Union ‘will do damnedest’ to retain rural bus services

National Bus and Rail Union general secretary Dermot O’Leary says his union will do its “damnedest” to retain rural services should it be forced into industrial action .

The union secretary told a public meeting in Youghal, Co Cork, of its members’ and Bus Éireann’s deep community roots.

He criticised the National Transport Authority for “failing to understand the connectivity and integration” of the Bus Éireann network with rural Ireland.