South East on Track

31/08/2026

Have you had the experience of getting the train from Wexford to Dublin only to be met with the older style commuter train?

Are you a regular user who uses the train for work or study and find that almost all of your journeys are on this style of train. Did you ever wonder why?

We’ve corresponded with Iarnród Éireann about the use of these on our service. They are not suitable for Inter-City journeys of this length and we want to know why the Inter-City train carriages are being used for much shorter commuter journeys elsewhere while passengers from Wexford are stuck for hours on trains with no plugs, no luggage racks, and limited seating.

If you’re tired of this experience, come and join us at Kinfolk this Thursday, September 3rd at 19:30 to have your say on this and everything rail related in Wexford.

29/08/2026

Big thanks to Waterford Council of Trade Unions for supporting our campaign and reminding people about our public meeting on September 3rd at 19:30 in kinfolk.ie

26/08/2026

Thanks to Wexford Weekly for sharing our event!

It will take place next week

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26/08/2026

Want to attend our public meeting and take the train to do so? Well here’s how you can get here and back from Enniscorthy and Gorey on the night!

We want to hear from you. This public meeting is for those of us who use and want to use the train more. Let’s get a campaign going to improve rail in Wexford.

26/08/2026

It will take place next week

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24/08/2026

Interested in the future of rail in Wexford? We’ll be participating in this public meeting in Wexford Town on September 3rd in kinfolk.ie to discuss how we can improve Wexford’s rail provision.

We want to hear from you as well, so join us for an evening of conversation and planning about Wexford’s rail present and future!

📍Kinfolk, Eclectic Avenue. Wexford Town @ 19:30 September 3rd

22/08/2026

"Ireland is not short of rail strategies, but rail has a peculiar tendency to appear in plans, studies and future phases while road congestion retains a remarkable ability to turn itself into concrete."

Sounds very similar, in a south-east context!

The new temporary train station in Adare for the Ryder Cup shows these things can be done — so why can't this approach be taken more widely?

10/07/2026

We're happy to see Irish Rail maintaining the Wexford-Waterford line this week - with the train pictured on Wednesday at Wellingtonbridge. This highlights that the government should move immediately to repair the Barrow Bridge and get this line back into service by 2030, not 2040!

03/07/2026

This recent op-ed in the Irish Times highlights the issues in Irish Rail. The problems run deeper. In 26 years, we have had unprecedented economic growth but only 62km of net growth in our national rail network. Something needs to change. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/06/29/aine-ryan-irish-rails-problems-are-bigger-than-my-stolen-suitcase-or-the-non-existent-tea-trollies/

06/06/2026

Iarnród Éireann insist on running 29000 trains on the Dublin-Wexford line, even though they're entirely inadequate

People are already standing at Enniscorthy today, more than two hours from Connolly

The larger capacity 22000s are run to Kildare - make this make sense!

This is not good enough Darragh O'Brien