The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) have welcomed the increased funding to local government in this year’s Book of Estimates but have called on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to stabilise future allocations to local authorities.

The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) has challenged the sincerity of IBEC’s current campaign on local government charges, pointing out that their rhetoric is not matched by their actions to date in the pay negotiations.

Private bus operators should be allowed to collect passengers at any stage of their routes on Thursday if Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann are on strike.

The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) has described the allocation of an extra €92.2m funding for local authorities as a 'band-aid'.