Tough task to convince drivers to end strike

RAIL unions today face a tough battle to convince Cork drivers to accept a deal brokered with Iarnród Éireann to end the week-long train strike.

Following 19 hours of negotiations at the Labour Relations Commission between the company and SIPTU, the two sides emerged with an agreed document setting out a roadmap for a return to work for Cork drivers this afternoon.

At 11.00am the unions will meet with the 40 drivers in the Metropole Hotel in Cork to outline what is at stake. Sources are indicating they will have a hard job getting agreement.