A lack of mechanics is being blamed for buses failing to show up in the Greater Dublin Area.
Passengers have been complaining for weeks about disappearing services or so called 'ghost buses'. It's affecting many Go Ahead Ireland routes including Liffey Valley to UCD, the Square to Blackrock and Bray to Greystones.
Dublin South West TD Paul Murphy told the Dáil last night that commuters can't trust the service;
"And I'm not talking about a ghost bus here or there. In some cases half the buses have been cancelled leaving people late for work, for school, for college."
In a statement, Go Ahead Ireland has confirmed that a number of bus services have recently experienced service frequency issues and has apologised to customers.
It went on to say that the company has been running a dedicated mechanics recruitment campaign in a bid to address shortfalls in mechanic numbers.
The bus company was hit with more than €3 million worth of performance-related fines in 2022.
Go Ahead Ireland says it expects the situation to improve; "we have begun to see service improvements and expect to see continuous improvements each day, leading to the resumption of a normal level of service on impacted routes within the next two weeks."
