The Bus Éireann dispute intensified in Athlone last Thursday when Transport Minister Shane Ross’s official opening of a greenway was gate-crashed by local bus drivers.
They arrived to protest against his failure to resolve their dispute, with the strike running for 15 days at the time.
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They feel their jobs are on the line because of cost-cutting proposals at Bus Éireann, which is facing insolvency.
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Eoghan Murphy attended the event and he sent this report.
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