General News

2013 Letter to Minister for Transport

I have pleasure in enclosing the documentation relating to the iBus plc proposals for a National Network of Private Hire services. iBus plc. is the business arm of FOTO [Federation of Transport Operators] the representative body for over 1,200 private bus and coach operators across Ireland.

Single Rural Transport

You may have read in the press recently, reports of plans by Public Transport Minister, Alan Kelly, T.D., for the joining together of services such as School Transport System, HSE related transport services, and Rural Transport Initiatives around the country. This has been the proposal of FOTO and ibus plc* for many, many years, and heralds great opportunity for private transport companies such as yours.

Open Letter to Bus & Coach Operators 30/07/2012

Following on from the recent High Court hearing of the case against the Department of Education & Science for its handling of the School Transport System contract with Bus Eireann, there has been a rush to the press and the media by a range of people staking their claim to the School Transport System.