Members of the Irish Locomotive Drivers Association, the union which caused rail chaos for 10 weeks last year, will meet later today to discuss the possibility of reinstating their strike action.

Kerry train services are again being hit by unofficial strike action by drivers today.

More than 100,000 rail passengers in eastern Ireland face disruption today as train drivers stage a one-day strike.

The union at the centre of the latest threatened rail strike has said it is still willing to enter Labour Court talks in a bid to avert tommorow's planned action.

The Government has been urged to seek official intervention in an effort to avert tomorrow's planned rail strike.

The Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary O’Rourke, is coming under pressure from opposition parties to intervene in the dispute between Irish Rail and train drivers.

A rail strike is to go ahead on Tuesday next after the ATGWU served notice of industrial action, which will result in a series of one-day stoppages throughout the month of May.

Members of the Irish Locomotive Drivers Association have voted to join the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union.

Breakaway train drivers group, the Irish Locomotive Drivers Association, has lost its Supreme Court bid for union recognition.