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The pay-row came before the Labour Court after the 3,200 workers represented by the NBRU, SIPTU, UNITE THE UNION, TSSA, CONNECT rejected pay proposals put forward by the WRC.

Bus Eireann recorded €4.2m loss in 2024

Bus Eireann has told the Labour Court that it has made a loss of €4.2m last year "and was projecting similar losses for 2025".

Business • 23 Jun

SIPTU said that incidents on Route 303 in Limerick have damaged buses and endangered workers

SIPTU writes to Bus Éireann over anti-social behaviour

SIPTU representatives have written to Bus Éireann management to request an urgent meeting to discuss what the union described as increasing incidents of anti-social behaviour on one of its Limerick services.

Munster • 19 Jun

Bus Éireann carried 107m passengers across its network last year

Bus Éireann signs new €1.2bn five-year deal with NTA

Bus Éireann has signed a new €1.2bn five-year contract with the National Transport Authority (NTA).

Business • 02 Dec 24

More than half of the 2023 penalties were levied on Dublin Bus

NTA withheld €17.9m from transport operators last year

The National Transport Authority last year imposed cumulative financial penalties of €17.9m on transport operators, with Dublin Bus accounting for more than half the total.

Business • 23 Aug 24

€700,000 loss at Bus Éireann despite 20% passenger growth

Bus Éireann recorded a loss after exceptional items of €700,000 last year.

Business • 07 Aug 24

A driver on the 303 service was told he would be shot by a group of youths last Sunday if he did not bring them to a location of their choosing (file photo)

Call for forum over 'anti-social behaviour' on bus route

The National Bus and Rail Union has called for a dedicated transport forum to deal with, what it describes as, long-running anti-social behaviour on a Limerick city bus route.

Munster • 17 Jul 24

The rise in use coincides with a cut in public transport fares last year and the introduction of dozens of new services nationwide

Record numbers take public transport in 2023

A record number of people used public transport last year, as new figures from the National Transport Authority show use rose by almost a quarter in a year.

Ireland • 17 Jan 24

Busáras opened in Dublin on 19 October 1953

Wheeling in the years as Busáras turns 70

Bus Éireann is celebrating 70 years since the opening of Busáras coach station in Dublin.

Ireland • 26 Oct 23

Bus Éireann announced its first uniform redesign in more than a decade just 22 months ago

Bus Éireann transforms recycled bottles into uniforms

Repak said today that Team Green Member Bus Éireann has achieved a milestone in its sustainability strategy by using its 150,000th recycled plastic bottle in the design and creation of its staff uniforms.

Business • 12 Oct 23

The WRC ruled today that the bus company's actions were discriminatory and ordered it to pay €1,500 in compensation to a Galway man

Bus Éireann ordered to review disability policy

Bus Éireann has been directed to carry out an urgent review of its disability access policies after a finding that a refusal to allow a man travel with his support dog was discriminatory.

Business • 19 Jul 23

Return tickets will no longer be available to buy on board the buses

Expressway bus fares to increase by 5%

Fares on 14 Bus Éireann's Expressway routes are set to increase by around 5% from the end of this month.

Ireland • 18 Jul 23

CIÉ said it is committed to advancing the planned 130% increase in daily public transport journeys by 2030

CIÉ Group cuts emissions per passenger

CIÉ, which owns Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann and CIÉ Tours, said it has cut its emissions per passenger as part of the role of public transport in delivering Ireland's Climate Action Plan.

Business • 03 Jul 23

Passenger numbers on Bus Éireann services returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2022 with 89.5 million journeys taken, up over 50% on the previous year

Bus Éireann aims to halve emissions by 2030

Bus Éireann now has 61 hybrid and three hydrogen buses operating on its national fleet enabling it to achieve what it refers to as 470,000 emission-free kilometres in 2022.

Business • 11 Apr 23

The Expressway bus was just two minutes outside Letterkenny when it went on fire(Pics: Clare McCahill)

Bus Éireann Expressway coach catches fire in Donegal

Fifteen passengers on a Bus Éireann Expressway coach, which caught fire shortly after leaving a bus station in Co Donegal yesterday, managed to safely escape the vehicle.

Ulster • 06 Jan 23

Bus Éireann operates Expressway, the biggest commercial inter-regional coach service in the country with 14 routes

Bus Éireann passenger numbers back to pre-Covid levels

Bus company Bus Éireann has reported a strong return to pre-Covid passenger levels for 2022.

Business • 29 Dec 22

Expressway, which is operated by Bus Éireann, said the fare increases are its first since 2018

Expressway to increase fares due to costs hike

The Expressway bus company said it will increase its fares later this month to minimise the impact of rising costs on the business and to incentivise online ticket purchase.

Business • 07 Oct 22

Via Twitter, the company apologised for any inconvenience caused

Dozens of Bus Éireann services cancelled

Bus Éireann has announced dozens of cancellations of services today "due to operational issues".

Ireland • 24 Jul 22

Bus Éireann operates more than 200 PSO routes around the country

Bus Éireann welcomes cut to fares

Bus Éireann has welcomed the Goverment's decision to cut public transport fares by 20% as part of measures to reduce the cost of living.

Business • 11 Feb 22

'Ted' has been 'working' from Bus Éireann's Broadstone depot while the company try to find his owner

Appeal to get bear on a bus home for Christmas

Bus Éireann's latest recruit has become a social media hit - although the company hopes he won't be with them for much longer.

Ireland • 01 Dec 21

Payroll and related costs increased by 1.2% to €144.6m

Bus Éireann records €9.2m loss for 2020

Bus Éireann recorded a €9.2m loss last year as it dealt with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 08 Jul 21

The €16m investment is the biggest by Bus Éireann in its commercially operated Expressway service in over a decade

Bus Éireann invests €16m in new Expressway coaches

National bus company Bus Éireann has invested €16m in its commercial Expressway inter-regional coach service, which includes the purchase of 30 new coaches for its network.

Business • 15 Jun 21

Today, Bus Éireann published its first sustainability strategy

Bus Éireann to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50%

Bus Éireann has committed to cutting total greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030.

Business • 20 May 21

Recruitment is ongoing for 120 driver posts in Mayo, Cork, Louth and Limerick

120 jobs at Bus Éireann as services increased

Bus Éireann is to create 120 new jobs and provide an increase in services across the country.

Ireland • 14 Dec 20

Bus Éireann is pulling out of of four routes and consolidating 14 routes

No public transport financial support shortage - Ryan

Minister for Transport and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said that there will be no shortage in financial support during the Covid-19 crisis into next year for public transport.

Ireland • 29 Sep 20

Bus Éireann said the decision was designed to protect its core Public Service Obligation routes

Three Expressway services to end early next year

Bus Éireann has announced that it will be cutting Expressway services between Dublin and three other cities from early next year.

Ireland • 28 Sep 20