Dublin Bus CEO on recruitment challenges, going electric, and stamping out anti-social behaviour

Billy Hann joined the State-owned operator almost three years ago after a long career with the Irish Aviation Authority

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Billy Hann, CEO Dublin Bus, pictured at the Ringsend garage in Dublin.
Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Billy Hann, CEO Dublin Bus, pictured at the Ringsend garage in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

On this episode of Inside Business host Ciarán Hancock is joined in studio by Billy Hann, chief executive of Dublin Bus, the biggest public transport company in our capital city.

He joined the State-owned operator almost three years ago after a long career with the Irish Aviation Authority and is charged with leading a company that now transports more than 160 million passengers a year.

He has a busy agenda, with challenges including difficulties in the recruitment of drivers and mechanics, traffic congestion, the switch to a fleet of EVs, and countering anti-social behaviour.

Billy also discusses how Dublin Bus was currently performing and whether the busy Christmas period was a positive or negative for the company.

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Produced by John Casey with JJ Vernon on sound.

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