# routes

Last year

2022

# run run run

Dublin Marathon: These roads are closing today as run takes place for first time since 2019

The marathon will take runners through a number of residential areas.

29.7k

Oct 30th 2022, 7:45 AM

All time

# nice little earner

Dublin Bus raked in €5.7 million in unclaimed change in six years - these are the routes it makes its money on

Just five routes account for nearly 30% of overpayments on Dublin Bus services.

59.5k

May 9th 2018, 12:05 AM

# preferred bidder

Bus Éireann loses right to operate six Kildare routes

Services by UK firm GoAhead will start to come into operation at the end of this year or early next year.

23.8k

Mar 16th 2018, 1:41 PM

# desperately seeking

Trumpets, tiaras, and trainspotting notebooks - a journey through Irish Rail's lost and found

Connolly Station in Dublin deals with a truly heroic amount of lost and found items on a daily basis.

23.4k

Oct 1st 2017, 9:00 PM

# big deal

Ryanair will offer connecting flights onto rivals' routes starting this year

The Irish budget airline plans to hook up with both Aer Lingus and Norwegian Air.

22.4k

Apr 6th 2017, 12:40 PM

# arduous journey

The many different routes that migrants are taking to reach western Europe...

Migrants are travelling huge distances even before they reach the Mediterranean and the harrowing voyage across.

12.3k

101

Sep 12th 2015, 7:45 AM

# SIPTU

Protests called off as bus routes privatisation row heads to the LRC

Siptu and the NBRU were due to take part in protests next week.

4.8k

Jul 18th 2014, 6:25 PM

# Dublin

New 'Luas on rubber wheels' could cut commute times by almost 40 per cent

Three special ‘Bus Rapid Transit’ routes could be built at a cost of up to €650 million. It’s planned the first will be between the city centre and Swords.

33.8k

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Feb 3rd 2014, 10:55 AM

# new routes

Ryanair brings the Netherlands, Scotland and Lithuania to Knock

The budget airline said it hopes to announce further new route and traffic growth plans in the coming weeks.

9.0k

Oct 31st 2013, 4:18 PM

# sponsored by transport for ireland

6 apps to make your commute a lot easier

Are you a commuter? You need these apps.

32.8k

Sep 25th 2013, 3:19 PM

# Transport

Plans to reduce services in Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann contracts

The NTA said that under new proposals it would open the tendering process to provide removed services through separate contracts.

8.9k

Sep 11th 2013, 2:25 PM

Voices

Aaron McKenna: Public service obligation routes should be put out to competitive tender

The government should put public service obligation and school routes out to competitive tender – doing so would save 20 to 30 per cent on simply handing over such cash to public sector monopolies, writes Aaron McKenna.

Jun 29th 2013, 8:00 AM