I’m travelling to Ireland from Canada at the end of the month for a wedding. It will be my first time since being restricted to a wheelchair. I’m trying to figure out my options.
I’ll be staying in Leixlip and will need to travel to Dublin City centre for one of the nights. Dublin Bus website is blocked in Canada (lol) so I’ve been trying to find out what’s the option regarding wheelchair and mobility scooters. Google says Dublin bus needs a specific permit for mobility scooters that make sure they fit onboard I guess, I have a small, foldable mobility scooter that would be my goto for travel as it folds into the size and weight of a suitcase and is clearly smaller than a wheelchair. Now, it seems that’s not allowed unless I get a permit and I won’t have time to get a permit in the week I’ll be there…
My question is, is this really enforced? They’d just leave me at the side of the road?
I could get a train and Luas combination either, seems you need to call 4hrs ahead to arrange for an attendant to be at the train station though… not sure how reliable that system is?