CIÉ ready for massive Ryder Cup tee-off

THE Ryder Cup will require the biggest public transport operation since the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in 1979, CIÉ claimed yesterday.

During the week of the tournament at the K Club in Straffan, Co Kildare, the company will be moving an estimated 11,000 people at any one moment by bus and rail.

It plans to cater for more than half a million journeys on Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Irish Rail services during the competition and practice days, from September 19 to 24.