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Apple lost its fight against the European Commission's ruling that it underpaid €13bn in tax due to Ireland

Apple tax funds 'cannot be used for day-to-day spending'

The Taoiseach has said that the €14 billion in tax due to Ireland following the ruling against Apple cannot be used for day-to-day spending, adding that the Government will give careful consideration on how best to use the funds.

Business • 11 Sep 24

More than half of the 2023 penalties were levied on Dublin Bus

NTA withheld €17.9m from transport operators last year

The National Transport Authority last year imposed cumulative financial penalties of €17.9m on transport operators, with Dublin Bus accounting for more than half the total.

Business • 23 Aug 24

Sarah Fitzgibbon and her daughter Poppy Shankey

Families left in limbo by lack of school bus service

Families attending Scoil Mochua in Clondalkin, Dublin, were informed on Wednesday - just a day before school was due to start back - that the bus service they rely on had been 'cancelled for the foreseeable future'.

Education • 03 Sep 23

Irish Rail has been securing additional stocks of fuel since the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Paper warns of transport disruption due to energy loss

Urban transport services would have to be massively curtailed with people asked to walk or cycle in the event of a major loss or outage of energy supplies.

Business • 19 Jun 23

The decrease left the average asking price for a home nationally at €308,497

Asking prices for homes down 0.3% this year - report

Asking prices for homes fell 0.3% between January and the end of March, according to new data from property listings website, Daft.ie.

Business • 29 Mar 23

A third of all registered tourism stock outside Dublin is now contracted to the State

Shortage of tourist accommodation to cost sector €1.1bn

An Oireachtas committee has heard that the use of tourist accommodation for the housing of displaced Ukrainian citizens and international protection applicants could cost non-accommodation tourism providers over €1.1 billion in lost revenue this year.

Business • 29 Mar 23

CitySwifter software enables urban bus operators to more accurately predict passenger numbers

Galway tech firm to double workforce in 12 months

A Galway-based tech company has said it will double its workforce in the next 12 months, bringing the total employed to 40.

Connacht • 11 Mar 19

Prime Time - Bus Connects, Student Accommodation

Robert Shortt reports on the planned re-design of the Dublin Bus network. And Richard Downes looks at the prices students are facing for accommodation.

Prime Time • 21 Sep 18

Prime Time - Rural Bus Service, Brexit and Iran

Minister Shane Ross and Michael Healy-Rae debate a new night-bus service for rural Ireland. Brexit in the balance and analysis of Donald Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Iran nuclear deal.

Blog • 15 May 18

No one is believed to have been seriously injured in the collision

Ten taken to hospital after school bus and van collide

Ten people, including eight schoolchildren, have been taken to hospital following a collision between a school bus and a van in Co Donegal.

Ulster • 14 Sep 17

The wreckage of the minibus is taken from the scene

12 killed in France after bus collides with truck

Twelve Portuguese passengers, including a seven-year-old girl, died when their minibus collided with a heavy goods truck on a road in central France.

World • 25 Mar 16

The Civil Protection Agency and family members help injured people after the crash in Veracruz, Mexico

Sixteen people killed in Mexican bus crash

A bus carrying amateur football players and fans plunged into a river after careening off a bridge in eastern Mexico, leaving at least 16 people dead, authorities said.

News • 11 Jan 16

Residents gather around an ambulance carrying bodies of those killed outside the hospital in Quetta

Gunmen shoot 22 passengers in bus attack

Gunmen disguised as members of the Pakistani security forces killed at least 22 passengers last night after forcing them off buses travelling from the western city of Quetta to Karachi.

News • 30 May 15

The incident happened shortly before 6pm yesterday evening (pic: via YouTube)

Crowd moves bus to free trapped unicyclist

A unicyclist is in a serious condition in hospital after being freed by scores of people who rushed to lift a bus that he was trapped under in east London yesterday.

News • 29 May 15

LRC talks are to resume tomorrow at 10am

Talks over bus dispute adjourned until tomorrow

Talks at the Labour Relations Commission between management and unions at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann aimed at averting industrial action this weekend have been adjourned until 10am tomorrow.

News • 11 May 15

Unions at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann have escalated their plans for industrial action

NTA rejects claims it is privatising bus services

The National Transport Authority has rejected claims that it is privatising bus services in Ireland.

News • 22 Apr 15

The NBRU is planning a work stoppage on 1 May over the potential privatisation of routes

NBRU will not negotiate transfer of members

The National Bus and Rail Union has said it will not negotiate the transfer of any members in Bus Éireann or Dublin Bus to private operators who might win open tenders for bus routes.

News • 16 Apr 15

The bus appears to have struck an overhanging tree

Roof torn off double-decker bus in London

Passengers had a lucky escape in London when their bus had its roof ripped off after it hit a tree in a "freak accident".

News • 02 Feb 15

44 killed in Tehran bus crash

At least 44 people were killed and 39 injured in Iran when two intercity buses collided outside the capital Tehran and caught fire.

News • 10 Sep 13

Rescuers take survivors from wreckage of bus crash

32 reported killed in Malaysian bus crash

At least 32 people are reported to have died after a bus plunged into a ravine near a resort in Malaysia.

News • 21 Aug 13

14 people have been taken to hospital for their injuries following the incident in Lisburn.

Bus with wedding guests overturns in North

A double decker bus carrying a party of wedding guests has overturned in Northern Ireland.

News • 20 Apr 13

The bus was carrying a tour group from Tijuana when it crashed

At least eight people killed in US bus crash

At least eight people have died after a tour bus collided with a car and pick-up truck on a southern California mountain motorway last night.

News • 04 Feb 13

Commuters face higher bus, rail and Luas fares

Commuters face higher ticket prices from next month after the National Transport Authority approved a range of increases to fares.

News • 16 Nov 12

It is understood a blaze broke out in one of the old buses

Fire at bus depot in Thurles under investigation

Gardaí are investigating if a fire at a bus depot in Thurles, Co Tipperary, was started maliciously.

News • 24 Oct 12

The Cabinet authorised the department to allocate the extra money to CIÉ in July

CIÉ's extra €36m funding not paid so far

The Department of Transport has confirmed that none of the additional €36m funding that was pledged to CIÉ has been paid so far.

News • 10 Oct 12