Bus Eireann: Tourists left stranded in Cork by train strike

Hundreds of commuters with business and holiday travel plans were hit by yesterday’s wildcat strike action at Cork’s Kent railway station.

Train drivers downed tools when about 25 bus drivers, who have been picketing the city’s bus depots at Parnell Place and Capwell for the last week, mounted a surprise early morning picket at the train station entrance. They staged a similar action last Friday.

Inter-city and commuter train services ground to a halt from 5.30am until the picket was lifted at 11am.