Anger among bus drivers 'reaching volcanic proportions'

Update 4.40pm: The Government has again insisted the Transport Minister cannot get involved in the Bus Eireann dispute. .

Update 6.45pm: The National Bus & Rail Union has today warned that only a “limited window of opportunity” remains to resolve the ongoing dispute.

“Following on from yesterday’s protest march at Dáil Éireann, on day six of this unnecessary dispute, the palpable anger among Bus Éireann workers is making it extremely difficult for this Trade Union to hold the line with regards to preventing contagion across the entire public transport sector," said NBRU general secretary Dermot O'Leary.