Latest: SIPTU members in Irish Rail left with no option other than industrial action set to hit 155,000

Latest: SIPTU members in Irish Rail have been left with no option, due to management intransigence, other than to take industrial action which will commence with a 24-hour work stoppage beginning tomorrow at 00.01 a.m.

Update 6.09pm: SIPTU members in Irish Rail have been left with no option, due to management intransigence, other than to take industrial action which will commence with a 24-hour work stoppage beginning tomorrow at 00.01 a.m.

SIPTU TEAC Division Organiser, Greg Ennis, said: “Irish Rail workers would prefer to be providing a service to customers than be on a picket line. However, they have been forced to take this action due to the failure of management and the Government to deal with their concerns about the future of rail transport in Ireland.