[1][2] Managed by Transport for Ireland (TFI), the services are publicly subsidised.

Services were originally managed locally by voluntary groups.

A 2013 restructuring of management reduced the large number of local groups to a number of "Transport Co-ordination Units" (subsequently branded as "Local Link offices").

In February 2023, the government proposed a large expansion of Local Link services.

[3] 65 new or improved services were started in 2023, with a 36% increase in the number of passengers compared with the previous year.