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The Government has been accused of “presiding over the demise” of Bus Éireann as the country faces into a nationwide bus strike.

Transport Minister Shane Ross was attacked for “choosing to do nothing” to avert the Bus Éireann dispute, with Fianna Fáil calling on him to get his chequebook out to solve the escalating crisis.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny was forced to again defend Mr Ross, after Fianna Fáil leader, Micheal Martin, claimed the transport minister “never once alerted anybody” to the crisis facing Bus Éireann.