Free travel set to be extended to all children under nine years old

The rollout includes TFI Bus, which offers services on Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Go-Ahead Ireland, and Local Link. It will also apply on Luas services, the Dart, commuter rail and the Cork to Cobh/Middleton lines. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Almost 250,000 children will be eligible for free travel on public transport from Wednesday onwards.