Up to 100 Maynooth Students Face School Travel Chaos After Bus Service Pulled

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 10:53

By Martin Osborne - Head Of News

Families with children attending Maynooth Post Primary School and Maynooth Community College have been told the service is no longer financially viable, triggering fears of severe disruption when schools reopen in January.

A school transport service collapse in Maynooth is set to leave up to 100 students without a reliable way of getting to school, after a private operator confirmed it will shut down this Friday, December 19.

Kfm News understands that families with children attending Maynooth Post Primary School and Maynooth Community College have been told the service is no longer financially viable, triggering fears of severe disruption when schools reopen in January.

Many of the affected students live more than four kilometres from their schools and will now face daily uncertainty over how they get to class.

The loss of the service is also expected to put as many as 100 extra cars on Maynooth’s roads each morning and afternoon, compounding already heavy congestion at peak times.

Concerns have been raised about the capacity of existing public transport, with Dublin Bus services frequently full by the time they reach Maynooth, largely due to commuter and third-level demand.

The issue has been formally raised with the Minister for Education by Kildare North Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly, with calls for urgent intervention to put an alternative arrangement in place before students return after the Christmas break.