Originally Posted by 840
Personally, I still tend to use the train to travel between Cork and Dublin. Although, it should be faster, it is still competitive time-wise with the plane once check-ins and trips to and from the airport are taken into account. Also, the train ticket provides greater flexibility. If a meeting overruns or I decide to stay in Dublin late for social reasons, my ticket is valid on the next train.
Just returning to this topic briefly, I travelled to Dublin yesterday for the afternoon. Left my office here in Cork city centre at exactly 11.00, was on the Aer Arann flight at 11.40 which departed 10 minutes early. I was sitting in our Dublin office on Harcourt Street at 13.00. Two hours door to door, including checkin and the time to travel to and from both airports. Train can't compete with that!