New minibus service in Kilcullen

Lisa McCoy, from double deckers to 16-seat minibus.

Lisa McCoy had family connections with bus and truck business and remembers that even as a child she always wanted to drive buses, writes Brian Byrne. Being a self-acknowledged 'bit of a tomboy' as a youngster, that ambition stuck, and by the age of 21 she was driving for Dublin Bus.

Now, having reared her family, she has opened her own local minibus service in Kilcullen, where she has lived for the past 19 years after moving from her native Dublin. "We came here because it was a nice place to bring up children, away from the bustle of the city."

A far cry from the double-decker buses and various full-size coaches she piloted during her professional driving career, Lisa's latest machine is a 16-seat Ford Transit minibus, now available to hire for day trips, airport transfers, and school transport.

"I'm literally just on the road," she told the Diary this week, listing all the regulatory and technical matters which she has spent some time completing to set up McCoy's Bus & Cab Hire. She can provide transport for all kinds of occasions, with a 7 December shopping trip to Liffey Valley already on her schedule, and at the time of writing still with spaces available to book. "I'm open to any group in the community who want to set up a trip to somewhere."

The new Facebook page for the service can be accessed here, and Lisa can be contacted by phone at 087 2877174.

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