GoBus

Rode the bus from Dublin to Galway direct. Reasonably priced (€ 13) one way. Clean with power, wifi and a rest room.

Très pratique comme moyen de transport !
Le GoBus part de l’aéroport de Dublin, s’arrête à Dublin même puis file à Galway. Super facile à trouver quand on sort du terminal, départ toutes les heures 45 en ce moment (mais vérifie quand même, petit Unilocaleur, je né veux pas que tu restes comme un malheureux sur le parking parce que les horaires ont changé), arrivée sur la côte ouest 3h après.
Pas très cher: l’aller-retour aéroport-​Galway/​Galway-​centre de Dublin coûtait 27 €. Pour ce prix, un joli car qui sent bon (je déteste l’odeur des cars dans lesquels on faisait les sorties scolaires), où on est correctement assis, avec le wifi et des WC, et un chauffeur sympa.
Pas trop de monde, la plupart des gens avaient 2 sièges pour eux.
Si tu veux dormir pendant le trajet, mets-​toi plutôt au fond: à l’aller comme au retour les chauffeurs écoutaient la radio, c’est un peu gênant quand tu es juste derrière eux.
Et quand tu as fini de psychoter à cause de tous les gens qui doublent par la droite, tu peux profiter de ton voyage !

Absolutely brilliant. I use Bus Eireann every day, and Go Bus is exactly what Bus Eireann isn’t; punctual, affordable, pleasant, comfortable and enjoyable. Maybe it was because I was sitting around some tourists, but I felt like I was on holidays. I sort of wish that my daily commute was Dublin-​Galway now. Well done everybody at GoBus :)

Ever since I spent a few months making the daily from Offaly to Dublin by bus, many years ago, I swore off buses.
Until the arrival of the Gobus, that is.
My wife is from Galway and head down there every so often. But when the train wast he best option, it almost put me off going. The only train I could make from work was the 7.15 from Heuston and that would get me into Galway about 10pm and I was fit for nothing more than heading to bed by that stage. Not to mind the occasional boisterous gangs of stags.
But then the Gobus came along and made it all better. The Dart drops me from work to within 200 yards of the bus, it’s less than half the price of the train, it’s quieter, there’s WiFi, it’s clean, it’s quicker than the train and it drops me within a 5 minute walk of the outlaws’ house.
What more could a body ask for?

Hot from the tip off from Niamh H, I decided to break my No Busses Rule #1, and forgo the more expensive train option (€ 34.50 one way), for the more classic and half the price, bus.
I hate buses. I don’t know what they’ve done to me to make me feel this way but I do. Maybe because they don’t go fast enough. You don’t have enough room. You get stuck in traffic. Bus stations are always horrible. They’re boring?!! (Unless you’ve been on an Argentinian bus — now that’s a different story altogether…)
So, back to Gobus.
— The fare price is half of what you’d pay on the train
— They have free WiFi (that takes care of the boredom)
— I traveled on a bank holiday Sunday, so no traffic to get stuck in (I realise this is irrelevant to the business but thought I’d mention it anyway as it pleased me greatly)
— Loads of room — see above. Even if the bus was full though, the seats and interior of the bus seemed fairly new, very clean, and roomy enough
— It went fast enough — Dublin to Cork in less than three hours, BOOM
— The driver was sound, and waited for me while I went and bought my ticket from the machine (thereby holding up the bus by a few mins… yes I am that person.) Note: you can pay for your ticket on the bus but only with cash.
— The bus station (Busaras) is still horrible
As buses go, it’s probably up there. There’ll be no five stars doled out for a bus by me, ever. So a four star is as good as it gets. Well done GoBus.

Fantastic!!! Affordable!!! Reliable!!!
I just took the bus from Galway for the first time. I ditched the train (which I’ve been taking for 9 years Dublin/​Galway monthly journeys) which is over twice as expensive! Bye bye train hello comfort of gobus! train: € 43 Dublin/​athenry return gobus: € 20 Dublin/​Galway return. :)

I’ve taken just about every form of public transportation known to man or beast (seriously, I’ve even hopped a cattle car for a lift) and, oh, GoBus, yer doin’ it right!
The bus was comfy, the driver was polite, and the on-​line booking was a piece of cake (one side note-​it was the same price on-​line as it was to pay the driver, so the only upside was a guaranteed seat).
They also have a pretty good schedule, so there’s a lot of options both to and from Galway. I can see deciding in the morning to go and just hopping on for a bit of a spontaneous day trip. Prices were better than the train, and the drop off in Galway is a 2 minute walk to Eyre Square and the pedestrian district.
If I have one beef, it’sbe the location of their pick-​up point in City Centre. It’s WAY the frick down almost to the IFSC. To be fair, their website DOES say it’s in front of Ulster Bank, which I hadn’t realized was so far down, but I’d think they could get a leeetly closer to the other bus pick up areas. The Eden Key drop off point in Dublin makes getting back to civilization pretty easy. Why don’t they just pick up there, too?
Bottom Line: I napped all the way to Galway Bay…