Rural bus night service could expand

ONE of the Government’s night-time rural bus services which was piloted in a handful of north Cork villages could be expanded across the region to combat rural isolation.

The group which coordinates the scheme, nicknamed the “booze bus”, told the Government last week it would like to expand the successful system to cover the entire Mallow and Fermoy catchment areas.

Avondhu Development Group told Rural Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, that it needs just four people in each area to be interested initially to launch the expanded pilot service.