My one major gripe with both IE and Viola (Connex) when it comes to their ticket machines is that they are not accepting AIB Laser/Maestro cards since the introduction of Chip & PIN.
It seems to me that it's rather urgent that they upgrade their machines to Chip & PIN too. This is already the case in the London Underground etc.
The current machines are way too wide open to fraudulant use of a card to purchase tickets.
E.g. I could simply pick up any credit card and buy the most expensive intercity ticket you can up with, and almost any number of them. No authorisation required....
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