[\u00a0Bus operators hit with \u20ac5m in penalties as Go-Ahead draws fresh complaints over \u2018ghost buses\u2019Opens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no dependability on the bus,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery day I wake up with the fear of I\u2019m going to be delayed. If I was to be in the office for 9am, I\u2019d be leaving the house at 7am. <\/p>\n \u201cLast week I had to be in the office for 8am and some mornings I didn\u2019t make it in because the bus was delayed or didn\u2019t turn up. I feel really frustrated when I get to the office. I\u2019m trying to explain to people that even though I only live 10 minutes away by car, the bus service just doesn\u2019t run. Even last night I was stranded at the bus stop, it didn\u2019t turn up.\u201d <\/p>\n Ms Mongey said she has raised the issue continuously with Go-Ahead Ireland, the National Transport Authority (NTA)<\/a>, local politicians and the Department of Transport<\/a> over recent months. <\/p>\n \u201cTwo of my colleagues who are living in Citywest, they were getting the S8, but have started to take the red Luas line into town and then the green line out [to Leopardstown] because the bus keeps getting cancelled and they can\u2019t turn up late to work. One of them is leaving the house at 6.30am,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n \u201cI was in San Sebasti\u00e1n and Seville in Spain a few weeks ago, where the economy is not the same as Ireland. They have bus services constantly. I used them for a whole week and nothing was cancelled and they have services all around the city. Then I came home and was like, \u2018this is ridiculous\u2019. You can\u2019t get anywhere.\u201d <\/p>\n![\"Sharon](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/267NPR4Q45DTBMPHWEVFQT5CN4.JPG\")
Sharon Mongey: ‘Every day I wake up with the fear of I\u2019m going to be delayed. If I was to be in the office for 9am, I\u2019d be leaving the house at 7am. Photograph: Bryan O\u2019Brien\/The Irish Times <\/p>\n