Commuters face Monday chaos as CIÉ workers strike

COMMUTERS face rail and bus chaos on Monday when public transport workers step up their battle with Transport Minister Seamus Brennan over his plan to break up CIÉ.

Monday's four-hour protest, beginning at 11am, will hit all provincial bus and rail services as well as Dublin Bus and DART services.

Workers' concerns over job security have been ratcheted up by the minister's failure to formally announce the name of an independent chairperson or a framework for talks on the proposed "franchising" of transport services.