Budget 2024: Public transport fare discounts for young people

Funding for Core Bus Corridor procurement and network redesign for BusConnects Cork has also been secured

Recent data has shown an increase of around 15% in bus users and a nearly 8% growth in train passengers since the year before the covid-19 pandemic. File picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Young people up to their 26th birthday can now avail of the 50% discount in public transport fares, while the scheme has been extended for another two years.

Up until now, the discount ended when a young person reached 24 but with data showing an increase of around 15% in bus users and a nearly 8% growth in train passengers since the year before the covid-19 pandemic, the Government is convinced such incentives show it is on the right track in getting people out of cars.