Jobs and rural links under threat as Bus Eireann faces €6m annual losses
Bus Drivers are calling on the Department of Transport to intervene to save services at Bus Éireann. It’s feared routes are under threat as the company struggles to deal with multi-million euro losses. Five unions representing workers at the bus company met with the Labour Court yesterday and are due…
Public meeting on future of Bus Eireann service on Tubbercurry this evening
The union representing bus eireann expressway workers will begin travelling to towns and villages in an attempt to drum up support as they fight a planned restructuring of the bus service. Public meetings will take place in towns and villages nationwide including in Tubbercurry and Donegal Town in the coming…
Public meeting to hear implications of potential cuts to expressway services
Remote areas like south and west Donegal would be worst affected by any changes to Bus Eireann Expressway services. That’s according to Dermot O’Leary of the National Bus and Rail Union speaking ahead of a public meeting on the issue tonight in Tubbercurry and another in Donegal Town on December…
Public meetings to take place on Bus Eireann Expressway service
Changes to the Bus Eireann’s Expressway service would result in the death knell of rural bus services. That’s according to Dermot O Leary, general secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union which is launching a nationwide campaign against a so-called restructuring of the service. As part of the campaign,…
Bus Eireann says ‘no need for concern’ over seats
A Bus Eireann spokesperson says there is no need for concern about school pupils who hold so-called concessionary tickets not getting seats on buses in the new school term. There has been concern that this might happen because of a downsizing of school buses, resulting in fewer seats available. Nicola…
Children at risk of losing their place on the school bus
One in five school children could lose their place on the school bus as vehicles are getting down sized. The Irish Independent reports that ‘concessionary’ ticket holders would lose out, because they only get a place if there are spare seats on the bus. That could mean that 22 thousand…