WITH new rumours emerging of what’s to come in the budget I have been thinking of what the possible reaction could be.

For a time it looked like some visitors might have to resort to transport of the four-legged variety to get to the Dublin Horse Show, which opens in Ballsbridge today.

The Labour Court has intervened to bring an end — for now — to the Dublin Bus strike which yesterday left 400,000 workers, shoppers, and tourists without bus services in the capital.

The Dublin Bus strike is a skirmish in a long war.

The organisers of the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show have put contingency plans in place for those travelling to the event - in light of the Dublin Bus strike.

It is hard to escape the conclusion that those leading the Dublin Bus strike are not blindly stuck in an intra-union 1970s timewarp when their predecessors could bully the public with impunity because there was little alternative to the State services across an inefficient city road network.

Gardaí are reminding drivers of private cars that they are not permitted to use bus lanes despite the Dublin bus strike.

Over 200,000 commuters in the capital will be left without public transport later as the Dublin Bus strike enters its second day.

Transport chaos is looming with the Dublin Bus strike, so I was amazed by the comments of the Minister of Transport Leo Varadkar.

ELECTRICITY bills have risen dramatically over the past 10 years, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern admitted yesterday.