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A trade union representing bus drivers has launched a High Court challenge against decisions by the National Transport Authority to put certain routes operated by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus out for private tender.

The Labour Relations Commission has put forward proposals aimed at resolving a dispute over cost-cutting at Irish Rail.

Bus services in Dublin are set to come to a standstill from midnight tonight.

Europcar Ireland is offering commuters 50% off car rentals this week to help people get to work while the Bus Eireann strike continues.

There has been an escalation of the Bus Eireann workers' dispute in Cork.

BUS drivers warned yesterday they may consider industrial action if the Government does not urgently invest in improving the country’s school bus fleet.

The National Bus and Rail Workers Union (NBRU) has made a pitch for more public transport investment.

BUS Éireann in Limerick is tackling vandalism to its fleet with the help of a calendar.

FIANNA FÁIL intervened to censor radio stations yesterday from broadcasting a number of news stories ahead of today's local and European elections.

CIÉ unions and the Department of Transport are meeting at the Labour Relations Commission today for talks on the future of the public transport company.

The union representing most bus drivers is meeting today to decide whether to back SIPTU's work stoppage in CIE next week.

There's no sign of union comradeship over next week's planned 24-hour transport strike.

SIPTU officials at CIÉ are determined to press ahead with strike action next Monday despite hinting they might be willing to enter into talks over the weekend.

Travel chaos is looming for public transport users in coming weeks as the row over the break-up of CIÉ intensifies.

Unions at CIE are declaring today's no-fares protest a success despite heavy criticism from the main political parties.

The threat of strike action disrupting DART services in Dublin this summer is receding.

Dublin Bus workers say a strike is inevitable in the next 10 days over plans to privatise part of the company's routes.

HUNDREDS of train passengers had their travel plans disrupted by a lightning industrial action by Irish Rail workers yesterday.

The National Bus and Rail Workers union has rejected the Minister for Transport's call to abandon tomorrow's planned stoppage of bus and rail services nationwide.

The Minister for Transport has said today that the days of CIE's transport monopoly are over.