Bus Éireann is hard to fix

From February 20, Bus Éireann, Expressway’s owner and one of the offshoots of the old CIE is to introduce cost-cutting measures that have not been agreed with the unions. If that happens there will be a union reaction. It has no option at this stage. It will not solve the problem.

The acting chief executive of the company has stated that the company was facing a critical financial crisis and was set to report a loss of €9m for 2016.

The proposed remedial measures include reducing overtime premiums, reducing or abolishing shift premiums, rota and overtime rates, as well as sick pay and allowances.