Services hit on Sligo/Dublin rail line due to bus strike
Train services between Sligo and Dublin are being hit because of the Bus Eireann strike. There will be limited services on intercity trains between Dublin and several counties including Sligo, Limerick, Galway, Sligo and Waterford. While there will be no services on Cork commuter trains or on lines between Waterford and…
Fears for school bus services as result of Bus Eireann cuts
There are now fears that school bus services in the North West will be hit next as a result of planned cuts at Bus Eireann. Siptu are holding a meeting with Bus Eireann at the workplace relations commission this Friday and if they are not happy with the outcome school…
Siptu fears possible management changes at North West bus depots
Ahead of an all out strike there are fears that the management of the bus depot in Sligo and three sub-depots in Donegal will soon come under the remit of Galway. Siptu’s transport spokesperson Willie Noone told Ocean FM he has seen leaked documents which claim to show Bus Eireann…
People urged to contact local politicians after bus eireann pay talks collapse
Talks to resolve the Bus Eireann pay dispute have collapsed. SIPTU and the NBRU have been meeting with the company at the Workplace Relations Commission this afternoon. In a statement, the NBRU says its members have been put on notice and the union will immediately engage in an all-out strike…
Calls for politicians to step in on threats to rural bus services
Politicians are coming under increasing pressure to protect the future of the public Bus Eireann Bus Service in rural Ireland. Bus Eireann has to reverse losses of over €8m and it commissioned a report by Grant Thornton which outlines cutting Expressway services as part of a potential solution. Bus Eireann,…
Bus users urge ‘everything be done’ to save Expressway routes
Bus-users in Sligo say everything must be done to protect the rural expressway service. It follows conflicting reports emerging yesterday on the future of the service with a leaked Grant Thornton report suggesting expressway services be axed while Bus Eireann issued a statement yesterday evening stating the ‘Expressway will continue…