The trial of a Dublin bus driver charged in connection with the deaths of five people will not now go ahead as planned in July due to "genuine apprehension" on the part of his defence team that it will not be ready.

A Bus Atha Cliath driver who fatally knocked down a mother of three after his vision was impaired by strong sunlight has been given a six months suspended sentence.

TRAFFIC congestion in Dublin cost CIÉ over €50m last year, according to the company’s annual report.

BUS workers across the country will be forced to strike if a quarter of Dublin routes are given to private operators, a union leader warned yesterday.

Government plans for public transport should allow consumers maximum choice, according to Isolde Goggin, Director of Regulated Markets Division at the Competition Authority.