This morning.
Heuston Station, Dublin.
Richard Smith (above centre) on holiday from USA walks past train drivers and rail workers as they begin a 24-hour strike, the first of five that will shut down Dart, commuter, and Intercity rail services in the run up to Christmas.
Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie
Meanwhile…
Heuston Station, Dublin
From left: Greg Ennis of SIPTU and General Secretary of the National Bus and Rail Union (NBRU) Dermot O’Leary join the picket
The Iarnród Éireann Trade Union Group have written to the Group Secretary of CIE saying it is “long since passed time that leadership was provided” to end the dispute.
Rail unions write to CIE calling for pay proposal (RTÉ)
Rollingnews
Meanwhile…
Get the facts on why Irish Rail workers are taking a stand. #IarnrodEireann#IrishRail#railstrike#IrishRailStrikepic.twitter.com/FP3u8HMgjR
— SIPTU (@SIPTU) November 1, 2017
Alternatively…
Remember. This is @sIptu response to #RailStrike. Open the State chequebook & waste more public money on caving in to the strikers…
— Hibernia Forum (@HiberniaForum) November 1, 2017
FIGHT!
…well @hiberniaforum…it worked for the Gardai…
A better example would be Bus Eireann, Shane Ross decided the public would not be held to ransom, and I sincerely hope history repeats itself.
Shane Ross held the public to ransom with his insistence on adhering to right wing ideology.
Funny I thought that’s why we voted him in. Again.
People vote for all sorts of stupid crap.
Just so looking forward to driverless transport…….
….. hacked by terrorists and sent crashing into one another………
FOAD Hernia Flotsam
It’s about time someone asked which Irish millionaires are funding the Hibernia forum. That would be interesting information I’m sure. Who is greasing the till for some of irelands most heard from media commentators