The Transport Minister has defended plans for a new ‘drink link’ to get rural residents home from the pub.
Under the deal the Government will fund 50 night-time buses in 19 counties between June and December. Some of the services will be in Donegal.
Critics of the service say its timing deliberately coincides with strict new drink driving laws putting first time offenders off the road.
But Minister Shane Ross says it’s just a coincidence……………
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