Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

Yesterday in the greater Dublin area, the Christmas 2006 Operation Freeflow began. Unfortunately for hard-pressed commuters, whether travelling on private or public transport, it was scarcely noticed this year. It was more a question of operation no-go, as usual. People neither arrived earlier to work nor home to their families. As an example, as usual this morning, it took 30 minutes to get from Mulhuddart to the Blanchardstown roundabout, a grand distance of one and a half miles.

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