The biggest change that Miren-Maialen McDonald has observed since moving to Dublin 26 years ago? Transport.
“All these years that I have been in Dublin I have never had a driving licence and I never will, so I’ve always been cycling or taking public transport,” McDonald says.
Having moved to Dublin from Hamburg, Germany, McDonald says the contrast between the two cities’ public transport infrastructure was stark.
“When I came there was no Luas. The buses did not have a timetable at the bus stops that you could see.”
Though she is originally from San Sebastián in the Spanish Basque Country, also known as Donostia in Basque, McDonald moved to Ireland from Hamburg, where she was working at the time, and brought her bike with her.
“The bike got stolen,” she says.
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