Many parents have struggled to try get their child a place on the bus to and from school.

The electric bus fleet has now completed over 530,000 kilometres worth of journeys and with an estimated 400,000 kilograms of tailpipe emissions eliminated.

The first bus to Athlone leaves at 7:20am from Mullingar, with the first bus to Mullingar leaving Athlone at 5:40am.

The bus service will begin operating on Monday 28th of August.

A bus is being organised by Roscommon Rapid Response at the beginning of September to take patients to Belfast for treatment.

One passenger claimed a route 23 bus skipped their stop, resulting in the customer missing a flight.

The road remains closed this morning and local diversions are in place.

Minister Eamon Ryan says last year figures show that people respond positively to new routes.