CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO COMPETITION ON GALWAY DUBLIN BUS ROUTE

Date Published: 30-Oct-2009

An investigation is being called for into competition between two bus companies operating a direct service between Galway and Dublin.Senator Terry Leydon has called on Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey to initiate the investigation.The Department of Transport ordered that Citylink stop operating a direct service between Galway and Dublin after a complaint by rival company, GoBus.The Department says Citylink is operating outside its licence, but the bus company is disputing this and has refused to stop the service.Speaking in the Seanad, Senator Leydon said Citylink buses should be seized pending an investigation by the Department.