A dad of a young wheelchair user has slammed the lack of automatic ramps on trains just bought by Irish Rail.
The brand new trains are currently on their way over from South Korea - but they do not have automatic ramps like Dublin Bus. As it stands, wheelchair users have to wait for a staff member to manually put down a ramp before they can get off a train.
Bernard Mulvany from Access for All Ireland feels that a perfect opportunity has been missed to make transport in Ireland more accessible. He told Dublin Live that wheelchair users will be reliant on staff members for the next few decades and unable to make last minute plans., and that the new trains are not suitable for all citizens.
