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Poll: Do you support the striking bus drivers?
Bus services are at a standstill due to a dispute over the companies putting 10% of bus routes out for private tender.
FROM MIDNIGHT LAST night Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann drivers began the first of two planned 48-hour strikes.
The dispute is over a plan to put 10% of bus routes out for private tender.
The workers are concerned that if more routes are opened up to the private sector in the future, it could trigger a deterioration in the pay and conditions of members.
Up to a million people are being disrupted this morning and both bus companies are planning to take High Court action today against the trade unions involved in a bid to recoup some of the money lost as a result of today’s strike.
So today we’re asking, Do you support the striking bus drivers?
Poll Results:
No (6209)
Yes (4843)
I don't know (631)
have your say