That's true. There is however a massive drive by employers to get people back into the office. I know a lot of people who were working full-time from home who now do a few days in the office every week, and fear they'll be back full-time. My own brother works for an insurance company based in Dublin; he lives in the North and works from home full-time; I don't think he's very stepped foot in the office! He's sh1tting himself now that he's going to be forced to come in for a few days which would be completely unfeasible.I'm not so sure. If Dublin based companies want people back in the office then they are going to have to move the office because housing costs in the capital make it too expensive to live there, especially if people are being forced to return. Demand for accommodation in Dublin far outstrips supply as it is.
That fat bollox Denis O'Brien was talking at some conference last week about the need to get people back in the office.
As you say, the traffic problem in Dublin is absolutely insane. A colleague drives from Navan into Dublin city centre every day and says it takes him about two and a half hours in the morning to get in. It's cracking I'm up. When he finishes at half 5/6 he sits around playing solitaire on his PC so he can avoid the rush hour traffic going back.
I understand it's just as bad coming in from Kildare and Wicklow.