National Bus And Rail Union
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Late-night, early morning buses and trains proposed to allow longer shopping days
- Irish News
- November 24, 2020, 19:33
Industry Correspondent A one-off bus and rail timetable to run services late into the night and the early hours of the morning could be drawn up to f(...)

No buses available for special services for hospital workers, NTA says
- Health
- November 2, 2020, 15:14
The National Transport Authority (NTA) has said it has no extra vehicles to facilitate “special buses” for hospital workers during the Level 5 Covid-1(...)

Bus drivers faced ‘mayhem’ as passengers tried to travel, says union
- Irish News
- October 22, 2020, 13:28
Bus drivers have said there was “mayhem” on some bus services in Dublin on Thursday as excessive numbers of passengers sought to travel on services, t(...)

Bus Éireann to shut many inter-city routes due to financial pressures
- Irish News
- September 28, 2020, 14:20
Bus Éireann is to close down several of its inter-city Expressway routes as a result of financial pressures brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. T(...)
![Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has agreed in principle that students should be socially distanced on school transport and and said more information on this ‘has to be [finalised] in the coming week’. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has agreed in principle that students should be socially distanced on school transport and and said more information on this ‘has to be [finalised] in the coming week’. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times](/polopoly_fs/1.4334865.1597922571!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
Concern over capacity on school buses after new Covid-19 rules
- Consumer
- August 20, 2020, 12:22
There are growing concerns over whether there is enough capacity on schoolbuses to ensure children can be transported safely when schools reopen at th(...)

Government plan to reopen schools set to cost hundreds of millions of euro
- Education
- July 25, 2020, 02:44
Hundreds of additional teachers, funding for enhanced cleaning regimes and curriculum changes form the centrepiece of a school reopening package worth(...)

State transport firms could face legal issues over Covid losses, union claims
- Transport & Tourism
- July 24, 2020, 01:00
Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and Irish Rail are expected to make losses for the next few of years due to Covid-19, creating potential problems under compan(...)

High compliance with rule making face coverings mandatory on public transport
- Irish News
- July 13, 2020, 11:38
Members of the public are broadly complying with new rules that have made wearing face coverings on public transport mandatory, the National Transport(...)

Gardaí given guidance on new face mask regulations hours before they become law
- Crime & Law
- July 13, 2020, 00:33
Gardaí only received guidance on the enforcement of the new face mask regulations on public transport some five hours before they became law. At midn(...)

Coronavirus: Number of tests carried out in State exceeds 500,000
- Health
- July 11, 2020, 15:13
Two additional deaths from Covid-19 and 23 new confirmed cases of the disease were reported by Department of Health on Saturday. It brings the death (...)