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Increased Purchase Grants for Electric SPSVs in 2020

There has never been at better time to make the switch to an electric vehicle and support the transition towards greening the national SPSV fleet. A new grant scheme to support vehicle licence holders who wish to operate an electric SPSV opens on January 1 2020. Application forms for the 2020 scheme will be available...

Two Bus Routes in Dublin go 24-hours

Two Dublin Bus routes will become 24-hour services on Sunday 1 December. Both the 41 and the 15 will operate on an around-the-clock basis from that date as part of the Transport for Ireland public transport network. The 41 runs from the city centre to the airport and on to Swords, while the 15 runs...

Introductory Statement from Anne Graham, Chief Executive Officer, National Transport Authority

Chairperson and members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to attend. I understand that the Committee wishes to focus upon the current situation pertaining to BusConnects and Vehicle Clamping regulation.  To assist me in dealing with your subsequent questions I am joined by Hugh Creegan, Deputy CEO with the Authority and Tim Gaston,...

Appeal for information regarding incident at O’Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1, on the 3rd November 2019

The Detective Unit at Store Street Garda Station, Dublin 1, are currently conducting enquiries in relation to an incident of serious nature that occurred in the areas of the Taxi Rank at Cathal Brugha Street and O’Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1, in the early hours of the Sunday the 3rd of November 2019, between 01:00hrs...

NTA Announces Annual and Monthly Fares

The National Transport Authority (NTA) is publishing the first of two parts of its fare determination today, which deals specifically with monthly and annual tickets and will take effect on December 1. Monthly and annual tickets account for some 15% of all fare revenue. Details of other cash and TFI Leap fares will be published...

New Route 225 between Cork Airport & Haulbowline and Enhanced Route 216

Brand new route offering a high frequency service to and from Cork Airport Services operating every 30 minutes throughout the day from Haulbowline – Ringaskiddy – Carrigaline, Ballygarvan and Cork Airport The enhanced Route 216 will have extended hours of operation and will now operate to Passage West and Monkstown Bus Éireann, in conjunction with...

Bus Services in Dublin to increase by 22% under Network Plan

Overall new network will enable more people to travel, to more places, more often The level of bus services in the Dublin network will increase by 22% as a result of the Dublin Area Bus Network redesign, published today. The redesigned bus network will provide a more coherently planned, higher capacity, more understandable network, delivering...

Luas Green Line trams are getting bigger!

  Shane Ross, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport announces the first of 26 Green Line trams has been extended and is now in passenger service. Transport Minister Shane Ross welcomed into service today the first of the newly-extended trams to operate on the Luas Green Line. The 11.1m extension increases the length of the...

Public Consultation on Draft Clamping Code of Practice to Begin

  The National Transport Authority (NTA) has published today a draft of the Clamping Code of Practice for Parking Controllers and Clamping Operators, and is now open to public consultation for written submissions or observations. The Code of Practice, intended to supplement the Vehicle Clamping Act of 2015 and the Vehicle Clamping and Signage Regulations...