Podcasts about Dublin Bus

Landing at Dublin Airport is often the first stop in your Ireland journey, but one of the first questions many travelers have is how to get into the city centre. A lot of people immediately look for the cheapest option. That makes sense, but the cheapest option may not always be the best choice depending on how many people are traveling, how much luggage you have, and where your hotel is located. Dublin Airport to Dublin City Centre Transportation Options Before we look at the ways to get into Dublin city centre, there is one important thing to know. There is no train connection at Dublin Airport. Despite being Ireland's busiest airport, the terminals are not connected to the rail network. That surprises quite a few travelers who expect to find a train station like they would at many major European airports. Instead, transportation from Dublin Airport to the city centre is handled by taxis and bus services. When you arrive at the airport, your main options are taxi, Dublin Express, AirCoach, or Dublin Bus. Each works well depending on your budget, luggage, and where your accommodation is located. Here's what to know before deciding which option works best for you. Taxi A taxi is the most convenient way to travel from Dublin Airport to the city centre. Taxis are available directly outside the terminal and will drop you right at your hotel door. After a long flight, that convenience can be worth the extra cost. If you are traveling with multiple people or a lot of luggage, the price of a taxi may actually make more sense than a bus. From personal experience, dragging luggage several blocks after getting off a bus is not something I'm eager to repeat. Now I often choose the taxi simply because it brings me exactly where I want to go. Dublin Express Dublin Express is one of the faster bus options from the airport. Two main routes operate from both terminals, the 782 and 784, with departures approximately every 15 to 20 minutes. Tickets can be purchased online or at the airport. One thing to note is that the Leap card is not accepted on Dublin Express, which can be important if you planned to use that transit card during your time in Dublin. The service makes limited stops, which can make it quicker than other bus options. AirCoach AirCoach is another comfortable option that connects Dublin Airport to the city centre. Buses run regularly and tickets can be purchased online or at the airport. Many travelers find Air Coach to be clean, comfortable, and easy to use, especially after a long flight. Like Dublin Express, the stops are more limited, which can help reduce travel time. Dublin Bus Dublin Bus is the most affordable way to reach the city centre. Routes such as 16 and 41 connect the airport with different parts of Dublin. The fare is inexpensive, but you must have exact change if paying with cash, or use a Leap card. While it's the cheapest option, it also tends to make more stops, which can increase travel time. Choosing the Right Option for Your Trip The best option depends on your travel situation. Consider these three things when deciding: • Number of travelers• Amount of luggage• Distance between the bus stop and your hotel A bus may be perfect if you are traveling light and staying near a stop. But if you have multiple bags or a longer walk to your hotel, the convenience of a taxi may be worth the added cost. Getting Your Ireland Trip Off to a Good Start Getting from Dublin Airport to the city centre is fairly simple once you know the options. Whether you choose a taxi, Dublin Express, AirCoach, or Dublin Bus, the right choice depends on balancing cost with convenience. Taking a few minutes to check your hotel location and transportation routes ahead of time can make your arrival in Dublin much smoother. The post How to Get from Dublin Airport to Dublin City Centre appeared first on Ireland Family Vacations.

Commuters across Dublin are growing increasingly frustrated with so called ‘ghost buses' services that appear on real-time displays, but then vanish or are cancelled. 100 drivers are set to be recruited by Dublin Bus from South Africa. Will this help with the problem?Tom O'Connor, Assistant General Secretary of the NBRU, joins Seán to discuss.

Commuters across Dublin are growing increasingly frustrated with so called ‘ghost buses' services that appear on real-time displays, but then vanish or are cancelled. 100 drivers are set to be recruited by Dublin Bus from South Africa. Will this help with the problem?Tom O'Connor, Assistant General Secretary of the NBRU, joins Seán to discuss.

For this week's Ask the Expert, Andrea is joined by Dublin Bus Spokesperson Blake Boland to answer any of your bus-related questions!

Poor visibility from cyclists and the ongoing lack of a transport police are among the issues to be raised by bus drivers' unions at a meeting of the joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport later today. Among those speaking is Thomas O'Connor, Assistant General Secretary with the National Bus and Railworkers' Union.

Poor visibility from cyclists and the ongoing lack of a transport police are among the issues to be raised by bus drivers' unions at a meeting of the joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport later today. Among those speaking is Thomas O'Connor, Assistant General Secretary with the National Bus and Railworkers' Union.

Nial Ring, Former Lord Mayor of Dublin and City Councillor joined Shane ahead of a meeting calling for ‘immediate' action on pedestrian street safety in Dublin city centre following last week's fatal Dublin bus crash.

Sarah Burke, Dublin Reporter for the Irish Independent, reports on the latest following a fatal crash involving a bus on a pedestrianised street in Dublin city.

The latest on the weather around the country! First we head to Aughrim where Barry Whyte, Bauer Media Chief Reporter. We also heard from Newstalk reporter Sarah Madden is in Dundalk at the moment and reporter Josh Crosbie was in North Co Dublin.The rain has caused disruptions to commuters right across Dublin and surrounding areas. To get the latest with regard to the rail and bus network Anton spoke to Blake Boland from Dublin Bus and also Jane Cregan, Deputy Corporate Communication Manager with Irish Rail.

The latest on the weather around the country! First we head to Aughrim where Barry Whyte, Bauer Media Chief Reporter. We also heard from Newstalk reporter Sarah Madden is in Dundalk at the moment and reporter Josh Crosbie was in North Co Dublin.The rain has caused disruptions to commuters right across Dublin and surrounding areas. To get the latest with regard to the rail and bus network Anton spoke to Blake Boland from Dublin Bus and also Jane Cregan, Deputy Corporate Communication Manager with Irish Rail.

Reports from Barry Lenihan and we hear from Dennis Keeley,  Assistant Chief Executive of Dublin City Council; Gary Gannon, TD for Dublin Central; and Ray McAdam, Lord Mayor of Dublin

Blake Boland, spokesperson for Dublin Bus and Barry Kenny of Irish Rail

Storm Chandra has brought rain, wind and flooding across Ireland especially in the East of Ireland. We get the latest on the situation with Aoife Kealy, Meteorologist with Met Eireann, Graeme McQueen, Media Relations Manager with Dublin Airport and Blake Boland, Spokesperson with Dublin Bus.

We hear from those affected across the country as well as Barry Kenny, Corporate Communications Manager with Irish Rail; Siobhan Wynne, Regional Manager at the ESB; David Martin of the RSA; and Blake Boland of Dublin Bus

Theresa Lydon has been a people person all her life and has been working in the same company for just over 40 years. She'll be retiring next year and is on the line to tell us more.

Una Kelly takes a bus journey from Donnybrook to Ballymun

Billy Hann, CEO of Dublin Bus

There are renewed calls for a dedicated transport police to be set up. Newstalk Reporter Josh Crosbie spent an evening out with Dublin Bus - one year since they have established the Safer Journeys team, and joins Ciara Doherty to discuss.

It's goodbye to the 140, the 83 and many other buses and hello to Phase 7 of Bus Connects, which includes the new 24-hour “F” route. But how will it help you in getting from A to B? With us to explain more is Blake Boland, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus.

It's goodbye to the 140, the 83 and many other buses and hello to Phase 7 of Bus Connects, which includes the new 24-hour “F” route. But how will it help you in getting from A to B? With us to explain more is Blake Boland, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus.

On this episode of Inside Business host Ciarán Hancock is joined in studio by Billy Hann, chief executive of Dublin Bus, the biggest public transport company in our capital city. He joined the State-owned operator almost three years ago after a long career with the Irish Aviation Authority and is charged with leading a company that now transports more than 160 million passengers a year. He has a busy agenda, with challenges including difficulties in the recruitment of drivers and mechanics, traffic congestion, the switch to a fleet of EVs, and countering anti-social behaviour. Billy also discusses how Dublin Bus was currently performing and whether the busy Christmas period was a positive or negative for the company. Produced by John Casey with JJ Vernon on sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Inside Business host Ciarán Hancock is joined in studio by Billy Hann, chief executive of Dublin Bus, the biggest public transport company in our capital city. He joined the State-owned operator almost three years ago after a long career with the Irish Aviation Authority and is charged with leading a company that now transports more than 160 million passengers a year. He has a busy agenda, with challenges including difficulties in the recruitment of drivers and mechanics, traffic congestion, the switch to a fleet of EVs, and countering anti-social behaviour. Billy also discusses how Dublin Bus was currently performing and whether the busy Christmas period was a positive or negative for the company. Produced by John Casey with JJ Vernon on sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With many people heading off to third level, many companies must now look outside of Ireland for tradesmen and women. It comes as Dublin Bus has had to recruit from overseas because of a shortage of mechanics here.Many people who take on apprenticeships, learn on the job, earn a living while doing so and in turn, start on a decent salary when they have qualified. So why are these jobs being overlooked?Has college opened such a wide range of doors for people that now the everyday trade is a thing of the past?Joining Andrea to discuss is Iarnród Éireann's Apprentice Training Manager, Conor Doolin, and listeners.

For this week's Ask the Expert, Andrea is joined by Blake Boland, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus to answer your public transport questions!

The National Bus and Rail Union is urgently calling for the introduction of a dedicated transport police unit following a violent incident on a Dublin Bus this weekend. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Dermot O'Leary, General Secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union.

Billy Hann, CEO of Dublin Bus

Earlier this week, Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien confirmed that dedicated transport police will be rolled out across all public transport. Most notably, Officers will have powers of arrest and detention.Dublin Bus have been calling for collaborative security measures to be put in place for some time now…Their Head of Strategic Communications and Engagement, Cliodhna Ni Fhatharta, joins Kieran to discuss.

As the number of fines issued to motorists for unlawfully using bus lanes increased by 34% in the capital last year. Are motorists taking the law seriously when it comes to driving in bus lanes? Is more enforcement needed and do we need more or less bus lanes to help tackle the problem and efficiency of bus services in Dublin? Joining Pat to discuss further was Gwen Morgan, Director of Service Operations at Dublin Bus

A surge in antisocial behaviour such as drinking, assaults, and drug use on public transport has left some Irish Rail staff afraid to work. How can we solve the issue?Joining Kieran to discuss is Suzanne Armstrong, Dublin Bus driver, Barry Kenny, Corporate Communications Manager with Irish Rail and Andrew Quigley, SIPTU Organiser.

A planning row has broken out between Dublin Bus & residents of a south Dublin housing estate over a proposal to install a portable toilet for drivers. It does raise questions about the lack of facilities for bus drivers, especially those driving long bus routes. For more Dermot O' Leary, General Secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union.

In recent weeks, The Sunday Independent revealed that a customer took legal action against Empress Fine Jewels, which was ordered to pay her nearly €35,000, after diamond rings she entrusted to the store were reported stolen while being taken by a pensioner to another location to be cleaned. She received a call the next day from the jeweller, telling her the rings had been stolen from the pensioner on a Dublin Bus. Another customer of the same Dublin-based jeweller was “disappointed but not surprised” to learn that a €3,000 emerald and diamond ring she purchased contains fake gemstones. Ali Bracken joins Kevin Doyle to speak about her investigation into Empress Fine Jewels. Host; Kevin Doyle, Guest; Ali Bracken See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode we spoke exclusively to a woman who stood up to an abusive Dublin Bus passanger, after he verbally and racially attacked an Asian tourist for wearing a facemask!

Blake Boland from Dublin Bus joins Lunchtime Live to explain the nature of this antisocial abuse and behaviour across the Dublin Bus network. Suzanne O'Connor from SIPTU's Respect Transport Workers programme also discusses the toll it's taking on drivers and staff.Listen here.

Last week Fine Gael launched its ‘Building a Better Dublin' party document. But one section has come up for criticism from Dublin Bus the transport section. The first paragraph of the transport section includes the line: “and they can endanger pedestrians.” Joining Pat to discuss is Blake Boland, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus and the author of the document, James Geoghegan, Fine Gael TD and Spokesperson for Dublin.

Lisa was recently on a Dublin Bus that did not service Killinarden in Tallaght where she lives meaning she had to walk home. Feminist writer Laura Bates. Theresa's cat Ophelia was unfortunately recently killed by dogs.

From the Metro to Dublin Bus to off shore wind farms and housing, why can't we build anything and what is the problem? To discuss with Pat was Orla Hegarty, Architect and Assistant Professor at UCD and Karl Deeter, Director at Irish Mortgage Brokers.

This weekend, Gardaí will board buses across Dublin as part of a commitment to improve safety on public transport, after anti-social incidents have more than doubled in the last five years. We discuss this and more with Blake Boland, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus.

Dublin Bus has over 4,000 staff on it's books and more than a thousand buses in it's fleet, but the company is also home to hundreds of thousands of bees. Our reporter Emma Tyrrell went down to one of its depots to find out more as part of World Bee day today

Emer McLysaght is this week's visiting critic and we sent her to learn how to drive a Dublin Bus!

On Friday last a man holding what appeared to be a gun threatened a Dublin Bus driver. A number of incidents lately which have led to the curtailment of some services across the transport network. To discuss this Blake Boland, spokesperson for Dublin Bus and Paul McAuliffe, Fianna Fail party whip and TD for Dublin North-West.

John Murphy, SIPTU Transport Organiser, joins Newstalk Breakfast following an incident on a Dublin Bus — renewing calls for a dedicated transport police force.Listen here.

A Dublin Bus Driver was threatened by a man carrying a suspected gun on Friday, leading to the suspension of services in the city center. An investigation into the incident is underway.Following the incident, Dublin Bus are calling for the swift implementation of security on public transport.Blake Boland, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus and later Dermot O'Leary, General Secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union, and Jason Cullen of the Dublin Commuter Coalition join Kieran to discuss.

Dublin Bus services have been withdrawn from the Mountjoy Square area of Dublin after a bus driver was threatened by a man holding what appeared to be a gun.SIPTU has instructed its member drivers to withdraw services until union representatives meet with management to agree actions to improve safety. Are you worried about safety on buses?Andrea is joined by listeners to discuss.

A Dublin Bus driver was doing his job in Mountjoy Square, in the North Inner City, on Friday night when a man, holding what appeared to be a gun, threatened him With John Murphy- SIPTU's Transport Sector Organiser.

Today a meeting will take place between Dublin Bus and unions in a bid to resolve the ongoing industrial action by maintenance workers. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast this morning was SIPTU Transport Sector Organiser, John Murphy.

New figures show that Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead were hit with financial penalties of close to €5 million last year over performance standards failures, as passengers have recently complained about “ghost buses”. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was Harry McCann, Spokesperson for Dublin Bus.

On this episode - you've seen the video of the incident on a Dublin Bus involving a screwdriver...we spoke to a man who knows the teens involved.

Dublin Bus drivers and Dublin Bus are not getting along at the moment. Drivers often find themselves ahead of schedule, and are told to pull over and wait until they're at the correct time. It has lead to drivers being tired of being controlled.Kathleen, a Dublin Bus driver, joins Seán to discuss.

Billy Hann Chief Executive Officer with Dublin Bus tells us about the new private security system across its network.

On this episode Holly complained about the anti-social behaviour of drug addicts on the No. 27 Dublin Bus. She was horrified to witness one shooting up recently. She wants their bus passes taken from them