bet u are a Sinn Fein voter though.
Is anyone getting as sick of Leaders Questions as me, with our ‘leaders’ not actually answering any questions put to them. Both Martin and Varadker are a total sham when taking questions and basically use the time to shout down the opposition. People listening are also the ones that want responses to the questions and our ‘leaders’ are bringing these sessions into disrepute.
Martin is incredibly honest said no one ever!
@John Long: and Kelly is a saint
@Daniel Roche: no he absolutely isn’t but my money is on kelly telling the truth on this occasion.
I’d be inclined to believe Mr. Kelly…..wouldnt trust the other one as far as I could throw him…..never had faith in him
Is this what we have running the country? School yard bulls*ite.
Micheal scrapping away. Got a bit of a clout therefore himself and he got cross. He fancies himself in the battle of wits. I’d say that’s why he went into politics. It’s a shame. He’d have made a great school teacher…
Oh wait…
Punctuation saves lives.
No teachers are exempt.
No, teachers are exempt.
No, politicians tell the truth.
No politicians tell the truth
@Denis Moynihan: brilliant! Thank God for punctuation. It’s the best explanation of miscommunication!
@Denis Moynihan: both versions are right orally!
Haaaaaa, Alan Kelly trying to sound relevant. We haven’t forgotten, you know. Devious half wit.
AK-47 shooting holes in Mehole’s story.
MM’s pants are on fire.
I dont think it would have been possible for the Labour Party to fall any lower than Alan Kelly… How sad.
@Pablo Rojas Coppari: Well in fairness he nailed the Taoiseach to the wall on this one. When they’re riding this low in the polls they’ll take any win they can, and this was a win. Remember he said power was a drug. He’s do anything to take one of the top men down.
Their trying to build The Labour party up at the expense of SF.
So Obvious the will squabble in public .But remain cohorts in private .
RTE are at the same thing ignoring the main opposition and calling on the 6 remaining Labour TDs when looking for a reaction to the government
People won’t fall for it again
As if Alan Kelly cares about the public he doesn’t only himself
You can only laugh,Alan Kelly was the devil and labour party finished but people will believe him cause they hate our leader more, maybe both are not telling the truth.
@Daniel Roche: is that you Micheal?
@Daniel Roche: he lied to a journalist saying interaction never took place while video footage shows the opposite..so most people will gather from that that he lied about the conversation.You are over these comments with our leader this and that,your leader lied again
@a: absolute die hard Fianna Fáil man this fella,they must have done some job on the road outside the mothers
@Daniel Roche: MM is clearly seen on camera having a conversation with Kelly, yet our glorious leader denied having a conversation in the Dail chamber until it was pointed out that it was on camera …
@a: no it’s Daniel Roche from limerick.
@a:
@a: Brilliant
Will the schools be contacted by the HSE contact tracing team if a teacher or child tests positive or will that contact continue to be ignored?
His biggest lie must be, we won’t be supporting FG.
‘I’ve learned something about you yesterday…’ What kind of a line is that from MM? And?
Labour or parasites only worse than Fg and Ff only because they betrayed the people they should represent while the other two never represented them in the first place , but
I would not trust either. Never forget the pain Kelly wanted to inflict with horrendous water charges. But in this case I believe Kelly.
Labour or parasites only worse than Fg and Ff only because they betrayed the people they should represent while the other two never represented them in the first place ,
OK so if he did say teacher were going to be exempt what the fudge. That’s complete load of horse manure. The un-vaccinated can’t do a thing because for some reason they are the problem but it’s OK for teachers to be let do whatever they want which goes against all science. Redicluless. Also what’s the figures on vax and unvax in hospitals because its the vaccinated spreading it but everyone is blaming the people who can’t do anything. Oh and do the vaccines work because it’s not looking so good now. Time to oust this extremists far left Government
@Derek Ryan: far left! LOLdemic
Martins a dead man walking
As far as his future goes
So I would not worry too much
Labour or parasites only worse than Fg and Ff only because they betrayed the people they should represent while the other two never represented them in the first place
Both lied, there Politicians
Pageantry and a scramble is all I see to make Labour a viable oppostion vote as people abandon the central parties of power.
Expect more bawling and neighing between the two.
“Populist” their new favourite word for anyone who questions their policies
The great Irish political lie! There is no opposition, all one big pharma monoparty.
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