LIMERICK Council members spoke of receiving phone calls from irate parents about their children getting wet at bus stops while trying to get to and from school.
Independent councillor Maria Donoghue called for a bus shelter to be provided at Mungret Community College to support the passengers of the expanded 304A bus route.
“A couple of parents contacted me recently that their children got very wet waiting for the bus, and they’ve asked that a bus shelter is provided at the college,” Cllr Donoghue told the Council executive.
She said that “if we’re trying to get people not to use cars, we have to make the bus very attractive. Two of the major obstacles to bus use is lack of reliability and lack of comfort.”
Social Democrats councillor Shane Hickey-O’Mara seconded the motion, saying: “I feel like just waiting for basic bus infrastructure is so frustrating, even for just a bench, never mind a bus shelter, where someone with a mobility aid can sit down.”
Aontรบ councillor Sarah Beasley also added her support to the cause, telling the Council: “We need to look at the bus shelter situation, we need more shelter.”
In response, the Council said that “following the successful commencement of the 304B service to Mungret Community College in August 2025, it is the intention of the Transportation and Mobility Directorate that a bus shelter will be provided at the school location under the National Transport Authority’s Bus Stop Enhancement Programme in 2026 subject to funding”.
