Local Link add extra rural routes in Clare
Local Link Limerick Clare are adding new Rural Regular Services (RRS) as part of a continued effort to bolster rural transport routes within the county.
Local Link Limerick Clare are adding new Rural Regular Services (RRS) as part of a continued effort to bolster rural transport routes within the county.
Clare Bus has yet to apply for the tender of nine local routes with the future of the East Clare transport provider still uncertain.
A mediator has been appointed to settle a long-running dispute between Clare Bus and the National Transport Authority (NTA).
An audit of Clare Accessible Transport is to be made public following talks between the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Clare’s Oireachtas members on the future of Clare Bus.
Acting Transport Minister Shane Ross (IND) has been slammed by Clare TD, Michael McNamara (IND) for the manner in which management of Clare Bus were “silenced” by the National Transport Authority and the treatment of its workers.
*Violet-Anne Wynne. Photograph: John Mangan Clare TD, Violet-Anne Wynne will make her inaugural Dáil speech on Wednesday (tomorrow).
*Clare Bus making its way into Scariff. Photograph: Martin Connolly Frustration and anger has been voiced in East Clare with the antics of the National Transport Authority (NTA) who have put the future of Clare Bus on the line, once again.
More integrated bus services are required in Clare to boost tourism and improve ease of access for rural residents, an elected representative has stated.
*Photograph: Martin Connolly A brighter future looks to be on the cards for Clare Accessible Transport after some dark months with the transport provider offered the contract to maintain the twelve routes it operates.
Clare Bus will keep its fleet on the road for the immediate future as the National Transport Authority (NTA) have committed to funding the transport provider until the end of the year.