Bus Éireann cuts plan to be revealed

Bus Éireann workers will hear details today of plans for cutbacks to try to reverse losses at the company.

Jobs, services, and overtime payments are all potential targets of the cost-saving strategy which comes amid warnings that the company faces insolvency.

It emerged yesterday the company is pushing Government for an increase in the contribution it gets for carrying passengers eligible for free travel as a way of channelling more money into it without breaching EU rules on state aid to business.