Fares to fall almost 50% on some Cork, Limerick and Galway bus routes

Bus Éireann fares across Cork, Limerick and Galway will fall by almost 50% on some routes as part of a major new restructuring of ticket prices.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) said that the expansion of city bus zones in regional cities along with a number of other initiatives means that passengers on around five million journeys on Bus Éireann will pay lower fares from December.

Currently about 20m passengers each year use city services in Cork (12.7m) Galway (4.3m) and Limerick (3m) each year.