Bus workers just trying to eke out a living

So Myles Duffy (Letters May 14) criticises National Bus and Rail Union members because they have the temerity to actually want to maintain a standard of living.

While respecting Mr Duffy’s entitlement to hold an opinion, it is galling that every time a debate ensues about public transport the privateers come out to spin.

Exactly which part of “public service” is not understood? A bus service to those communities in the most remote parts of Ireland (as opposed to the variety of transport options available in South County Dublin) is not something that would attract those whose raison d’etre is the bottom line and where profit is king.