Bus Éireann has apologised to the customers affected after one of its drivers was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving while in charge of a Cork city bus with passengers on board.

Bus passengers in Cork are bracing for pre-Christmas disruption after bus drivers voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.

Bus Eireann has been awarded a new five year contract worth more than €800m over five years.

NBRU’s General Secretary, Dermot O’Leary, said they are not in favour of an all-out strike.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) has contradicted claims made by Bus Éireann that it needs approval from the NTA to lower fares in Cork.

It is the first time that a private operator in West Cork has been awarded a licence to operate head-to-head against the state-funded Bus Eireann

A bus route in Cork city has been rerouted because of anti-social behaviour tonight.

A long-serving Bus Éireann bus driver said that he has been left ‘deeply traumatised’ over the manner of his constructive dismissal by the national bus firm.

A judge has banned a Bus Éireann driver from driving for one year after stating that he “is a danger on the road”.

I had the good fortune as a Kerry man to be in attendance in Killarney on Sunday last for the Mayo game. It is not that display but my subsequent journey to Waterford that prompts this letter.

The company said it carried over 83 million passengers in the last year, an increase of 6.3%.

The union representing Bus Éireann drivers fears one of them could be killed amid a spate of serious assaults in Dublin.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) says a 60% boost in journey figures on Ireland’s first 24-hour city bus service proves that commuters will use buses more if the service runs when and where they need it.

Bus Éireann is hosting a series of open days around the country this weekend for women who are interested in joining the company as bus drivers.

Bus Eireann has confirmed that Ballyshannon to Sligo is not a wheelchair-accessible route.

Property owners on one of Cork’s busiest roads could lose part of their front gardens under draft plans for new bus lanes.

Representatives of the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Bus Éireann are to be invited to meet Cork County Council to discuss ways that all bus services in the county can be made wheelchair-friendly.

The National Transport Authority has revealed that there were almost 19 million more passenger journeys on public transport last year.

A number of Bus Eireann drivers are on sick leave following assaults by passengers.

A college student is urging fellow passengers to jump on board his campaign for a better bus service in Cork.

The National Transport Authority, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann launched the Low Emission Bus Trial yesterday.

Public transport passengers nationwide will experience changes to the costs of their journey from today.

The row over school bus seats in Kildalkey, Co. Meath is finally to be resolved from Monday, with the help of the Local Link programme and the National Transport Authority.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) is proposing to put 10% of Bus Éireann services out to tender from 2021.

Bus Éireann has taken a private bus operator off a West Cork school route today following confusion over the transport of students with special needs.

New promotional fares will be available on Bus Éireann services in Cork tomorrow to mark the reintroduction of the bus priority measures on Patrick St.

Bus Éireann has hired 66 new drivers this year in an effort to provide better services in the face of increased traffic congestion and a near 20% increase in passenger numbers in Cork City.

There is a new bus incentive running in Cork that could save you those precious coins on the run up to payday.

Bus Éireann Chairman Aidan Murphy has today announced that CEO Ray Hernan will depart in the coming months to take on a senior role in another company.

Management at Bus Eireann say the company is still on very fragile financial footing and their focus is on growth and an upcoming expansion of services.

Unions and management at Bus Éireann are meeting today exactly a year after they signed a deal at the Labour Court to end strike action by drivers.

Bus Eireann has announced a recruitment campaign to hire almost 200 people for jobs around the country.

The driver of a Bus Éireann coach safely evacuated his passengers after the vehicle’s electrical box burst into flames.

Gardai have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a bus driver was assaulted and robbed by a lone raider in Cork last night.

I refer to recent coverage of comments made by Senator Tim Lombard in relation to bus fares in West Cork.

GoAhead has been announced as the preferred bidder for six bus routes on the Kildare-Dublin Commuter route.

Significant Government investment is needed in Cork to build more dedicated bus lanes to speed up journey times which are grinding to a snail’s pace at peak hours.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) has announced Bus Éireann as the preferred bidder for the contract relating to the operation of five city bus routes in Waterford City.

Bus Éireann fares across Cork, Limerick and Galway will fall by almost 50% on some routes as part of a major new restructuring of ticket prices, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

A ‘connection’ between a busy bus station and an award-winning historic railway station is a bridge too far for Bus Éireann and Iarnród Éireann.

The board of Bus Éireann has agreed to sign off on the company's 2016 financial statements and formally approved a budget for 2017.

Transport Minister Shane Ross has said Bus Éireann can be built into a successful and sustainable business after unions agreed to pay cuts and reforms.

The country has just endured a difficult bus strike that caused considerable inconvenience to huge numbers of people even though the outcome of the dispute was entirely predictable. 

In his celebrated poem, “September 1913,” William Butler Yeats condemns the ruthless manner in which workers were locked out by their employers, giving rise to a winter of poverty and deprivation.