At least with Ryan Air they never cancel tickets, the flight may be postponed but as with Greyhound Busses in America, there is always one on the way.
This is not the case with the Irish department of welfare, which, should be called the Department of Unwell Fare.
Pensioners were granted free travel by Charles Haughey, R.I.P. leader of Fianna Fail Party.
The current Government is Fine Gael (alias fascists) are cancelling rail and bus passes without warning the bearers.
Which means, one could go to Dublin, from Cork 2 hours 30 minutes and while visiting an eye surgeon, have your card deleted and thus unable to board the return train.
This happened to my wife and I, we are old age pensioners.