at broadstone depot in july 2008 parent c ras iompair ireann founded february 2 1987 ; 29 years ago 1987 02 02 headquarters broadstone dublin service area ireland service type bus & coach services alliance ulsterbus fleet 1 300 november 2013 annual ridership 77 million 2012 fuel type diesel ngv trial chief executive martin nolan website bus ireann.ie bus ireann irish pronunciation b s e n irish bus is a bus and coach operator providing services throughout ireland with the exception of dublin region bus services which are provided by sister company dublin bus . it is a subsidiary of c ras iompair ireann . the company s primary hub is bus ras central bus station located in store street central dublin . contents 1 history 2 services 3 service expansion 4 tourism services 5 real time passenger information 6 stations 7 safety 8 natural gas buses 9 fleet 10 bus scoile 11 references 12 external links history edit bus ireann logo 1987 2000 bus ireann logo 2000 2007 gac ireland in scariff in april 1989 plaxton paramount bodied daf mb230s in may 1993 alexander dennis enviro 200 in july 2009 bus ireann was established in february 1987 when it was split out from the c ras iompair ireann . 1 the logo of bus ireann incorporates a red irish setter a breed of dog which originated in ireland . services edit bus ireann s main services in the republic of ireland and in northern ireland in association with ulsterbus include expressway intercity commuter local and school services . additional services within ireland include city services in cork galway limerick and waterford and town services in athlone balbriggan drogheda dundalk navan and sligo . bus ireann operate international services to great britain and europe are also provided via the ports at dublin and rosslare europort . cities served include london birmingham manchester liverpool and leeds . these are operated under the eurolines brand . service expansion edit the national development plan included a large expansion in commuter services especially in the greater dublin area and so the company greatly increased services on routes such as dublin drogheda dundalk dublin ashbourne dublin ratoath dublin dunshaughlin navan kells cavan . 2 bus ireann has also introduced regular clockface schedules on popular expressway routes such as hourly services on the routes dublin athlone galway dublin belfast tralee killarney cork waterford cork limerick shannon airport galway . the dublin dublin airport newry belfast route is jointly operated by bus ireann and ulsterbus . at the time of the establishment of the company in february 1987 there were no bus services between dublin and belfast . now there is an hourly service each way from 06 00 to 21 00 . in october 2006 further services were introduced on this route departing at 01 00 03 00 05 00 and 23 00 thus the route became the first 24 hour service in the country . 3 the service has since been upgraded to an hourly service 24 hours a day . a similar service is to be implemented on the 002 route between dublin airport and wexford starting 18 january 2009 . services depart dublin airport for wexford on the hour from 05 00 to 23 00 with services during the night at 01 00 and 03 00 . 4 as with the dublin belfast route the dublin derry route is also jointly operated . on 4 september 2006 a new timetable on the dublin derry route was launched increasing the service level up to nine trips per day including night time services . bus ireann has stated that they also intend to develop similar services to the 24 hour dublin belfast route on the following routes donegal dublin ballina dublin sligo dublin and drogheda balbriggan dublin airport dublin . 3 on 20 january 2009 bus ireann announced that it was to let 320 staff go and withdraw 150 buses due to the economic crisis . some services are being permanently withdrawn or being reduced due to the cutbacks . 5 tourism services edit bus ireann operates special one day sightseeing tours from dublin to locations such as glendalough newgrange ; from cork day tours to the ring of kerry county clare west cork and cape clear island ; and from galway tours of connemara and the burren . a tourism service to portlaoise was cancelled in 2011 due to a highly publicised disagreement between a driver and cliff richard and his bandmate hank marvin . the driver frank furter claimed that he was driven mad by cliff constantly singing living doll while hank marvin kept repeating i m hank marvin but its ok i m having lunch later real time passenger information edit bus ireann scania irizar in 2008 . the bus arrival information service is being rolled out across cork and dublin and is supposed to provide real time estimates of bus arrivals at certain bus stops based on current gps locations of buses . it is being run by the national transport authority under the brand transport for ireland a single portal providing information on public transport in ireland . stations edit parnell place bus station in cork bus ireann s bus stations have been upgraded in many locations around the country . citation needed the prime example is cork bus station located at parnell place in the city centre which was remodelled as part of the city s preparation for being european capital of culture 2005 . other new bus stations include sligo waterford and letterkenny . a new bus station for killarney was integrated into a shopping centre development . limerick will also be getting a new bus station in the near future . galway has a new bus station for non bus ireann buses . citation needed safety edit bus ireann has had a few fatal incidents in recent years with those involving school buses being particularly scrutinised . after the death of five schoolgirls in a fatal accident in county meath in 2005 involving a daf mb230 van hool ex front line expressway school bus . all school buses are fitted with seatbelts from 31 october 2011 . 6 some non fatal incidents have also been quite serious for example an off duty bus plunging into the river liffey in dublin after a collision with another vehicle . the company has also posted notices to encourage orderly queuing at bus stops after a series of incidents where pedestrians on the foot path were struck on the head by the wing mirrors of city buses . natural gas buses edit bus ireann introduced the first ngv on 17 july 2012 in cork . it operated on the 216 cork city centre to mount oval rochestown route until mid august 2012 on a trial that was undertaken in partnership with ervia . the eco city bus is made by man . 7 fleet edit vdl berkhof axial outside dublin connolly station in july 2012 as at november 2013 the fleet consists of 1 300 buses and coaches . 8 the company mainly uses buses built by firms such as scania vdl berkhof and volvo . bus ireann s fleet have been substantially invested in as part of the national development plan . the vast majority of the operating fleet for expressway commuter and local services are now five years old or less . citation needed bus scoile edit bus scoile logo bus scoile buses in thurles depot bus ireann operates the school transport scheme on behalf of the department of education and science . county meath vec assist bus ireann in administrating the service in county meath to all second level schools . 9 bus ireann is responsible for planning routes employing bus drivers collecting fares and ensuring compliance with safety regulations and insurance . the schools services were until recently operated by cascaded second hand ex frontline vehicles . due to recent regulations regarding seatbelts all dated and unsuited vehicles were withdrawn replaced with second hand vehicles mainly from uk . since 2006 bus ireann has been purchasing brand new buses from bmc in turkey . a roll out of bmc 1100fe started between 2006 2008 . a number of the routes are outsourced to local bus companies such as dunshaughlin coach hire jerry ryan o rourkes bernard kavanaghs bartons and james mullally coach hire . longford bus station have some ex dublin bus school vehicles which are used on bus ireann services . references edit c ras iompair ireann steve johnson s railway pages the national development plan bus ireann a b ireland s first 24 hour inter city inside government bus ireann serving dublin airport from rosslare bus ireann 16 january 2009 320 jobs to go at bus ireann rt news 20 january 2009 safety belts on buses road safety authority natural gas bus hits the streets in bid to cut fuel bill irish examiner 17 july 2012 our fleet bus ireann school transport meath vec external links edit company website network map bus ireann bus ras archiseek journey planner for ireland including bus ireann routes flickr gallery v t e ci bus ireann irish bus dublin bus bus tha cliath iarnr d ireann irish rail v t e transport in dublin air international airport dublin airport daa rail light rail luas green line red line transdev rapid transit dart iarnr d ireann tram dublin tramways dutc & gnr i clontarf and hill of howth tramroad blessington and poulaphouca steam tramway dublin and blessington steam tramway hill of howth tramway gnr i dublin and lucan steam tramway lucan and leixlip steam tramway heavy rail intercity iarnr d ireann commuter iarnr d ireann road bus aircoach dublin bus bus ireann bus corridors quality bus corridor motorways m1 m2 m3 m4 m11 m50 national primary roads n1 n2 n3 n4 n7 n11 n31 n32 national secondary roads n81 n82 regional roads r101 r102 r103 r104 r105 r106 r107 r108 r109 r110 r111 r112 r113 r114 r115 r116 r117 r118 r119 r120 r121 r122 r123 r124 r125 r126 r127 r128 r129 r130 r131 r132 r133 r134 r135 r136 r148 r156 r403 r445 r761 r810 r817 r821 r822 r824 r825 r826 european routes e01 e20 other bridges and tunnels dublinbikes dublin port tunnel local roads streets and squares list water canals royal canal waterways ireland grand canal waterways ireland ports dublin port d n laoghaire harbour agencies national roads authority national transport authority public transport operators in dublin railway procurement agency transport infrastructure ireland tram systems no longer run . information in parentheses shows the operator s authority control worldcat identities viaf 126924020 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bus ireann & oldid 743175250 categories bus companies of the republic of irelandbus transport in the republic of irelandc ras iompair ireannentities with irish nameshidden categories engvarb from october 2013use dmy dates from october 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2010articles with unsourced statements from june 2016articles with unsourced statements from november 2013wikipedia articles with viaf identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa oleuskarafran aisgaeilgeitalianonederlandspolski edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 09 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view