Almost 10% of passengers on Bus Éireann found to have no ticket 

A Bus Eireann double-decker bus parked on South Mall, Cork. A survey of over 12,000 passengers on over 100 different Bus Éireann services found an average fare evasion rate of 9.1%.

Almost one in 10 of all passengers on Bus Éireann services were found to be travelling without a valid ticket, according to the results of fare evasion surveys carried out by the National Transport Authority.

However, a similar survey found the level of fare evasion on Dublin Bus services much lower at under 4%.