Public transport drivers threaten to withdraw services amid epidemic of antisocial behaviour

Public transport could grind to a halt in the face of "an epidemic of antisocial behaviour" in the coming weeks and months.

Bus and rail workers have voted unanimously to walk off the job in the face of escalating antisocial behaviour all over the country. At the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) biennial conference in Cork, workers reported that robberies, threats, assaults and racist abuse are happening on an almost daily basis.