Bus Éireann drivers ‘disgusted’ as jobs relocated and axed - 'When you’re only a driver, you don’t count'

“I’m disgusted with the way we were treated. When you’re only a driver, you don’t count.” Those are the words of Bus Éireann’s Pierce Keane, who has driven the Clonmel-Dublin route for more than 23 years.

He voiced the disappointment of colleagues yesterday after they were told their “old jobs” on that service were either being relocated to Waterford, or were gone.

Among the cuts outlined by Bus Éireann before the suspended bus strike got under way was the axing of the Dublin to Clonmel; Dublin to Derry; and Athlone to Westport expressway services. While attention has focussed on the return to work by drivers and other staff, those cuts are almost certain to remain in place.