Donal Kane

[Robert Doyle @RJDoyleSW2]

This story has been shared a lot this weekend.

There *is* a very real chance Labour will lose control of Lambeth Council in local elections on May 7th.

But it is *much* less likely that there will be an overall Green majority in Lambeth Town Hall.
@brixtonbuzz @heartstreatham

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@KarlBrophy @Dunleavb @DublinAirport Have you found a way on arrival to avoid the stupidly long walk from the stands furthest from T2 (via the construction in the 3xx gates basement that's taking longer than the pyramids did to get built)

If you could just sneak out via T1 from a BA arrival would be much faster !

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@PaulBlack2022 @SimonCalder Yes, none of this applies if you have an Irish passport alongside a UK one

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@SimonCalder Worth also noting that this doesn't apply to UK-Irish dual citizens .. Irish passport holders can freely enter the UK on their Irish passport regardless of if they also hold a UK passport

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

Hopefully this happens sooner rather than later ...

Eurostar to cut boarding times by 30 minutes https://t.co/gHTQCBkpPp

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@Michaelkelly707 @rte A little confusing in this article to know what the exact changes are that they seem to be so against ? .. I guess it's the lack of an evening departure to Donegal and the night stop for the aircraft , but that seems a bit unclear with all the mention of morning departures ?

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@superalbs @GatwickExpress @TfL What would it cost with Oyster/contactless I wonder .. Bit bit I guess as it's about that price to Zone 1 from LHR with the Elizabeth line ... Guess your ticket is with a Railcard ?

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@thomasforth https://t.co/e3c9EPu466 .. a bit more info on the likely cost of it if you're interested .. I assume that includes all the new terminals/barriers etc. as well as the backend systems .. doesn't sound too crazy if it comes in as budgeted.

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@s8mb It's excellent for kids of all ages, massive and with great detail and model trains etc running all around under your feet .. Fab display of English eccentricity at it's finest ( was started by a vicar many years ago I believe ! )

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@s8mb Bekonscot Model Village & Railway https://t.co/S6Q2yQPQJB all day long ( okay it's just outside the M25, but very easy on the train )

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@KarlBrophy @DublinAirport A public transport desert with a large shopping centre attached !

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@KarlBrophy @DublinAirport Ah but isn't that South Dublin centric thinking 😜 ... Folks from Swords and points north might need to be getting to T1 whatever about T2 !

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

I think whatever is being built underneath the 300 gates @DublinAirport must be taking longer than the Pyramids did at this stage ?

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@thomasforth Rail probably much simpler than the UK given the much simpler ( and usually cheaper !) fare structure

Though cross border services might be interesting? ( same for long distance buses )

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@thomasforth Certainly hope so, when I go home it's a pain as a visitor when you can't use contactless

They may need to move to a flat fare on city buses ( in Dublin anyway ) to make it work? Current variable fares by journey length on the same route probably tricky and add time at bus stops

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@thomasforth That would be the exception I think .. the M7 out of Dublin can be bad at rush hour so 3h30 maybe then .. the other 23 hours of the day though I'd say 3hrs is pretty solid , indeed in the middle of the night you'd probably do it in 2 1/2 hours

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@thomasforth 3 hours more like it , even a little less ... It's motorways almost the entire way ( Thanks EU structural funds) and it's only about 250km

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

Hard to see how this advances any sensible discussion of the problem 🙄

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

Not sure what data drives the claim but it doesn't feel right and the limited data I can find such as https://t.co/jjBfjyKjnz suggests a min of 18 overnight on 28-29 December

Yesterday was a certainly a nice day, but didn't feel exceptional .. (Today is positively cool so far)

[Donal Kane @EvilDoctorK]

@extremetemps I think you need to take a long hard look at some of your postings before throwing around such accusations

The constantly hyperbolic tone doesn't help

Thanks for clarifying the information that your original post lacked