Bus and rail strikes 'almost inevitable'

NATIONWIDE bus and rail strikes are almost an inevitability the National Bus and Railworkers' Union (NBRU) warned last night.

NBRU general secretary Liam Tobin accused Transport Minister Seamus Brennan of breaking his word after it emerged that two new licences have been issued to private bus operators in the Dublin area.

The licences concerned were issued at the start of June and are for services from Dublin city centre to City West Campus and from Sydney Parade DART station to City West Spar.