Why are irish rail fares so expensive?

Question

52 euro return from limeric to dublin...crazy

Answer 1

In almost countries the level of public funding determines the amount they have to charge for the passenger tickets.

good passenger rail travel is not a prifitable venture and must be maintained by public funds.

Usually politicians are too short sighted to adequately fund public transportation systems.

Then ridership goes down because no one can afford to go, and they say "See", no one wants to ride.

Duh.

It is a crazy situation, I agree.