KCLR News interviews Brendan Hayes of the Gowran Bus Group (25th Feb 2026)

Gowran's School Bus Group will hold a public meeting at the Parish Hall on Monday evening next (2n March) at 8pm to highlight the need for additional Bus Eireann services to ferry local secondary school students to and from the village. At present, approximately a third of students in Gowran have access to Bus Eireann school transport, which leaves the remainder getting to school in Kilkenny City through various means, primarily through parent carpooling. Brendan Hayes is a member of the group and yesterday, he spoke to KCLR's Dermot Keyes in Gowran about next Monday night's meeting, building a positive relationship with Bus Eireann while also discussing what can be done to animate the village.