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A FULL REDESIGN of Limerick’s bus network was revealed today by the National Transport Authority (NTA).
The NTA’s redesign is expected to result in an approximately 70% increase in the amount of bus services in Limerick city and its suburbs – including 24-hour routes to University Hospital Limerick, the city centre and University of Limerick.
The bus services has also been extended to new areas such as Ennis Road, Dock Road, University of Limerick north campus and Ardnacrusha – with more routes and frequent services
Overall, once the new network is implemented, 41% of Limerick residents will be within 400m of a bus route.
The new routes will be introduced from a phased approach, starting in 2025, where some slight tweaks and modifications could be made to the original plans in order to better suit the reality of the route.
You can read the full report, with all the maps, here.
Some of these changes have already been discussed and planned after a public consultation process revealed concerns about the impact of the new routes serving University of Limerick on the Milford Care Centre.
The NTA said today that it is looking at new routes, which will avoid directly impacting the grounds of Milford Care Centre, which include the possible development of a new link access.
Anne Graham, CEO of the NTA said the group are confident that the introduction of the new network will encourage more people to take public transport.
Stephen Kent, Chief Executive Officer of Bus Éireann, who worked with the NTA on the redesign, said the new routes and timetables will come as the bus company is upgrading its fleet to fully electric and hybrids.
He noted the electrification of the depot at Roxboro and the benefits its brings to the environment and commuters.
Time for the Haughtys to settle for the €50 million they gained due to political favour and politely feck off
Or words to that effect
Why have the Criminal assets bureau not investigated the source of this families wealth?
Or is the law only for the plebs?
Nail on the head there Niall. Anyone ever have a look at the house they used to own in Kinsealy?
“I don’t think with my history and heritage that I would leave the party fold”. History and Heritage….. Son of crook whose empire is built on the backs of the people of Ireland. Jesus H Christ! More, typical Irish cronyism. At least we all definitely know that Martin can’t be trusted either.
A man who stands for nothing standing for a party that stands for less .
Don’t be silly sure it’s his ” history and heritage”. FF still awarding fiefdoms, even over and above the democratic will of their own grass roots.
NO CHANGE THEN!
People love to bash the cronyism kings but what does it say about the Irish people when they keep getting elected? Michael Lowry has been topping polls for 30 years and will likely do so again. The public simply don’t care about their background or attitude so long as they get their potholes fixed.
In Fairness to Lowry you can judge the caliber of the average Tipperary voters by the quality of the politicians that they regularly return to the Dail.
If it wasn’t for Hurling Tipperary and it’s people would have NOTHING in common with the rest of Ireland.
Last thing the country needs is another bloody Haughey
How about another Lemass then?
Oh god please no.
I’d say he was Shittin himself,being grilled by the Journal.
The last thing that Ireland needs is the return of a Haughey to the DAIL or even government.
hopefully the people in dublin bay north will kill it for him at the election.
More like can’t stop suckling at the taxpayers’ teat.
I live in his constituency. He hasn’t a prayer. Incredibly he’s actually made people feel sorry for Deirdre Heaney.
So Alan you have the opportunity to vote for M Mc D or Denise Mitchell there you go problem solved
Funny!
Had to look them up. Fair to say no preferences here for them. A lot of Lefties declared already for this constituency. Will take votes from each other. One of them might make it in.
I’ll be giving preferences to Finian McGrath, Richard Bruton and Averil Power. Might stretch myself to one for Tommy Broughan. I suspect at least three of them will get in with possibly Heaney, who will get a big (and entirely undeserved) sympathy vote. Last seat between one of the lefties. Or if they get the vote out in Howth and Sutton Terence Flanagan might have a shot.
Deirdre Heney benefited from being put on the ticket by HQ herself in the past, a slightly less old boy
Actually Bruton could face upset and be ousted for a younger fg candidate. McGrath is well liked and will return, the rest is anyones game. I disagree about Heney though, she sounds like an entitled brat, throwing her toys out of the pram
Professional politician with the adde extra of it being a family legacy! That’ll be a winner for the ordinary joe and Jane on the streets dealing with their stupidity and aversion to actual reality!
Easy to make tough decisions when you won’t have to live with them I suppose!
Anyway, best of luck in the election! I’ll be voting independent due to a complete and utter lack of trust in the lying, single minded, sh¡tebagedness, w@nkery of professional career and family politicians!
Pension not big enough for the lifestyle..???
Pension from what? He’s just a councillor.
I believe if worms had faces it would be Sean Haughey’s face they’d have, I don’t know why but it just seems right?
““I’m a divil ” Nope that would be your dad but please run and I hope you loose your deposit.
“Who will rid me of this troublesome p………!”
This guy has some legacy to overcome—-son of the most corrupt politician since the State was founded—wonder has he read the Moriarty Reports.
He has never apologised for the actions of his father—-
We should demand that he do so and that he repay his share of the taxpayers money that Charlie stole from us—when he does so we could consider his position
I see your Charlie and Raise you a Bertie
I’ll add in a de valera……
While I think that he has some neck running, why should a son apologise for his father’s actions?
This really goes to show how far FF have come.
ahhhhhh F##k off
lads do the Aldi challenge.. ff/fg/lab are all the same party. vote independent. and tell your friends and their friends and so on. bish bash bosh end of cronyism.
Alan .
This sounds great but where do we get a government from when the independents themselves cant agree on anything only ANTI .
Wow – Sean Haughey really is a repellant human being and that fact that he is running shows that FF remains the exact same as it always was.
I remember Charlie bring that pup Sean around Coolock tell all the FFers to vote for my son. Whilst Micheal MacDonacha & Denise Mitchell were out campaigning for the great Larry O Toole – if you want a worker for the area vote Micheal & Denise
go away the honest people of this country do not want you or people like you.
That tash has got to go
Michael Martin’s credibility took another knock from allowing Sean Haughey to contest the coming general election. Ultimately this is just a sideshow. Directing anger against a candidate or party fails to address the fact that our political system is the problem and the public are the only ones who can change this, but do we have the will to do that? Re-shuffling parties at the next general election is not going to achieve that.
Okay Sean Haughey has not much to offer the Irish electorate, and is possibly only an average councillor. However lets be reminded that his heritage goes beyond his father. He is the grandson of one of Ireland’s greatest politicians, Sean Lemass.
Scion of the greatest leader ever to run this country. A man of sartorial elegance and fine taste in wine, women and horses.
A genuine blue blood of Irish politics.
Bad mistake by Fianna Fail.
There is the last tiny price of any possible credibility FF and Michael Martin had flying out the window. This guy will never win a seat, and nationally will turn more people off voting FF. Will cost them a couple more seats because of MM additionally damaged credibility on this disastrous decision
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