Service Updates

May 2026

3 May 2026 1:42 pm

Incident

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Please note the following service disruption in the western and northwestern region on Sunday, 3rd May 2026.


Route 64
14:00 Sligo to Galway - delayed by 25 minutes.


Route 450
Services on Route 450 will depart and terminate in Dooagh at the Achill Head Hotel. Stop 530301 (Dooagh Pub) will not be served.


Route 458
14:25 Sligo to Enniskillen - delayed by 30 minutes.


Route 480
14:15 Sligo to Ballyshannon - delayed by 25 minutes.




Bus Éireann wish to apologise to passengers for any inconvenience. 

To see real-time information, location and arrival of your bus, please visit TFI Live at https://www.transportforireland.ie/plan-a-journey/live-departures/.
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3 May 2026 7:18 am

Incident

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Please note the following disruption to our services in the Southeast/Eastern region on Sunday 3rd May 2026:

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* Route 101
14:00 Drogheda to Dublin - Cancelled.
16:30 Dublin to Drogheda - Cancelled.
20:00 Drogheda to Dublin - Cancelled.
22:30 Dublin to Drogheda - Cancelled.


* Route 103
10:05 Ratoath to Dublin - Cancelled.


* Route 131
19:30 Wicklow to Bray - Cancelled.
21:30 Bray to Wicklow - Cancelled.


* Route 170 
14:15 Dundalk to Cavan - Operating with a 15-minute delay.


* Route 175
14:10 Monaghan to Cavan - Cancelled.
15:15 Cavan to Monaghan - Cancelled.


* Route CW2
Some scheduled trips cancelled, please check TFI Live App.



Please check our website https://www.buseireann.ie/ or follow our social media channels for the latest information.

Bus Éireann regrets any inconvenience caused to our passengers.
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3 May 2026 7:11 am

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Please note the following service disruption in the western and northwestern region on Sunday, 3rd May 2026.


All 343 services will depart from Colbert Station for Shannon via the Limerick tunnel. There will be no city pickup or drop offs until after 6pm. 

328, 332, 329, 345 will depart from Colbert Station. There will be no city pickups or drop offs until after 6pm. 

All city services are operating with diversions but there will be no cross city services. 

All Expressway services are operational and will depart Colbert Station with no city pickups or drop offs until after 6pm. 


Route 450
Services on Route 450 will depart and terminate in Dooagh at the Achill Head Hotel. Stop 530301 (Dooagh Pub) will not be served.



Bus Éireann wish to apologise to passengers for any inconvenience. 

To see real-time information, location and arrival of your bus, please visit the TFI Live at https://www.transportforireland.ie/plan-a-journey/live-departures/.
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3 May 2026 5:17 am

Incident

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Service Disruption for South Region on SUNDAY May 3rd, 2026

🔷Updated 11:52🔷

🔸🔸 Please be advised that some scheduled services may experience cancellations. For the latest information, please check the Real Time app or visit www.buseireann.ie/rtpi. Bus Éireann apologises for any inconvenience caused to customers🔸🔸


Route 226:
11:50 Cork to Kinsale is running 15 minutes late.




🚧Roadworks🚧

🔹Routes 214 & 31🔹

Customers are advised of a stop closure in Kent Station at The Lower Glanmire Road entrance from Saturday 2nd May until Tuesday 5th May. As a result, Routes 214 & 31 will not be able to serve stop 248041(Kent Station).

Passengers can access services for Routes 214 & 31 via stop 244461 across the road from Kent Station for the duration of the closure.

🔹Route 203🔹

Due to the temporary road closure at junction of Fairfield Road and Knockpogue Avenue from 5 May to 29 June inclusive, the Route 203 southbound service to Ballyphehane/Lehenaghmore will not operate via Fairfield Road bus stops 242521 and 242531.

An alternative temporary bus stop will be available on Upper Fairhill before it’s junction with Fairfield Avenue.

For the duration of the works, the service will continue southbound on Upper Fairhill, turn left onto Fairfield Avenue, before resuming normal route onto Knockpogue Avenue.

🔹Routes 202 & 202a🔹

Due to the temporary road closure of a section of Knockfree Avenue (between its junction with Churchfield Hill and the roundabout with St. Colmcille’s Road, Sunvalley Drive and Gurranabraher Road), from 5 May to 15 June 2026 inclusive, Routes 202 and 202A southbound services to Mahon will not operate via Churchfield Green bus stop 236911 or Churchfield Hill bus stops 236921, 236931 and 236941.

An alternative temporary bus stop will be available on St. Colmcille’s Road at Gerry O’Sullivan Park in addition to existing bus stops 236901 on Harbour View Road and 236951 on Gurranabraher Road.

For the duration of the works, the services will continue southbound (to Mahon) on Harbour View Road, turn right onto Baker’s Road and left onto St. Colmcille’s Road before resuming its normal route onto Gurranabraher Road.

🔹Route 214 & 216🔹

Due to a road closure between Frenches Quay and Sharman Crawford Street, services on Routes 214 and 216 will be affected as follows: Night-time closures (8:00pm – 6:00am):

Monday 27 April to Friday 1 May (5 nights)
Tuesday 5 May to Thursday 7 May (3 nights)

Outbound services will not be able to serve South Main Street during the above times.
Services will divert via Western Road, Donovan’s Road, College Road and Gregg Road, before resuming the normal route.
Inbound services are not affected.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank our customers for their understanding.

🔹Route 212🔹

Please be advised that due to permanent roadworks on Centre Park Road, at its junction with Monahan Road, from 08:00 on Monday 13th April 2026 until 21:00 on Monday 13th July 2026, Route 212 services operating from Mahon Point to Cork Kent Station will be unable to serve stops along Centre Park Road for the duration of the works. Passengers are advised to use the next available stop at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Monahan Road.

Services operating in the opposite direction will operate as normal.

🔹Route 261🔹

Due to roadworks in Ballinacurra, stops 23991 & 237511 will be closed from Wednesday 11th March for approx. 8 weeks.
Stops at Mount Pleasant (244961) & Ballinacurra (244941) can be accessed by passenger.


For further information please check Realtime app or visit www.buseireann.ie/rtpi. Bus Eireann regrets any inconvenienceegrets any inconvenience
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2 May 2026 7:21 am

Incident

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Please note the following service disruption in the western and northwestern region on Saturday, 2nd May 2026.

University of Limerick
Please note that due to The Great Limerick Run service to UL has been suspended until 18:00 today.

Route 343
17.30 Limerick to Shannon Airport Cancelled
18.40 Shannon Airport to Limerick Cancelled

Route 328 
19.45 Mitchelstown to Limerick Cancelled

Route 419
09:50 Clifden to Galway - delayed by 20 minutes from Oughterard.


Route 450
Services on Route 450 will depart and terminate in Dooagh at the Achill Head Hotel. Stop 530301 (Dooagh Pub) will not be served.



Bus Éireann wish to apologise to passengers for any inconvenience. 

To see real-time information, location and arrival of your bus, please visit the TFI Live at https://www.transportforireland.ie/plan-a-journey/live-departures/.



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