I do think it's unfair to compare the UK's "flagship" line (London - Darlington is on the ECML, not WCML which is still in the throes of rebuilding) with Dublin - Sligo.
The vast majority of train journeys in the UK are slower now than ever - it's only a few like London - Edinburgh, London - Manchester which have seen improvement - and that's because of eye watering sums of money being spent (and not entirely wisely).
My commute to work takes longer now because of timetable padding, but the main service I have experience of in Ireland is the Enterprise, which is frankly appalling.
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