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22 Apr 2025

May Public Holiday Travel Arrangements

Bus Éireann wishes to advise customers that all services will operate a Sunday schedule on the Public Holiday, Monday 5 May 2025.

red setter dog sitting in front of PSO green and yellow bus

18 Apr 2025

Launch of New Route 31 Connecting Knockraha to Cork City

Route 31, operated by Bus Éireann, will commence operation on Sunday 27 April

This is an advertisement for Expressway's X51 non-stop bus service between Galway City and Shannon Airport. The visual design uses a ripped-paper effect to reveal the tagline "We've pulled out all the stops," emphasizing the direct and convenient nature of this service. The image includes a map-like graphic showing the route, icons representing Galway City and Shannon Airport, and a picture of the Expressway coach. The ad highlights the frequency of the service (four daily return trips) and provides a website for booking.

17 Apr 2025

Catch the X51 Non-stop coach service from Galway to Shannon Airport

Expressway is launching its sizzling summer X51 service from Galway to Shannon Airport commencing on Sunday 27 April. This is a significant boost for Galway passengers flying to and from Shannon Airport and tickets can be booked in advance online at expressway.ie.

Photo: A group of schoolchildren in uniform board a bright yellow Bus Éireann school bus, under a cloudy sky, with a driver visible inside.

11 Apr 2025

School Transport Update

The Bus Éireann School Transport portal is now open for payment or entering medical card details for 2025/26 school year

The image shows two people, a man and a woman, standing in front of a double-decker bus. They are holding large speech bubble signs announcing an enhanced timetable and new Sunday service for bus routes 174, 174A, and 174B. The background includes a stone wall and a sunny sky.

9 Apr 2025

Significantly enhanced Dundalk town service, including new Sunday services

Enhancements on Route 174, (Dundalk Bus Station to Grange Drive Muirheavna), Route 174A (Dundalk Bus Station to Fatima) and Route 174B, (Dundalk Bus Station to Bay Estate) will come into effect on Sunday, 13 April.

8 Apr 2025

Network Updates

We wish to advise customers that effective from Sunday 13 April, updated timetables will become operational on a number of routes to reflect changes in traffic conditions.

1 Apr 2025

Removal of Online Sales from the Bus Éireann Website

Please note that the facility to purchase online tickets via www.buseireann.ie for travel on Bus Éireann public local & commuter bus services will no longer be available from 8 April 2025.

Independent travel scheme staff promote the scheme

1 Apr 2025

The extension of the TFI Independent Travel Support service to Limerick

The Independent Travel Support (ITS) service assists passengers over 18 with additional needs to use public transport with independence. As part of the service, an ITS assistant travels with the passenger and trains them how to travel independently, until they are confident to travel alone.

Outdoor shot of a large crowd of Irish Football supporters, cheering and waving flags welcoming the Irish Team home from Italia 90 who are aboard a Bus Éireann open top bus.

The words "IRELAND & OPEL JACK 'N' THE LADS", is prominently displayed in the center of the bus which is adorned with Irish flags and other patriotic symbols.

12 Mar 2025

Wheeling Through the Years

Bus Éireann is currently undertaking an Oral History Project in association with Ireland’s leading oral historians, Mac Conmara Heritage Consulting.

A career built around you. We're hiring apprentice mechanics.

7 Mar 2025

Bus Éireann is recruiting Apprentice Heavy Vehicle Mechanics

Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus are Hiring Apprentice Heavy Vehicle Mechanics!

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