Bus Éireann has urged people to undertake only necessary journeys and to avoid, where possible, peak travel times on its Expressway routes. It said it regretted that some people were not able to board its Expressway services when they wanted to travel. The company said its commercial Expressway operation had 8,000 seats available daily, compared to 16,000 before Covid-19 restrictions were put in place. In addition 64 per cent of licensed coach and bus services were currently not operational and this “very substantially reduced capacity on intercity routes from pre Covid-19 levels”, it added. Ms Farrell said it was also important to try to travel outside of peak demand periods.

Source: The Irish Times July 08, 2020 17:25 UTC