Bus Éireann recruiting drivers in Cork after cancelled services over bank holiday weekend
Transport Minister Eamon Ryan spoke about the city’s bus driver shortage during a recent visit to Cork where he announced a massive investment in the delivery of commuter rail infrastructure, and stressed the importance of first delivering the bus service improvements proposed under the vast BusConnects Cork scheme before the proposed light rail system is rolled out. File picture: Larry Cummins
Bus Éireann is planning a bus driver recruitment blitz in Cork City this month after it blamed "unforeseen driver shortages" for a raft of service cancellations on several busy city routes across the bank holiday weekend.
Hundreds of passengers were left stranded at bus stops on Saturday, Sunday and Monday when several scheduled city bus services were cancelled on routes that included the 24-hour high-frequency 220 service and on the 203 service.
