Michael Moynihan: Stranded at the bus stop — why Cork’s transport crisis is more than just an inconvenience

Cork’s unreliable bus service isn’t just frustrating — it’s a growing safety issue, leaving passengers stranded and vulnerable

Unreliable bus services lead to increased car use and even more traffic, which combine as a disincentive against visiting the city centre, resulting in an even more neglected inner city which fewer people want to visit.

Sunday evening, feet up, The French Connection on the box — Gene Hackman never better, God rest him - when the phone rings.

One of the research assistants, plus pal, waiting for a bus at Mahon Point. The bus was due, honest to God, but now it’s vanished like it never existed: a lift?