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A FULL DART service in Dublin is expected to operate this morning.
There was severe overcrowding on the network yesterday morning when most DARTs ran as 4-carriage trains, rather than the usual 6 or 8-carriage trains following a dispute with drivers.
Dispute
The dispute between management at Irish Rail and drivers ensued after drivers were instructed to carry out “necessary checks” on DART trains before the carriages left the depot to enter service.
Yesterday, SIPTU Organiser, Paul Cullen said drivers were “unilaterally instructed by management to carry out maintenance work on DART trains”.
Talks between management and drivers will take place on the issue today.
”Sharp increase in suicide rate is linked to recession”
Yes
A recession caused by greedy corrupt and criminal bankers
They must be held accountable.
Our spineless, toothless, bought out government must be made stand up to this corruption.
I am sick of losing my friends.
Daniel, unfortunately you’re wrong:
Suicide is never the answer.
What an insensitive comment. Thousands of people are going to lose their jobs in the Irish banking sector and they’re at every risk of suicide as the rest of the population.
The idea that the banking sector has been in any way shielded by the bailout is false, it’s the public sector that carries on relatively untouched.
David, the public sector were probably the first to take a very substantial paycut back in 2009. Remember? Or were you even old enough to read back then?
I’d like to add, David, that due to public sector pay being cut by so much, my husband (a Garda) and I (a nurse) and our 2 small children left Dublin 2 weeks ago and now live in Perth, Western Australia. Which is where our 3rd baby will be born in approx 15 weeks. Thousands of miles from our families and friends.
Grow up, David, and stop telling lies.
Waiting for a few of the commenters on the Peter McVerry’s article to suggest the jobless and suicidal should pull themselves together and get a job. I’ve never encountered such cruel attitudes towards people as I often read here. Workplace pressure and bullying is a major factor in suicide and depression, and people are particularly vulnerable to being bullied during recession, when the pressure is on, like to see some Irish employers dealing with those issues, in a more proactive manner, that sticking up some posters on suicide awareness, they might actually save some lives if they listened to their staff now and then.
As an ex victim of bullying, Gabriel I understand exactly what you are saying.
Eventually I stood up to the bullies
All I can say is that when I stood up to them it might not have looked as choreographed as a scene from Rocky,
but it felt like it to me.
Bosses must listen to their staff
Our country’s bosses must listen to their people.
Banks must listen to their customers.
me too Gabriel & Harry, me too. theres been many of us, Workplace pressure, bullying, lies, extremely rude, intimidating behaviour that goes on without correction in companies that are household names.
A paramedic told me that it is usual for them to come across a suicide on every shift?! That’s 2 shifts a day everyday in just one area, I think it would horrify when we hear the exact number of suicides since the start of this recession, FF , dodgy bankers and the corrupt alike have a lot to answer for
This is 2012 and only now 2009 is being reported on. What about 2010 and 2011 ? Scary stuff.
Didn’t that pr##k B Ahearn tell us to commit suicide !!
the politicians don’t care whether we commit suicide or emigrate – if they did it would be reflected in the amount of money and rescourses to prevention.
Please tell me this isn’t yet another bloody useless survey we’ve had to pay for?! Who the hell really needed ‘experts’ to tell them this?
This great sadness – where does it come from?
How’d it steal into the world?
What seed, what root did it grow from?
Who’s doing this?
Who’s killing us, robbing us of life and light?
Mocking us with the sight of what we might of known?
Does our ruin benefit the earth, aid the grass to grow and the sun to shine?
Is this darkness in you, too?
Have you passed through this night?
It would suit the banks very well if we all committed suicide as then they could claim what we owe them off insurance.they somehow cant do that while we are alive. This should and could change. No income no job can’t pay.sorry.claim it off insurance or do what u want .not our fault pay cut to shreds or job gone. Don’t give em the satisfaction of having one less problem to deal with. When at the bottom there is only up to go. Enjoy life at
its grand in the back seat too. U will get to move to the front again if u want but wait don’t jump out of the car .
Sharp increase in suicide rate is linked to recession – Joe Soap….
Don’t need a weatherman to tell me it’s raining outside.
Having looked at how opinions in law strip all recognition in law and destroy peoples worth in society this article is mere white washing the effects.
The truth is probably something else and a statistical approach really does not get to the truth.
Is there any numbers for attempted suicide? I saw them before the recession kicked in and they were astronomical, something like 20 a day I think.
RIP Col. love you to bits
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