Siptu welcomes Dublin Bus support for transport police after knife threat to driver

The Government has said it would press ahead with creating a transport police. File picture

Trade union Siptu has welcomed the backing of Dublin Bus for a dedicated transport police in Ireland, a week after a bus driver in the city was threatened by a man holding what appeared to be a handgun.

The union had instructed its members to withdraw services in the Mountjoy Square area from 7pm in the wake of the incident last Friday, and said that it hoped that such a shocking incident would mark a “turning point” in the debate around a transport police.