Thanks for the insight. Is that 2.5 hours each way when you were commuting from Kilkenny? If so that really doesn't bode well for a commute that is nearly twice as long as that..
Yep. That included - driving to the station, train from Kilkenny to Heuston, bus from Heuston into town then walking to Grand Canal from Trinity.
I did drive in occasionally but the M7/N7 was a disaster.