No Public Transport During Red Warnings, Donegal Man Reads With Some Amusement

IRISH meteorological service Met Éireann’s latest announcement that nationwide red warnings will force all public transport to cease was met with great amusement in Donegal today, WWN has learned.

“Yeah, what public transport?” scoffed Terence McEntire, who read the headline out loud to his wife for effect.

“Did you hear that Jane? There’s going to be no public transport tomorrow?” McEntire bellowed as his wife chimed in.

“But sure we don’t have any public transport in Donegal anyway!” Jane McEntire replied in jest, unaware her husband’s comment was also delivered in a wry tone.

“I know, right? That’s what I just said – it’s not going to make much of a difference in Donegal as we’ve no transport here at all at all!” Terence repeated, the joke now becoming less and less funny as the realisation that Donegal exists in public service purgatory where all infrastructure and amenities remain in limbo, forever clinging to the dream that the State might actually pay it attention in the event of a United Ireland leading genuine regional development.

“Man, we really got the butt end of the stick here,” the couple agreed, now searching for candles ahead of the ESB issuing warnings of potential power cuts that won’t be fixed for over a week as Donegal remains last in the queue for everything.