Villagers angry as routes axed

People living in two villages in South Cork are to gather a petition against the axing of their bus service, which has left many students and pensioners stranded.

There has been widespread anger after the National Transport Authority (NTA), which licenses Bus Éireann routes, told the company to discontinue its twice weekly services to Ballinspittle and Garretstown, which enabled locals to be brought directly onto Kinsale and Cork City.

The NTA said this was done to increase services from Kinsale to Cork Airport and Cork City.