A Co Antrim firm has won a €11.5 million contract to supply 48 single-deck buses for Bus Éireann.
Wright Group, which is based in Ballymena, will also supply Dublin Bus with a prototype hybrid-electric double-decker vehicle in a major boost for cross-Border co-operation and sustainable transport.
Minister for Transport Martin Cullen visited the factory today to announce the investment.
The buses will be going to Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford.
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Under the National Development Plan, a total of €770 million will fund bus investment up to 2015.