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BUS ÉIREANN HAS announced a campaign to hire nearly 200 new staff.
The jobs will include 190 driver positions and a number of mechanic jobs.
The roles will form part of the network’s expansion and will be based in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Mayo, Waterford, Wicklow, Navan, Drogheda, Limerick and west Clare. A national recruitment campaign, which includes radio, digital and print ads, kicks off today.
The new drivers are needed to staff an expansion and enhancement of services on a number of Bus Éireann routes nationwide and some additional enhancement of services on Expressway routes.
These service enhancements are planned for regional city networks, town services and several Expressway intercity routes and will come on stream in the next six months.
The company’s CEO Ray Hernan says the recruitment represents a new “growth phase”.
“After a challenging few years at the company, it is great to move into a new growth phase. The majority of this service expansion will be delivered on behalf of the NTA for Public Service Obligation routes – and when introduced, will greatly benefit our customers and should incentivise more people to make the switch to public transport.
“Much change and progress has been delivered across Bus Éireann and Expressway, since the acceptance of a new Labour Court Agreement by staff last year. We are continuing to transform our business to deliver an enhanced experience for our customers.”
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Is this the same company that was on its arse last week ?
@Jon Stynes: total shenanigans.
Company was in trouble a few months ago , got workers out with redundancy plans , now need 200 new drivers ? Will union get the new drivers same conditions as the ones that left ?????
@Tricksy: nope they start on way lower wages…
@Veronica: And if the wage is not good enough then dont apply. At 4% unemployment, we are virtually at full employment. Go elsewhere.
@Ray Mullins: They tried the same with the civil servants and now they want to be on par with their fellow workers.
We got a new bus driver in our village, drives like he’s in a grand Prix, terrifying, hold on for dear life,Not good.
@Christine Paulette Roche: lol
@Christine Paulette Roche: That’s brilliant that’s the kind of driver you want yerhaw next stop the moon….,!
How can a company that is loosing business, loosing money, loosing routes to the private sector because of inefficiency, need to hire,,, More,, drivers..?? One would be forgiven for thinking they should be cutting staff..
@Michael Fehily: because current staff are physically & mentally exhausted by being rostered for ridiculously dangerous hours & being ‘encouraged’ to drive through break periods in order to arrive at their destination on time. Mr Hernon CEO is being economic with the truth here.
@Matt Donovan: Breaking the the tacho and WTD rules, I’m sure the RSA enforcement section would like to know more.
@Michael Fehily: You forget they’re a semi-state with no accountability for anybody, so they’ll happily spend this money – inefficiently, rack up more debt and come whinging to the state again in a couple of years – along with the union whinging about how overworked and under paid their poor long suffering staff are, this is a cycle they go through every few years – look at the PR job they did about their new busses…only months before they then went and claimed they were on the brink of disaster.
@Michael Fehily: *losing (You’re welcome).
@Dave Byrne: The RSA are as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, any time they have been informed of companies forcing driver’s to break the law they never investigated ???
Will the new staff be forced to join the union?
@Dave Doyle: there exist the right of disassociation.
@Matt Donovan:
From experience of working in a semi state one would need to be very strong willed and be a gluten for the “donkey” work if you refuse to join the union.
It’s nice to see some good news
I own my own bus hire company and need 4 new drivers, I can’t get them for love nor money. They just aren’t there. To get a bus license and be fully compliant would cost you nearly €3000 from scratch. I pay €12 ph so just think about how long before you’d get your money back
New drink link division
My son went for a position and after back and forward for over 6 weeks interviews, testing his driving and passing the medical only to be told his weight let him down. What a joke. Would have saved the disappointment if he’d been told it before going through the process.
@Linda Mary Elizabeth: same as myself only I was put on a “panel” with the promise of a job??? then 2 years later was told panel abolished and would have to do the whole process again, I advised them in on a “panel” just transfer me over and they said no, new interviews have to do the whole process again, told them to shove it! If anyone interested pay was €590 basic with 1/6th shift allowance on top, that was in 2015.
How many exactly – 199 or 199.4, I just want an exact amount
They have wheelchair buses in donegal but they drivers are not trained to work the lift and all they have to do is press a button in have been on to manys a td about it it’s a laughing stock they have to train to press the button
Bus Eireann looking for 200 new drivers to prop up the 200 they already have…,
They are also looking for a number of existing drivers..
Great news, but not for the forgotten countie Donegal
They have wheelchair buses in donegal but the drivers are not trained to work the lift and all they have to do is press a button in have been on to manys a td about it it’s a laughing stock they have to train to press the button
Cant keep the ones they have for gods sake
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