Urgent demand for 24-hour bus service to extend to Dublin Airport

The latest phase of bus routes in the capital was introduced in January.

Cllr John Kennedy's reason to call on this is due to Aircoach's decision to halt services to Dublin Airport from suburbs such as Foxrock, Cabinteely, Cornelscourt, and Cherrywood.

The E1 and E2 were introduced last month as part of the first part of phase 6a of the National Transport Authority’s (NTA) BusConnects Network Redesign in Dublin.

As part of this phase, 13 new bus routes have been introduced including the aforementioned E services which are 24-hour.

Speaking on the matter, Kennedy said: "The residents of the areas affected are accustomed to a direct bus service from their communities to Dublin Airport and it ought to be straightforward to simply extend the terminus for both the E1 and E2 routes to Dublin Airport, as they already stop in relatively nearby locations such as Ballymun and Santry.

"In any case, many visitors would expect more 24 hour bus services from Dublin Airport when arriving late at night and options to the Southside of the Dublin in this respect need to be significantly improved.

"The frequency of the E1 and the E2 routes needs to be increased for this proposed changes and such enhanced frequency is needed anyhow with the existing services especially given the existing demand around the Cabinteely area."