Bus Éireann insists green route to boost income

BUS Éireann estimates the opening of a new green bus route on a busy Limerick city two-mile route could generate, through increased fares, hundreds of thousands of euro every year.

Spokesman Andrew McLindon said the company was losing €1 million a year in revenue due to buses being caught up in traffic which disrupts schedules.

Limerick City Council is now pressing ahead with the opening up of a new green route from the Crescent Shopping Centre to the city centre.