Unions hope to have a deal to put to members by the end of the day.

Update 4.40pm: The Government has again insisted the Transport Minister cannot get involved in the Bus Eireann dispute. .

Latest: The transport minister says he will only get involved in Bus Éireann when the industrial relations dispute is over.

Latest: Tesco says there is an onus on Mandate to accept a Labour Court recommendation to end the current industrial dispute.