Bus Eireann confirms tough times ahead as it faces insolvency
Bus Eireann says the company is facing insolvency in the next 18 months and ‘decisive action’ has to be taken to reverse losses. The company has informed staff at a meeting today that losses for 2016 are now estimated at €8m. There has been much speculation today that a report…
Union warns main expressway bus links likely to be axed
Bus services between towns throughout the West and North West will effectively be gone under a €7 million cost-saving plan agreed by Bus Eireann, according to a local NBRU official. Bus Eireann has reportedly been told to cut its Expressway services completely. According to National Bus and Rail Union North…
New fears for jobs and Expressway bus routes in the North West
There are new fears the North West will be particularly hit by cuts to Expressway routes, job losses and lower pay for new recruits under a plan by Bus Eireann to save €7 million. The plan, drawn up by consultants Grant Thornton, has reportedly been agreed by the board of…
Industrial action remains on the table in Bus Eireann Expressway row
SIPTU and the National Bus & Rail Workers Union are on the same page in dealing with threats to the Bus Eireann expressway routes. That’s according to the general secretary of the NBRU Dermot O’Leary following concerns raised at a public meeting in Donegal town last night. The NBRU have…
Union urges the public to support bus campaign
The public in the north west are being urged to put their shoulder to the wheel in order to save their rural bus services. A well attended meeting took place in Tubbercurry last night where the National Bus & Rail Union informed those in attendance of Bus Eireann plans to…
Jobs and rural links under threat as Bus Eireann faces €6m annual losses
Bus Drivers are calling on the Department of Transport to intervene to save services at Bus Éireann. It’s feared routes are under threat as the company struggles to deal with multi-million euro losses. Five unions representing workers at the bus company met with the Labour Court yesterday and are due…
Public meeting on future of Bus Eireann service on Tubbercurry this evening
The union representing bus eireann expressway workers will begin travelling to towns and villages in an attempt to drum up support as they fight a planned restructuring of the bus service. Public meetings will take place in towns and villages nationwide including in Tubbercurry and Donegal Town in the coming…