Driver union refutes ‘illegal’ strike claims

As a second day of bus strikes gets under way, a driver union has hit back at claims the action is illegal and warned that any legal action by the bus companies will only harden the resolve of members.

As hundreds of thousands of commuters were forced to turn to alternate transport yesterday, driver members of the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) and Siptu mounted pickets at depots across the country.

Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus issued proceedings with the High Court against the two unions for damages incurred during what it maintains is an illegal strike.