Bus Éireann highlights staff shortages with Cork 'the most challenging region' to get drivers

CEO Stephen Kent said Bus Éireann will need an extra 2,000 drivers over the next three years

The bus station in Cork City. Cork is proving to be “the most challenging” region to get staff to work in, Bus Éireann has said. Picture: Chani Anderson

A lack of bus drivers and mechanics coupled with car congestion are threatening the operation of the country’s main bus companies, TDs have been told.

They have also been told a "lack of enforcement of bus priority and of illegal bus stop use is a negative input" into the issues affecting the provision of bus services around the country.