Campaign pays off as Bus Éireann cuts East Cork fare

Bus Éireann has bowed to public and political pressure by reducing fares for people in East Cork who had to pay nearly double the price for a journey to Cork City than commuters living further away in Co Waterford.
Campaign pays off as Bus Éireann cuts East Cork fare

Recently elected Cork East TD James O'Connor had been raising the anomalous bus fares via Cork County Council Picture: John Hennessy
Recently elected Cork East TD James O'Connor had been raising the anomalous bus fares via Cork County Council Picture: John Hennessy

Bus Éireann has bowed to public and political pressure by reducing fares for people in East Cork who had to pay nearly double the price for a journey to Cork City than commuters living further away in Co Waterford.

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