Commuters face months of Luas strikes in pay row

The near 100% rejection by Luas workers of pay hikes of up to 18.7% could cripple services with strikes for weeks if not months, said informed sources.

Travel plans of thousands of people travelling into Dublin city centre for 1916 centenary commemorations will be disrupted by the 48- hour stoppage over Easter Sunday and Monday.

However, with worker union Siptu referencing a complete breakdown in the relationship between the sides, and the Luas operator Transdev describing the wage increases it agreed to following marathon talks at the Workplace Relations Commission last week as “the very outer limits of what we could afford”, there seems little room for negotiations to end the impasse.