Services previously run by South Western Railway (SWR) became the first to be brought under public control by the Labour Government on Sunday.

All services run by private companies will be renationalised as contracts reach the end of their minimum terms.

I started this run last Monday evening, intending to head to Blessington on the M50, straight through Tallaght and onto the N81. However, as I hadn’t engaged Google Maps, I found myself on the ...