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Bus Eireann has made seats available to five families in Collooney who were at risk of having no way for their children to get to school. The situation affected at least five families with concessionary bus tickets to Coola Post-primary school. Sinn Fein Councillor Thomas Healy has welcomed the move…

A Sligo/Leitrim Fianna Fail deputy says the future of some school bus routes in the region still remain unclear. Deputy Eamon Scanlon says that’s despite Minister of State John Halligan saying he had relaxed the rule about a minimum of 10 pupils needed to maintain a bus service to a…

Minister of State John Halligan says he has taken a number of short-term measures to protect the school transport scheme for rural areas. However, the Minister has failed to give any clear committment on the challenges rural communities are facing to retain services in the long-term. The Minister says he…

There has been a broad welcome for the news that a new bus service is to be provided from the North Leitrim area to the county’s capital town, Carrick on Shannon. At yesterday’s meeting of the Manorhamilton Municipal District of Leitrim County Council, Independent Councillor Felim Gurn proposed that the…

Throughout the North West this morning, Bus Eireann passengers can expect most services to be running as normal. Drivers agreed to go back to work yesterday while they consider Labour Court recommendations to solve their dispute. The proposals include around 200 job losses and a 10 per-cent pay cut. Nicola…

Gardai say noone was injured after a bus went off the road at Gleann in county Sligo last night. They were called to the scene near Gleann Church just after 9pm last night. It’s understood the bus was bringing an u16 team from Grange home after a match in Geevagh.…

A West of Ireland TD says school buses will be affected very soon if some kind of a resolution is not found to the bus strike. The strike is now in its 5th day with unions not happy with the plans for cost-cutting at the company while Bus Eireann says…