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Monday 23 November 2020
The NRBU has called for staggered school and work times to manage public transport demand.
Services between Dublin and Cork, Galway, Limerick and Belfast will be affected.
The NBRU praised the strong collaboration at local level at helping to address the problem.
There is some confusion around who will police new regulations that make face coverings on public transport mandatory.
The NBRU has also called for temperature checks for all public transport workers.
The company said it is rolling out face visors to drivers this week as an interim measure.
The NBRU claims drivers haven’t been getting the required assistance from local representatives and gardaí to deal with such problems.
The measures come after drivers threatened to stop operating services after 8pm on Monday 16 September.
It comes after a driver was allegedly assaulted at the station in recent weeks.
The NBRU is calling for a Garda Public Transport Unit due to an “alarming” increase in assaults on staff.
Flyers placed on buses across the country are calling on commuters to support drivers’ demands for sanitary facilities.
The NTA first announced its intentions to put routes up for competitive tender in October.
The transport committee was told that new regulations are needed to force people to fold up their prams.
Irish Rail staff last month held a series of strikes in protest of their pay levels.
Dublin Bus has advised drivers to use toilet facilities of local amenities.
Discussions have been taking place between management and unions over pay, rosters, and drivers’ productivity.
The Labour Court agreed to issue a recommendation for how the dispute could be resolved tomorrow afternoon.
They’re also not happy with Transport Minister Shane Ross’ lack of intervention in the dispute.
This is the first of five strike days.
Other transport operators do not accept rail tickets on days of industrial action.
A one day strike is expected to go ahead from midnight tonight.
The employment minister said that 299 replacement buses were needed on the Eastern corridor last week.
The NBRU said its members were “furious” with Irish Rail’s refusal to increase staff pay.
Drivers had threatened to curtail a number of routes next week.
Iarnród Éireann says it has to address an annual shortfall of €100 million.
Representatives for drivers have said there are ongoing issues with anti-social behaviour in Tallaght and Finglas.
Their acceptance means that no further strike action is likely at the service in the near-future.
All sides will be back around the table at the WRC at around 10am.
Both sides were up all night last night trying to reach an agreement.
During the last round of talks both sides accused each other of not being ‘flexible’ enough.
Individual strike members have indicated that further ‘wildcat’ action could happen again.
The union said it remains focused on helping resolve the Bus Éireann dispute.
Speakers repeatedly called on Shane Ross to take action to end the bitter dispute at the transport operator.
The rail service said all trains are running normally this morning.
There is no end in sight for the Bus Éireann strike, as it continues for its third day today.
A nationwide indefinite strike begins from midnight tonight.
School bus routes will not be included in the strike.
An all-out indefinite strike is almost inevitable now that negotiations have collapsed.
The talks had been going for seven days.
Both the NBRU and Siptu will enter talks at the Workplace Relations Commission from Monday.
IRELAND’S LEVEL 5 restrictions are set to come to an end on Tuesday next week, 1 December, and the government is set to decide later this week what will be implemented to replace them.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin told the Irish Examiner this morning that the country will move back to Level Three restrictions from 1 December, allowing non-essential retail to reopen in time for the Christmas trade.
While retail stores look set to reopen, allowing people to get their Christmas shopping done in person, many people are still opting to do a lot of their festive shopping online their year.
So, today we want to know… Do you plan to do most of your Christmas shopping in person?
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