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MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT Paschal Donohoe has described a plan by Luas operator Transdev to hire private buses during a Luas strike on St Patrick’s Day as an “exceptional fallback measure”.
Speaking on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics, Donohoe said the decision to bring in a bus service was taken to cater for a public holiday.
However, he said he hoped a solution could be reached that would avert planned strike action and ensure the back-up measure was not required.
Transdev announced on Friday that it planned to provide a bus to transport passengers between Dublin city centre and park-and-ride stops every 10 minutes on Thursday.
The National Bus and Rail Union has criticised the move as “Thatcherite”, saying the company is using what amounts to “scab labour” to undermine its workers.
Luas drivers are due to strike on St Patrick’s Day, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, as well as on 2, 3, 23 and 24 April.
They are seeking better working conditions and wage increases of up to 30% over the next five years – pay claims Transdev says it cannot afford.
Management are due to resume talks with three of four staff grades at the company on Monday. Discussions with the Siptu-represented drivers broke down last week.
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The Mosque incident in Dublin has managed for the most part to have stayed out of mainstream media.
There’s trouble brewing from within paradise.
@Maurice: If it was a Catholic organisation it would be given 160 legs. (€). They have magnified bad behaviour by 2% of sick evil men to damage 100% of Catholic clergy. They are scared to deal with Muslims.
@Maurice: I heard about it all on national broadcasting media. Seems mainstream to me. I wouldn’t view the internal issues of the Islamic Cultural Centre necessarily mainstream or broad-reaching anyway.
@Maurice: I hear Clonskeagh mosque has closed ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. A designated terrorist organisation
@Pelagius Asturias: *close
@Pelagius Asturias: You heard correctly!
Why is Palestine now not covered people are still being slaughtered.
And burning down of churches in Ireland over the past week.
@Be Lucky: One article about two nuclear armed neighbours with a long history of deep animosity (possibly posturing for war), and you’re here whingeing about palestine and churches. One article. Ffs.
@Be Lucky: always the same field, always the same seed. Antisemitism and hatred. Not all of Ireland needs to plant the same seed.
@Be Lucky: To hell with the Palestinian and Israeli hate fest, They’re as bad as each other. Why don’t ye head on over there and do something about it.
Muslims, nothing but trouble
@Pete Hickey: Spent this week’s disability benefit on fags and cans already, have we? Get a life. And a job.
@Pete Hickey: Zoom out. People avoiding logic and reason. You know it well. Many here do.
@Pete Hickey: Bigots also.
@Jack Hayes: Durka Durka Muhammad Jihad
@Wendy Arbour aka Luas Vuitton – Dub Drag Queen: How much do drag queens earn? Are you coming to grips with the truth that you’re really a man not a woman! Common sense has prevailed.
@Wendy Arbour aka Luas Vuitton – Dub Drag Queen: Get to grips with the fact you’re a man not a woman (reality).
I wonder how many new Irish will be arguing with other over this
@Tom L: you don’t know any Irish people, do you?
@Wendy Arbour aka Luas Vuitton – Dub Drag Queen: No such thing anymore, they’re Wokies now and you are the spokesman eh
@Tom L: ‘Wokies’. LOL What a developmentally stunted human you are.
@Tom L: Rather be woke than be a fascist
@Wendy Arbour aka Luas Vuitton – Dub Drag Queen: do you practice being an arrogant dosser
Muslims a great bunch of lads
Two nuclear powers falling out with each other, what could possibly go wrong?
Vance and his missus will sort that out.
You know what. Keep your sordid little wars over there in Asia and eastern Europe and the middle east and don’t involve any of the rest of us peace loving people in them. I for one am sick of it all. War is hell.
@Eamon: the irony of a Leeds fan talking about peace
@You Cant Be Serious: You can’t be serious.
We’re “going of the rails on a crazy train”
Pakistan is a rogue nation that should never have been created.
@Hunt Ley: you can thank the Brits for that
Everyone get their KI tablets ready.
And brine curing your household pets.
Well im up for India..Pakkkkkis are dirt..
@Pol O Nuanain: We have both in Ireland. They are well used to poverty, mayhem and overpopulation. Something that will slowly but surely make its way into Irish society.
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