Private Dublin Bus contractor outgunned by higher salary offers at Bus Éireann

Go Ahead Ireland is offering salaries of up to €32,000; Bus Éireann is offering salaries of €35,000, rising to over €40,000

Go Ahead Ireland managing director Ed Wills

The new private operator for Dublin Bus routes has found it harder to hire trained bus drivers due to Bus Éireann’s offer of higher-paid jobs.

Go Ahead Ireland is offering salaries of up to €32,000 to recruit 350 new drivers. But Bus Éireann is offering salaries of €35,000, rising to over €40,000 after four years, to 200 new drivers.

Bus Éireann is also offering a more valuable defined benefit pension plan to new ...