Over 230 million journeys were taken on Ireland's public transport services last year.

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Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

Here's your morning bulletin.

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

As the public spends a 16th day without Bus Éireann services, management and unions will once more gather at the Workplace Relations Commission, this morning, hoping to resolve it.

Ireland desperately needs more public transport. In rural areas it’s anaemic, says Gerard Howlin.

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

Our team of reporters talk to people from Cork, Kerry, Waterford and Limerick on how the Bus Éireann strike is having an effect across their cities.

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

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

Schoolchildren look set to be the next victims of the dispute at Bus Éireann with Siptu announcing it is to ballot school bus drivers for strike action.

Here's your morning bulletin.

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

A year on from the last general election the ramshackle minority government continues to stumble from one damaging controversy to the next, writes Elaine Loughlin.

Here's your evening update.

Transport Minister Shane Ross is refusing to get involved in any talks between unions and Bus Éireann because he claims they only want his cheque book.

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.

Here's your evening bulletin.

Unions at Bus Éireann have said they want to minimise the impact of any strike action on those who rely exclusively on the company’s services, particularly those in rural areas and schoolchildren.

Here's your evening bulletin.

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

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

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

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Unions representing drivers at Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus will return to the talks table at the Labour Relations Commission later.

If the national bus strikes go ahead next month they will be almost two years to the day after the last time services were ground to a halt.

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.

People living near certain bus routes have been told to "use it or lose it", with Bus Éireann warning that some services may be axed because they are not economically viable.

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Welcome to your Wednesday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Rail passengers are facing further disruption this morning in the second day of strike action at Iarnród Éireann.

The Dáil's Transport Committee is forwarding information to the Gardaí regarding serious allegations against individuals within Bus Eireann and bus operators who dealt with the company.

Residents who disrupted several Cork City bus services yesterday have vowed to mount more lightning blockades of the city’s bus depot unless service cutbacks to their area are reversed.

Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus are set to lose 10% of their routes to private operators.

Almost 3,500 work days were lost due to industrial action in the second quarter of 2013.

Thousands of spectators lined the streets of Waterford last night for a massive parade celebrating street theatre company Spraoi’s 21st birthday.

Ireland might be in the grip of a major recession, but that has not stopped big-hearted Cork people from donating almost €2m to a vital health service charity since the crisis began.

Journeys across Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Irish Rail fell to 229 million last year, down by almost 3.5 million on 2011, according to the group's annual report for 2012.

Talks between Bus Éireann management and unions continued late into the night in an effort to avert further strike action at the transport company.