Unfortunately it would take a major effort to do this. If the government was to give Dublin Bus 500 new buses all the private operators would be going mad and they'd take the case to the European courts and everything would get delayed for ages.
Also, if Dublin Bus was to lower their fares to €1 for all single trips, the private operators would again cry fowl and argue to the European courts that the state is subsiding a state company and they can't compete in the market.
If only things were that easy....
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