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.

Commuters face travel chaos and an all-out bus strike after talks between Bus Éireann and unions collapsed.

The National Bus and Rail Union has said that it will attend talks over cutbacks at Bus Éireann if the company withdraws previous correspondence setting out the cuts.

Passengers flying into Dublin Airport rarely have to wait more than an hour to lug their bags onto a Bus Éireann bus to Galway, as there are 15 services throughout the day.

Passengers are facing chaos as Bus Éireann workers are set to stage an all-out strike.

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Bus Éireann workers have accused the company of engaging in “open warfare” after it announced a series of “draconian” pay cuts which threaten to push the semi-state company into strike action within weeks.

Bus Éireann could go bankrupt before the year end if emergency measures are not introduced, it’s acting chief executive warned.

Bus Éireann and its unions are no closer to resolving how to find essential cost savings at the company after the Labour Court refused to intervene in the dispute.

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A nationwide bus strike by Bus Éireann staff is looking increasingly likely after unions said they would not attend talks on cutbacks which equate to a pay cuts of up to 30%.

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.

Bus Éireann and trade unions were on a collision course last night after workers criticised immediate cost-cutting measures introduced by the state-owned company, which includes a ban on unrostered overtime and an embargo on recruitment.

Trade unions said the Department of Transport could not walk away from the crisis at Bus Éireann, after a consultant’s report suggested as many as 500 jobs were under threat due to its poor financial position.

Bus Éireann management has been warned that any survival plan to save the ailing company “won’t be achieved on the backs of workers”.

Plans to restrict car access to Dublin city centre are being opposed by retailers.

Canny shoppers kept the tills ringing as the first of the seasonal sales kicked off around the country on a damp St Stephen’s Day morning.