To put the disjointed rail / bus integration shambles into perspective, an application was made to run a private service ferrying people to Maynooth from other nearby towns but was rejected because a private operator has the "license" for serving one of those outlying towns. This private operator does not run any services to Maynooth.
In any normal country, Bus Eireann services would be integrated with main line rail services, so a hinterland around say Limerick Junction could feed passengers from trains into non rail served routes. Similarly where Bus Eireann runs town services, these would serve the train station in that town frequently with integrated ticketing.
My understanding is that places like Drogheda and Waterford have no local public bus based transport to / from the station.
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