Siptu has told Irish Rail it intends to add three more days of work stoppages over the company’s plans to implement a cost-savings plan without its members’ agreement — with two of the days falling on All-Ireland final days.

Fares are set to increase for public transport services including Dublin Bus, Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Luas services.

IRISH RAIL have apologised to a gay married couple who missed their train to Cork last weekend because staff in Dublin refused to accept their valid free travel pass.

Rail union leaders today called for an urgent review of safety procedures after claiming that an internal report into a flooding incident at a Tube station in London showed it almost ended in “disaster”.

IRISH RAIL was accused of treating its Limerick customers as second class citizens in order to give priority to Cork passengers in a new schedule of morning services to Dublin.

IRISH RAIL has defended its policy of penalising people who cancel online reservations.

The ‘Spoken Word’ area at this year’s Electric Picnic festival has been expanded this year to include everything from theatre to political discourse to how to put out your first novel.

IRISH RAIL has ruled out the reopening of the Crusheen railway station, within the planned Western Rail Corridor, as the population of the area does not support such a move.

RAIL chiefs have predicted that 100 million passengers would be travelling on the train network when a new underground line through the heart of Dublin opens in 2015.

DEBATE on the three different metro routes proposed by the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) appears entirely focused on its route through the north Dublin suburbs.

The robustness of carriages dating back to the 1960s prevented an even higher death in the Berkshire train crash which claimed six lives, rail experts said today.

THOUSANDS of rail passengers could be left stranded in the run up to Christmas as a breakaway branch of train drivers look set to begin strike action in a bitter dispute over union recognition.

RAIL and bus chiefs have warned that extra passengers will be turned away if huge numbers try to cash in on a “no fares day” tomorrow.

A TRANSPORT campaign group claims it could provide an alternative rail system to the proposed metro link to Dublin Airport that would save the Exchequer billions of euro.

Nationwide rail chaos will be announced tomorrow when members of the Irish Locomotive Driver’s Association carry through with their threat to begin a series of one-day strikes.

Dennis the Menace is celebrating his 50th birthday.