Talks to end Luas row ‘will be long and difficult’

Luas operator Transdev has warned next Monday’s talks at the Workplace Relations Commission to end the prolonged pay dispute with its employees will be “difficult and long” given the differences between the two sides.

To facilitate the talks, a 24-hour strike action planned for next Tuesday has been cancelled.

However, while WRC chief executive Kieran Mulvey told RTÉ the sides were better off at the commission as they would not make progress by megaphone argument.