McGrath skipped Dáil vote on Dublin Bus route revamp

Further blow for redesign of entire Dublin Bus network; doubts in government about whether plan is ‘dead’ or needs to be ‘tweaked’

Finian McGrath and Shane Ross: both ministers missed a Dáil vote on Dublin Bus’s controversial new network of routes Pic: Rollingnews

Independent Alliance minister Finian McGrath deliberately missed a Dáil vote on the controversial redesign of the Dublin Bus network, The Sunday Business Post can reveal.

McGrath was not present in the Dáil when a Fianna Fáil motion calling for a reversal of the BusConnects plans was voted on last Thursday.

The TD told colleagues he was delayed at an event, but he is understood to have missed the vote on purpose due to ...