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Córas Iompair Éireann
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- Type
- National operator — statutory holding company founded 1 January 1945 under the Transport Act 1944; parent of Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus
- Market · Region
- European Union · Ireland
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Cybersecurity, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance
Statutory holding company owning Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus with 12,000+ staff.
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The statutory holding company for Ireland's public transport operators. Since February 1987 it has owned three subsidiaries — Iarnród Éireann (rail, including the cross-border Enterprise and Rosslare Europort), Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus — and it runs group shared services, CIE Tours and a large property portfolio including the Heuston masterplan. The group had over 12,000 staff and carried 350 million passengers in 2023.
- Type
- National operator — statutory holding company founded 1 January 1945 under the Transport Act 1944; parent of Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus
- Where
- Ireland · Dublin
- Technology areas
- Cybersecurity, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance
Structure
- owns Iarnród Éireann — Iarnród Éireann has been a CIÉ subsidiary since 2 February 1987 under the Transport (Re-organisation of Córas Iompair Éireann) Act 1986 (active · since 1987-02-02)
- controlled by DoT — Sponsoring department for Córas Iompair Éireann, the statutory holding company of Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus (active)
Sources for these relationships (2)
- ● Córas Iompair Éireann · Who We Are (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Department of Transport (Ireland) · Department of Transport — department page and contact block (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (1)
- Entry path
- Published contacts (3)
- Portals (2)
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3 sources · all primary
- ● Córas Iompair Éireann · Who We Are (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Córas Iompair Éireann · Contact Us (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
- ● Office of Government Procurement — eTenders · eTenders — the Irish national public procurement portal (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
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