The companies will provide bus licences.
Two Offaly businesses are coming together to create new jobs.
K Buggy Coaches and Joe Wynne School of motoring are joining forces on a new project to recruit aspiring bus drivers.
The initiative will see people considering retiring or wanting to work part time, being sent to Joe Wynne's by K Buggy Coaches to be become licensed and qualified.
The training programme is open to men and women over the age of 25, to get a bus licence.
Joe Wynne from Tullamore's Wynne's School of Motoring says it's more than just a qualification:
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