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Peter O'Neill

Peter O'Neill

Retired Seattle products liability attorney (Of Counsel at Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender) and author of the memoir My So-Called Disorder, written after learning he was autistic at 65.

Sep 3, 2026

5:42
So Peter, are you like that texter? This is a fare, it's a reasonable jump of 15% come January.
5:51
Again, it's the opinion of ourselves here in the Dowie Commuter Coalition that we're not just representing Dowie City, we're representing the broader county too.
5:57
And for the width and breadth of the county, we don't think it's reasonable at all, especially given the fact we're subsidising fuel by about €2.2 million a day, that we were promised these investments, we were promised better quality and quantity, and instead we're getting a price hike, which is impacting all the working and commuting people that we represent here in Dowie City and county.
6:16
In terms of post-Covid Ireland, we've seen a 21% increase in people using public transport.
6:22
Which is a good thing.
6:24
It's a massive good thing.
6:25
And you're looking at these things, there are 363.5 million people on average using our rail and bus services.

7 MINS LATER

13:30
A lot of commuters are actually, you know, don't mind paying that little bit of an increase for a better service.
13:26
It's just an incredible story, I think, of autistic perseverance.
13:30
Yeah, well, they were the stupidest vehicles ever designed.
13:33
Stupid and most dangerous vehicles ever designed.
13:36
This one ran from 73 to 87.
13:39
It was the most popular vehicle that General Motors ever sold.
13:43
They sold over 10 million of them.
13:45
And from the very start, before they sold the first one, they knew that if you bumped it on the side, there was a good chance it would spring a leak and gasoline would pour out the side.

10 MINS LATER

23:34
What do you think? Just to give people maybe a baseline.

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