HSE to spend €450k commissioning shuttle bus service from multiple locations to CUH

Buses will be expected to run at 10-minute intervals, with a capacity for between 30 and 40 passengers on each run

The HSE is to spend €450,000 commissioning a shuttle bus service from multiple locations to Cork University Hospital. Picture: Larry Cummins

The HSE is to spend €450,000 commissioning a shuttle bus service from multiple locations to Cork University Hospital.

A 12-month contract is up for grabs for bidders to provide buses, drivers, and other transport vehicles to ferry passengers from bus terminuses around the city to the hospital, an institution routinely criticised for the scale of its car park charges.