Commuters are victims of sorry mess

LONG-suffering commuters could be forgiven for thinking they’re being taken for a ride.

As the country's transport crisis continues to fester, the interests of the travelling public meant so little yesterday that two DART drivers failed to turn up for work. The knock-on effect was that seven trains failed to run, leaving thousands of people stranded.

If, as CIÉ claims, the absence of drivers was not part of an unofficial action, there is a clear onus on the company to alert key personnel when potentially disruptive actions are called off in the future.