Bonkers bureaucracy: from contactless payments on public transport, to bike bandits and testing delays

Next generation (or the generation after) ticketing

In London, commuters have been able to use debit cards to pay for public transport since 2012. Other European cities have followed suit, with contactless payments increasingly the norm across the continent.

But in Ireland’s capital? Not so fast.

Dublin has been examining the issue of “next generation ticketing” – allowing travellers contactless payments on trains, trams and buses – since 2018.

That year, Ireland’s transport authorities released ...