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A Clare Secondary School Principal insists that any changes made to the school bus transport scheme must be backed up with the necessary resources. The Department of Education is bringing proposals before cabinet today that will aim to reduce the qualification distance. If passed, primary pupils living within 1km and post-primary students living within 2km […]

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A new bus service has been launched for commuters travelling from Ennis to the Shannon Smithstown Industrial Estate. It’s the latest enhancement TFI Local Link has made to its C4 Route, which also takes in Newmarket-On-Fergus. The service, which can facilitate home pick-ups and drop-offs subject to prior booking, departs daily from the Friar’s Walk […]

A Clare Coach Operator is confident that new European Parliament Proposals on driver rest time will significantly enhance tourism opportunities.

Bus Eireann has identified a contractor to enable the resumption of school bus services from Meelick to Limerick. The route has been suspended since September due to acute driver recruitment and retention difficulties facing the provider. Bus Eireann’s policy of not allowing drivers aged over 70 to operate school runs has been identified as a […]

Clare’s Green Party Senator insists the delivery of the Ennis Town Bus Service should be the National Transport Authority’s top priority. It follows confirmation from Senior Executive Enginner with the Ennis Municipal District, Eamon O’Dea that while discussions are ongoing about the level of funding to be allocated to the service, he’s confident the Town […]

On Tuesday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Nollette Darcy a parent affected by the cancellation of an important school transport bus route by Bus Éireann in County Clare to give us some good news and update us on the situation. The cancellation of the route, from Cratloe through Coolycasey, into Sixmilebridge and onto […]

An East Clare parent fears history could repeat itself regarding school bus driver shortages if the system isn’t dramatically overhauled. Bus Éireann has confirmed that following weeks of uncertainty for school-goers whose bus routes were cancelled due to driver scarcity, transport arrangements have been sourced for Cratloe to Shannon post-primary, Corofin to Ennis post-primary and […]

Two Clare school bus services that had been suspended due to driver shortages will resume operations next week. The E181 Corofin to Ennis Post Primary route and E887 Ruan Primary School route were halted in August due to acute recruitment difficulties on contracted Bus Eireann services. Although the national transport provider has now confirmed that both […]

A South-East Clare Parent claims families are being persecuted financially due to a lack of school bus services. Due to acute shortages in sourcing contracted drivers, Bus Eireann has been forced to temporarily suspend some local routes, including journey’s servicing Sixmilebridge, Newmarket and Ruan. The provider in conjunction with the Department of Education has set […]