Train drivers to be balloted for industrial action

Irish Rail says it's losing a million euro a month.


Irish Rail train drivers will be balloted for industrial action from today.

SIPTU and the National Bus and Rail Union are balloting their members, after talks with the semi-state company over pay collapsed at the Labour Relations Commission last week.

Irish Rail says it's losing a million euro a month.

Independent Senator and Economist, Sean Barrett, says Irish Rail has been losing passengers and freight traffic since the economic crash:


 

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