There is one thing we can clear up straight away. Despite heated debates for and against free public transport, on the back of the hypothetical study the National Transport Authority (NTA) commissioned from EY, no political party in a position to hold power has remotely suggested it.  Warnings of buses stealing market share from walking and cycling or becoming overcrowded with passengers taking “unnecessary trips” just for the craic have been useful to fill column inches and talk-show airtime, yet the abolition of public transport fares is a point-blank non-starter. In the past six months, I’ve interviewed the people in…

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