Go round and round.
Bus Eireann has released an outline of its cost-cutting plans, to take effect in three weeks’ time (above).
Meanwhile…
UPDATE: NBRU’s Dermot O’Leary – “Industrial action at this stage, based on that letter, is inevitable”
— Today FM News (@TodayFMNews) January 27, 2017
FIGHT!
Via Today FM
ALL HOSPITALS in the State have been urged to stop using hospital corridors to accommodate patients following a damning report which found the practice was putting lives at risk.
An investigation by the Health Information and Quality Authority has severely criticised Dublin’s Tallaght hospital for its “persistent tolerance” of leaving patients on trolleys for long periods.
Other hospitals were also struggling to deal with overcrowding, the report found. On a single day in August last year, an audit by the authority found 24 out of 25 emergency departments failed to meet targets for waiting times. A further nine hospitals failed to provide any data.
Related: 116 Hours
Hospitals to be called in by Minister over safety concerns (Irish Times)
Teachers, pupils, parents and a human Kit-Kat outside the Department of Education this afternoon protesting against staffing cuts at schools in disadvantaged areas.
Parents To Fight Deis Cuts (Christine Allen, Cork Independent)
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
