Bus Éireann set out the cumulative cost of the proposal that was balloted on “and stressed that it had made a loss of €4.2 million in 2024 and was projecting similar losses for 2025”.

"It’s a death trap," warned one councillor.

Last November, CIE said it sought possession of the site after Tanat failed to discharge a licence fee payment of some €186,500 which became payable as part of the lease agreement