New bus services for north Leitrim area
A later bus link between Kinlough and Bundoran has been added to a new initiative announced by the Minister for Transport. Over the weekend Minister Shane Ross announced that 15 counties were going to benefit from a new late night service. It’s been confirmed that the new Kinlough to Bundoran…
Donegal is one of 15 counties for planned late night bus service
A late night rural bus service is being planned for 15 counties with Donegal being one of them. The proposed extended service will be on existing routes while it is being piloted, and is under active consideration by the Transport Minister. Fine Gael has developed the plan with Local Link…
Transport Minister under fire in Leitrim for failing to allocate LIS funding
The Transport Minister Shane Ross is under fire again today, this time from a Leitrim Councillor. Fianna Fail Councillor Mary Bohan says she’s outraged at the failure of the Minister to fund the much-needed Local Improvement Schemes for people in rural areas. Some funding has been sanctioned by the Rural…
PRO of N4 Action Group calls for clarification; McLoughlin awaiting word from Minister Ross
The PRO of the N4 Action Group has called for clarification on what is the position regarding funding for the proposed new road between Collooney and Castlebaldwin. There had been widespread expectation that there would be a budget announcement yesterday of a specific capital allocation that would enable work to…
Greenway campaigner says money being ‘wasted’ on bridge
€70,000 the Minister for Transport plans to ‘waste’ putting up a railway bridge that will be never used could be better spent on a feasibility study for the Sligo Greenway Co-op. That’s according to Brendan Quinn of the Western Rail Trail who wants to see the railway-line between Athenry and…
LYIT Student Union survey shows large number rely on Bus Eireann services
A survey of 100 LYIT Students taken in January by LYIT Student Union, shows that 62% use Bus Eireann services for getting to and from college. The Union of Students in Ireland President, Annie Hoey, has joined in calling on Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, to intervene…
Ross under fire for not reading report on Bus Eireann
Enda Kenny has been forced into a vigorous defence of Transport Minister Shane Ross. It’s after the Taoiseach admitted Minister Ross hadn’t yet seen a hard-hitting report from Grant Thornton into the future of bus services. It led Fianna Fail to ask how the Minister had briefed the cabinet on…