Bus Eireann carried an extra one million passengers during 2014.

The biggest rise was in Galway with the number of journies up 12 per cent, followed by a 6 per cent rise in Cork, 4 per cent in Limerick and a 1 per cent drop in Waterford.

Dublin saw a 2 per cent rise.

There was more than 35 million bus journies taken across the country last year.