"Without it we'd be stranded we had no way of getting around,"

RTÉ paid a visit to  Local Link Cavan Monaghan and their evening bus service between Ballyhaise and Cavan town. 

Since last summer, 65 additional services across all 26 counties have been running on average from 6pm to 11pm typically on Friday and Saturday. 

Pauric Smith, Manager of the Local Link in Cavan/Monaghan explained how essential the service is.

"If you're not living in or around the main town, there isn't the same availability in terms of taxis and that so you are going to be cut off if there isn't some public service in the area and it is just evening times, you're talking Friday and Saturday evenings, it's great to have something like this for people in these areas,".