People with disabilities in Cork to benefit from travel assistance scheme on buses this year

The current scheme offers support to people with disabilities to become more comfortable and familiar with using public transport and is free to anyone over 18

A Bus Éireann spokesperson said it hopes to have the Cork pilot scheme up and running by mid-2022. Photo: Larry Cummins

A scheme helping people with disabilities to use public transport in Dublin for over a decade is now set to be rolled out in Cork.

Bus Éireann has confirmed that the Travel Assistance Scheme will be piloted in Cork this year. The firm's chief customer officer, Allen Parker, said that “learning from the success that the scheme has had in Dublin”, the scheme would be tried out in Cork.