The National Bus and Rail Union says “fearless” groups of are terrorising drivers.

Cork City Council local authority area saw just 54 new apartments completed. Limerick city and county saw just 15 new apartments finished and Waterford just 24.

Rent freeze proposals will likely reduce the supply of houses by discouraging investors from entering the private rented market, according to a Goodbody report.

The National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) has renewed calls for a dedicated transport police unit after a gang of youths "hijacked" a bus on the country's first 24-hour bus route and threatened the female driver with rape.

"It was like a war zone in some cases," with west Dublin especially badly hit, NBRU General Secretary Dermot O'Leary said.

Bus and rail workers are reviewing "notorious blackspots" for antisocial behaviour ahead of Halloween.

The company has two security personnel working on a 24/7 basis and will be increasing this to a third officer seven days week between 8pm and midnight.

Ireland's economy continued to grow in the second quarter of the year, albeit with progress characterised by a continuing large contribution from multinational companies and moderating growth in the domestic economy.

Bus drivers say they will not take on passengers at Busáras after dark unless security is improved.

Irish jobs growth fell for the first time in seven years in the second quarter of the year, indicating that employment may be reaching peak level.

Bus and rail workers have voted unanimously to walk off the job in the face of escalating antisocial behaviour all over the country. At the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) biennial conference in Cork, workers reported that robberies, threats, assaults and racist abuse are happening on an almost daily basis.

The NBRU reported that there have been 2,488 incidents of antisocial behaviour on Irish Rail services between 2013 and 2018, including open drug use, assaults and intimidation.

General Secretary of the NBRU Dermot O'Leary says the problem is widespread on transport routes.

The General Secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union feels it's only a matter of time before a bus driver is seriously injured in an assault.

An independent expert hired by the National Transport Authority to examine the plan claims the union is organising public meetings to turn the public against the proposals.

Talks to reduce the working week for Irish Rail drivers could could hold the key to avoid an all out strike.

Train drivers have voted by an overwhelming majority to reject a Labour Court recommendation on pay and productivity measures.

Unions and management at Bus Eireann are meeting this morning to try and resolve an ongoing row over rosters.

Latest: Iarnród Éireann has welcomed the invitation from the Labour Court to a hearing tomorrow concerning the current industrial dispute.

The National Bus and Railworkers Union says it does not want the Tranpsort Minister Shane Ross to intervene in the rail strike.

Reacting to the news, the National Bus and Rail Union has said it is "appalled" that the Transport Minister would consider going to North Korea, saying he "refuses to work towards sorting a major rail dispute".

Irish Rail and the National Bus and Rail Union are to go back to the talks table over pay.

Travel chaos could be on the cards with staff at Irish Rail to be balloted for industrial action next month.

Unions at Irish Rail are warning of a winter of discontent if agreement cannot be reached over a pay claim.

Latest: The National Bus and Rail Union has warned of industrial action if more bus routes in Dublin are privatised.

Bus Éireann workers who are members of the National Bus and Rail Union, have voted in favour of Labour Court proposals to resolve the dispute over pay at the firm.

Talks are continuing this evening by both sides in the Bus Éireann dispute.

Latest: Trade union Unite, which represents craft workers in Bus Éireann, will also attend the talks tomorrow, but their pickets will remain in place.

Latest: The general secretary of the NBRU says he is ready for 'meaningful' talks at any time to break the deadlock at Bus Éireann.

Both sides in the Bus Eireann dispute are back around the talks table at the WRC today.

Unions and management at Bus Éireann will be hoping to resolve their dispute with talks getting underway today.

Update - 5.35pm: The Minister for Transport, Shane Ross, has welcomed the latest move.

Management at Bus Éireann said that it is willing to engage in fresh talks aimed at resolving the current dispute.

The board of the company announced their cost cutting plans within the past hour and confirmed that immediate cost savings would be implemented from Monday.

LATEST: Talks between unions and management to avoid strike action at Bus Éireann have adjourned for the day.

Talks aimed at averting next week's all-out strike at Bus Éireann take place today.

Workers at Dublin Bus are to ballot for strike action.

Update 9.37pm: SIPTU members have rejected a plan presented by the management of Bus Éireann to workers this evening, according to sector organiser Willie Noone.

Update 8.23pmpm: Bus Éireann says that changes are urgently required to address the company's financial situation.

A rescue of Bus Eireann from potential financial collapse will not be found on workers' backs, union chiefs have said.

Unions at Bus Éireann will meet later to decide their next move in a long-running row over reform of the company.

The National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) say the threat to Bus Éireann expressway services cannot go unanswered by the Government.

The Dublin Bus strikes have been suspended and union members will be balloted again on industrial action.