Price rises for bus and rail users are on the way.
The National Transport Authority has approved fare increases for Bus Eireann, Irish Rail and Dublin Bus customers who pay with cash.
Currently there are 8 adult cash fare types and 8 Leap fares. This will reduce to 4 different adult Leap fares and 5 adult cash fares.
They have also stated that the customer can make savings by using Leap cards.
The authority says it has tried to keep increases necessary so the current level of services can be maintained.
Gerry Murphy, CEO of the Authority said: “With over 750,000 Leap Cards now in circulation and almost €2 million per week used in travel credit, the Leap Card has clearly been welcomed by the travelling public – both for the convenience and for the value it offers.
"In fact, even with the fares increases announced today – a Leap Card fare in 2015 will nearly always be the same as or lower than a cash fare was in 2012.
Irish Rail fares will rise by an average of 9% for DART, short hop commuter services and Intercity, while Cork commuter services will go up 4%.
Bus Eireann will push prices up by an average of 3.5%.
Dublin Bus will see a range of increases of up to 10% to create an extra 4.5 million euro in revenue.
Some Luas tickets will cost just over 6% more.
