Transport body defends spend of €35m on Cork BusConnects amid cuts to city's bus service

Bus Éireann has blamed a shortage of bus drivers, combined with gridlock and a lack of enforcement in bus lanes, for its decision to cut up to 800 services a week from high-frequency routes.

The National Transport Authority (NTA) has defended spending more than €35m on Cork BusConnects while the city’s bus services are being cut.

It has emerged it will be 2026 at the earliest before the city’s new bus network is introduced.