CAR
It takes at least an hour and three-quarters, often more, to get to the city by car in rush hour. Drogheda is the first bottleneck. You make good time on the Balbriggan by-pass, but traffic comes to a stop at the end of this.
From Swords into town, it can take three-quarters of an hour. When the new road linking Dundalk with the Dunleer bypass is opened at the end of the year, things will improve a little.
Dundalk car commuters have to leave by 7 a.m. at the latest to be sure to get to work in time for a nine o'clock start.
TRAIN
There are two trains to choose from in the morning. The 6.52 a.m. arrives in Connolly Station at 8.05 a.m. and the 7.57 a.m. (the Enterprise train) arrives in Dublin at 9.00 a.m.
In the evening, the 5.20 p.m. gets to Dundalk at 6.30 p.m., the 6.45 p.m. arrives at 7.35 p.m. and the 7.p.m. Enterprise service arrives in Dundalk at 7.50 p.m.
A weekly return ticket costs £31.
BUS
Just one Bus Eireann service gets to Dublin in time for work in the morning. It leaves Dundalk at 6.30 a.m. and arrives at Busaras at 8.30 a.m. Going home in the evening, the 5.30 p.m. from Dublin gets to Dundalk by 7.45 p.m. and the 6 p.m. arrives at 8.15 p.m. A weekly return ticket costs £24.
