To Clarify

This is where I live. It is about an hour from Trinity College Dublin where I "study".
The commute is the bane of my existence. I am just too far away to commute with ease but I am close enough that I am un-willing to get a loan to pay for rent etc.

The journey is usually just over an hour but the transport system is not exactly geared as efficiently as I would like it to be, with no late night transport at all from the city centre except on Fridays and Saturdays and a timetable that suits business hours only.(and yes I understand that suits other people, but not me)

So for close on three hours a day (factoring in waiting times and the distance between home and train station) I am plugged into my ipod/reading or writing/ staring out a window.