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Bus Éireann
Bus Éireann, or Irish Bus, provides bus services in Ireland outside Dublin. Bus Éireann, established in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann. The logo of Bus Éireann is a red Irish Setter, a breed of dog. Busáras - Central Bus Station, a much hated and a much loved structure, is located in Dublin. Cork bus station perhaps takes the award for Bus Éireann's worst terminus.
Bus Éireann main services in Ireland, and in Northern Ireland in association with Ulsterbus , include: "expressway" (i.e. intercity), commuter, local and school services. Additional services within Ireland include city services in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford and town services in Athlone, Drogheda, Dundalk, Navan and Sligo. External services to Britain and Europe are also provided via the ports at Dublin, Dún Laoghaire and Rosslare Europort via the Eurolines system.
Bus Éireann's fleet have been substatially invested in as part of the National Development Plan. The vast majority of the operating fleet are now 5 years old or less.
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