Shane Ross on Bus Éireann crisis: They just want my cheque book

Transport Minister Shane Ross is refusing to get involved in any talks between unions and Bus Éireann because he claims they only want his cheque book.

Mr Ross has come under intense pressure to intervene in the escalating dispute. An all-out and indefinite bus strike is looming after talks at the Workplace Relations Commission collapsed this week.

Mr Ross brushed off as “nonsense” the accusation that he has been engaging in “classic Pontius Pilate behaviour” and hiding behind an “industrial relations fig leaf”.