Granted, we managed to get public transport just fine back in the day - back before real-time existed we instead used a real-life timetable (or else just guessed).

https://twitter.com/dublinbusnews/status/978517885730656256 Still, in more recent times we've clearly become hugely reliant (read: lazy) on an nifty transport app telling us exactly when the next bus will be coming. https://twitter.com/Dooler_/status/978695636257267712 So suffice to say that on Tuesday morning when it transpired that Dublin Bus's RTI was down and out, well, there was a spot of panic. https://twitter.com/dublinbusnews/status/978683881913225216 That the issue still wasn't fixed by the time people were heading home again on Tuesday evening resulted in nothing short of mass confusion and anger. https://twitter.com/dublinbusnews/status/978685982496174080 In response, a load of folk have been taking to Twitter all day to express their annoyance... and also to ask the company's Twitter account if they wouldn't mind individually sharing info on various routes and estimated arrival times.

Hi. Our tech department are working hard to find a resolution as soon as possible.

— Dublin Bus (@dublinbusnews) March 27, 2018

In fairness to the Dublin Bus social media team, their fingers must be raw from all the furious tweeting back to the many hundreds of people asking for timetable info. https://twitter.com/SilverStGroud/status/976009031771983873 As to whether the service will be back on Wednesday - Dublin Bus says "our tech department are working hard to find a resolution as soon as possible". Hmmm... https://twitter.com/wheresgrandad/status/978696079377125376