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Dublin Bus has no contingency if strike goes ahead

A company spokesperson said that the only hope for avoiding industrial actions is if unions “see sense”.

TRANSPORT SERVICES ACROSS the capital will be severely hit if a proposed strike by Dublin Bus staff goes ahead.

Workers at both the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) and SIPTU have served strike notice on the company, with workers set to down tools on Sunday.

The company says that they need to save €11.7 million in order to return to financial stability and has been negotiating with unions since last May.

Negotiations have centred around productivity and cost savings and, although the Labour Relations Commission has backed the plans, both unions voted within the last week to take industrial action.

Dublin Bus spokesperson Cliona Ni Fhatharta told TheJournal.ie that the only contingency plan now was if the unions reverse their course.

“We would be hopeful that no action will take place and would encourage the unions and the workers not to take this unnecessary action, which will massively affect our customers.

“We have been in negotiations for 14 months and have exhausted all other options. We have a cost reduction scheme that we have to implement.”

As for whether or not any services could run in the time that staff were on strike.

“There is no contingency available in Dublin Bus. It is impossible in an organisation this size to put one in place. We have a fleet of 920 buses and 2,300 drivers manning those buses.

The only contingency is if the unions see sense. We have nowhere else to go.

Read: Dublin Bus drivers likely to go on strike next week

Read: Labour Court recommends cuts to overtime and sick leave for Dublin Bus drivers

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    Mute LoyalIrish Citizen
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    Dec 26th 2011, 10:28 AM

    I agree with almost everything that you have written.

    My reasons for these things to happen, which allows them to get away with
    with what everybody knows to be wrong is the use of opinions in law.

    The purpose of using opinions in law is to commit crime, hide the details
    of the crimes, circumvent the rules and avoid prosecution.

    Irish Courts have been allowing the use of opinions over 8300 times since
    1922, which is in complete contradiction to people questioning evidence.

    The only way get the use of opinions in law to commit crimes is to falsify
    the rule books of Ireland.

    If you study opinions in law it will explain everything that you need to
    know, which you can get access to the laws of Ireland at the Attorney
    Generals website :- http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/home.html

    Regards

    LoyalIrishCitizen

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    Mute Pat Ambrose
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    Dec 26th 2011, 1:36 PM

    I have seen people getting jail for stealing groceries, yet the bankers, politicians, (some) get away scot free to rob and plunder all over again.

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    Mute Dermot Purcell
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    Dec 26th 2011, 10:40 AM

    Your article nick on white collar crime is spot on except for you call it wrongdoing i call it FRAUD ,can you imagine if there was a real investigation in to the banks and seanie was in there spilling the beans on cowen and bertie judges and all the heads and top level managment of every institution in this country ,can people imagine the fall out and our image abroad would be in tatters, this is why nobody going to jail in this country .

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    Dec 26th 2011, 11:19 AM

    Our image abroad is already in tatters.

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    Dec 26th 2011, 11:24 AM

    Great article Nick. Engrossing as always. Would love to read something from you on the actual workings of bankruptcy and it’s day to day effects, what you can and can’t do. You allude to your direct experience with money lenders. Any chance of writing a book on your experience of post barings?

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    Mute Chris Coffey
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    Dec 26th 2011, 2:03 PM

    Brilliant stuff, as always. I’m starting to click into Nicks articles the minute I see his name. No better reading on here then the articles by people who know exactly what their talking about, not to mention his extra insight into the risks that people in finance can take.

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    Mute Joe Sixtwo
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    Dec 26th 2011, 12:13 PM

    Nice piece of work Nick.

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    Dec 26th 2011, 9:46 PM

    I said Ireland was a land of criminals way back in the mid 80′s.

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    Mute Ardo Ci
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    Dec 27th 2011, 10:28 AM

    Well said, Nick! Well said, indeed. Ireland is no longer the ‘ land of saints and scholars ‘ but rather the ‘ land of crooks and criminals’. The ordinary people don’t deserve what’ s happening. What we need now is an ‘Irish’ Cromwell to rise from among us.

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    Mute Sheila Murphy
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    Dec 28th 2011, 1:10 PM

    I must say I couldn’t agree more with the points he’s making about the tribunals; complete waste of millions & millions of Euros….. again no actions taken from any of them. Ridiculous set-ups.

    And I’ve seen the ads on UK TV to which he refers re the pay-day quick loans. Think about in whose hands those loans end up in, when you can’t afford to repay their exorbitant interest amounts??? You don’t think that they eventually don’t get sold on to very unscrupulous people who don’t care HOW they get their money back??? Very dangerous. And again it’s the most financially vulnerable that end up in these situations…….. very sad,

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    Mute Geoffrey Collins
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    Dec 28th 2011, 10:16 AM

    Why is nick treated with such fawning when he was guilty of the same financial gambling as happened in Anglo? I enjoy his articles also but is there not a hint of kettle pot black?

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    Mute Sheila Murphy
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    Dec 28th 2011, 1:08 PM

    well he went to prison for it Geoffrey and served his time. More than has happened to the bankers here unfortunately. Depressing thought.

    It’s interesting to read an opinion of one who was there, so to speak.

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    Jan 6th 2012, 12:42 AM

    Question to Nick.

    It always interests me that the Financial Services professional view tends to be subjective and overly fascinated with itself.

    As a challenge, if you had a vision of “Next Gen” Capitalism, what would it look like? Hopefully as a thinking man, with all your training and experience, you might secretly have a vision for how stuff should work next time around. If so, please share it with us!

    While many agree we need to put checks/balances in place before next Bull Run, we need to put todays Bear on some sort of financial Prozac for the nerves.

    Hope and Vision please.

    Thanks again,

    Felim O’Neill

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