Public transport would be curtailed in event of power outages or fuel shortages

'Get on your bike — or walk' would be the message to the public in the event of urban transport services being curtailed because of a power shortage. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Urban transport services would have to be massively curtailed with people asked to walk or cycle in the event of a major loss or outage of energy supplies.

In a risk paper on how Ireland would cope in the event of a power crisis, the National Transport Authority (NTA) said it would have to figure out the critical services that had to be kept running.