Bus passengers are advised to plan ahead this bank holiday weekend as a two-day strike at Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus is set to go ahead from midnight tomorrow.
The strike will overlap with disruptions to a number of Iarnród Éireann train routes as the company conducts line improvement works.
Changes to normal scheduling be in place on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
So far, there has been no breakthrough in the dispute over private tendering of bus routes. The action will affect over 850,000 passengers on Friday and Saturday.
Minister for Transport Paschal Donohoe yesterday gave a commitment that no employee will be forced to transfer to private sector operators as a result of the tender.
At the Oireachtas Transport Committee today, Chief Executive of Bus Éireann Martin Nolan said bus companies must implement Government policy and urged unions to call off the strike.
