Finnegan Bray

20/12/2024

Lovely festive messages from all around the world, including our own Santa that visited our yard and Eugene Finnegan sending greetings from The Martello

18/12/2024

**Update : Service resumed 1345**
Wed 18/12/24 13:00 Apologies but there are issues with Southern Cross / Bray Dart route … we are trying to rectify but there may be no service for at least an hour, maybe two

02/12/2024

Santa dropped in again this year as he has us on his nice list ! He knows we would help him with his transport plans this Christmas if he needed!

19/11/2024

19th November update :

NTA have confirmed that Phase 6A will be delayed and so our 143 and 144 service will continue until at least 29th January 2025.

Please be reminded that we provide a reduced service over the Christmas Season 24th December - 1st January, please see Christmas 2024 page

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19/11/2024

Absolutely ridiculous traffic around Bray and Greystones … nothing is moving. It just took one of fleet an hour and a half to get from Kilcoole to Little Bray while
other buses are just sitting going nowhere. Apologies, but little we can do!

14/11/2024

An incident near Druids Valley on N11 northbound is affecting our service. Buses are diverting onto M50 to avoid the area but traffic backed up back to shankill and the M50 merge south of the hospital

14/11/2024

14th November 2024 update.... this is as much as we know for the moment.

https://www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bus/phase-6a-e-spine/ #:~:text=Phase%206a%20of%20the%20BusConnects,hour%20Spines%20E1%20and%20E2.

02/11/2024

29th October 2024 update :

NTA have confirmed to us via email that having done a month by month renewal in recent times it is now a short renewal of contract and their expected new date for phase 6a is now December 8th 2024.

So it looks like Friday 6th December will be our last day of providing our 143 and 144 routes.

It is an end of an era for Finnegan Bray. Eugene Finnegan came up with the local routes years ago and was the first operator to create a night bus, but that is worth a separate post.

A big thank you to our drivers who often went out when other operators did not in conditions such as snow and heavy rain to make sure people got home as well as looking after and returning lost property.

We would also get phonecalls in the office asking “when is the next bus?” or “can you just ask him to wait two minutes in Sandyford , I am running down the road from work?” so thanks also to staff for who have handled countless calls and queries over the years.

See https://www.transportforireland.ie/getting-around/by-bus/phase-6a-e-spine-launching-08-12-24/ for the generally available information.

Launching December 8th Phase 6a of the BusConnects Network Redesign roll-out in Dublin will continue with the introduction of 13 new routes, operated by Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland, on Sunday December 8th. This includes: 24-hour Spines E1 and E2. Radial 19 – for more, see Route 19 informati.....

22/10/2024

1455 Update - we are back on track. Apologies again for the inconvenience.

Tuesday 22/10/24

Apologies but looks like there will be no service at 1245,1315,1345,1415 from Southern Cross and no 1300,1330,1400,1440 from dart

We are trying to find an alternative and will update if we can 😢

14/10/2024

We are getting lots of queries and getting tagged on posts about BusConnects and its next phase , phase 6 which is due to start in November 25th

Busconnects has been discussed for years, and back in 2019 we encouraged everyone to attend the public meeting in The Royal Hotel.

We have a general understanding of the plan but have no actual confirmed information on things like actual start dates and timetables.

We are awaiting official communication from the NTA (National Transport Authority) and so when we know we will
let you know!

10/10/2024

Sooooo sorry but things got a bit muddled this afternoon so the 17:15 from Sandyford is running late (probably 20 minutes) and so the 18:00 from Southern Cross and the 18:45 from Sandyford might also be affected. Apologies for the inconvenience.

02/10/2024

Wednesday 02/10/2024 Apologies that the service will be effected from 12:45 but we will try to get back on track as soon as possible.

14/08/2024

Bus Eireann school routes start on Monday 26th August 2024 - unless the school opens later that week such a primary schools or East Glendalough School on Tuesday 27th .

Coláiste Chraobh Abhann Kilcoole passengers please take note as though we saw on the school calendar that CCA opens on the Friday before on the 23rd , Bus Eireann has confirmed that services are to start on Monday 26th.

02/07/2024

Tuesday 2nd July morning: Total gridlock around Bray Main Street and Southern Cross Road and parts of M11 not moving.

Unfortunately we are hearing reports of accidents etc so no feedback yet on how long the traffic jams will continue.

Safe driving all!

24/06/2024

Another busy weekend for the new addition!

21/06/2024

When a group over for the weekend asks to stop for some provisions… so you take exit 7 off the N11 so they can shop in Bray! Bray, At The Heart of it Bray Chamber

09/06/2024

SUNDAY JUNE 9th
Wilton roundabout down to one of the three entry points at a time due to roadworks so avoid Southern Cross Road Wilton end / Bray Greystones Road

04/06/2024

Good luck to Leaving & Junior Certs tomorrow!

Reminder Our Colaiste Rathin, Iasocain, and East Glendalough school routes depart every morning as normality would during term time.

Afternoons are 15 minutes after the last exam so Wednesday 5th will be 16:45

Colaiste Chraobh Abhainn from Roundwood is merged and being done by Tony Doyle’s