The 2000 VWL's should not be going. They are fine as they are and are good for another few years, Unfortunately CIE are obsessed with this 12 year old replacement cycle.

Who are funding these new buses? is it Bus Eireann themselves who will pay for the replacements? If not then I don't see why us taxpayers should have to fork out to replace perfectly good vehicles, particularly when the country is in the state it is right now.