EU probes State cash to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus

BUS Éireann and Dublin Bus could be forced to repay millions of euro they have received from the State if a European Commission probe launched yesterday finds the aid was illegal.

They also stand to lose their multimillion share of the €34.4 billion the Government is spending upgrading the country’s transport infrastructure up to 2016.

This year the two companies received more than €125.5 million to cover the provision of services to remote and poor areas of the country, to buy 160 coaches and to cover the cost of new and updated garages, depots and stations.