PROTEST IN BALLINASLOE OVER PROPOSED TRANSPORT CUTS

Date Published: 11-Sep-2009

Protests are taking place in Ballinasloe today, over proposed cuts to the rural transport scheme. Five busloads of passengers availing of the service are signing petitions and protesting at the top of the square in the townThere are 17 rural transport services in Galway, servicing around 12 thousand passengers a year.An Bord Snip is proposing to cut the national service, which costs around 11 million euro per anum.