North East business life: charity, community and award events in the region Organisations featuring this week include NEPO, Bellway, Kilfrost, the Student Law Office and Resolve Care Birmingham Post · Jun 29, 2023
Contactless payments on Dublin Bus still 'years away' despite trial reports London has had contactless payment on buses since 2012 Irish Mirror · May 9, 2023
Contactless payment on Luas, Dublin Bus and DART still 'years' away The new payment system will allow DART, Luas and Dublin Bus users to pay for fares using their bank card or mobile phone Dublin Live · May 9, 2023
Fresh season of tours at Dumfries House as guides eager to welcome guests A number of tours allow visitors to learn about the history behind the stunning country house, saved for the nation by King Charles III. Daily Record · Apr 13, 2023
North East business life: charity, community and award events in the region Companies featuring in this week's round-up include Birmingham Post · Mar 23, 2023
New €20million state-of-the art BusConnects plaza opens at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre Six bus routes will terminate at the new hub outside Liffey Valley, which is good news for passengers Dublin Live · Feb 20, 2023
Eamon Ryan outlines plans for 'whole city centre reorganisation' of Dublin's traffic "We are going to have to do a whole city centre reorganisation of our traffic system which will be part of the demand management measures we are going to introduce, but also for the congestion that’s starting to gridlock this city" Dublin Live · Feb 1, 2023
Dublin city centre set for major traffic reorganisation as Eamon Ryan announces €290m in funding Eamon Ryan has announced €290m in new funding to support 1,200 active travel projects throughout Ireland. They include a mix of segregated cycle lands, widening footpaths, new walking and cycling bridges and pedestrian crossings. Irish Mirror · Feb 1, 2023
Card and smartphone payments on the way for Dublin buses and trams In addition to tapping on with Leap Cards, the new ticketing system will allow people to use contactless payment on buses, rail, trams, TFI Local Link, and the planned MetroLink Dublin Live · Nov 10, 2022
Transport chiefs to banish 'ghost' buses from Dublin as driver shortages blamed Bus services vanishing from real-time information is frustrating passengers Irish Mirror · Nov 8, 2022
Lack of drivers and IT failure to blame for 'vanishing' buses in Dublin Both Dublin Bus and Go Ahead have said that they need a total combined number of 195 drivers in place to carry out an efficient service across all of their routes Dublin Live · Nov 8, 2022
A low-traffic College Green is among 35 ‘transformative’ new projects to improve Irish transport Five transformational public transport projects, six ‘10 minute’ neighbourhoods, 19 walking and cycling projects and even a cycling link from Cork to Waterford were announced today in South Dublin Dublin Live · Oct 18, 2022
The items you can expect to get more expensive this month as energy bills spike Rising inflation has caused people across the country to make efforts to cut corners and save but unfortunately, prices look set to increase even further from this month Dublin Live · Sep 1, 2022
30 days of price rises in Ireland - the items you can expect to get more expensive this month Rising inflation has caused people across the country to make efforts to cut corners and save where possible Irish Mirror · Sep 1, 2022
Irish Mirror · Aug 23, 2022 Cost of living - trip to Tesco or Dunnes, night-out, energy bills and everything set to get more expensive in the next month People across the country have been making efforts to cut corners and save where possible. But unfortunately, prices look set to increase even further from next month
Irish Mirror · Aug 22, 2022 Nine-day warning your night out is about to become more expensive in Ireland as hike comes in From September 1, the cost of a taxi will increase by a whopping 12 per cent making a few quiet ones with a friend into a rather expensive night out
Dublin Live · Aug 4, 2022 Overnight Luas service ruled out by National Transport Authority In June NTA CEO Anne Graham said they were "looking to see" if they could extend the tram network's hours during peak times to take some pressure off taxis
Dublin Live · Jun 25, 2022 National Transport Authority considering running Luas overnight on weekends The NTA has also said they are working to incentivise more taxi drivers to work at peak times
Irish Mirror · May 19, 2022 Dublin active travel took 330,000 cars off the road in 2021 and saved millions in health spending The efforts of active travellers saved greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1.3m people flying from Dublin to Heathrow - 28,000 tonnes
Dublin Live · May 17, 2022 Dublin Airport: New taxi scheme to encourage drivers taking late-night fares Around one in ten drivers left the industry during the most intense two years of the Covid-19 pandemic
Irish Mirror · Apr 26, 2022 Ireland taxi fares could see jump of 12.5% as new hikes under review The National Transport Authority said it is considering its first hike in taxi fares in five years
Dublin Live · Apr 26, 2022 'Large' taxi fare increase proposed to bring drivers back to industry Around one in ten drivers left the industry during the most intense two years of the Covid-19 pandemic