Cork Businesses Struggling To Recover 3 Months After Bus Strike
The Cork Business Association say the negative economic cost of this years bus strike on local businesses cannot be overstated.
Services across the city ground to a halt for 21 days in March and April, as staff at Bus Eireann took to the streets in a dispute over cost cutting plans.
At the time businesses reported a 50% drop in sales, and say many have not yet recovered from this loss in footfall.
It comes as city retailers say they will struggle to match last years sales - citing parking, online competiton, the prominence of shopping centres and the bus strike as reasons for slow sales
Speaking to RedFM News CEO of the Cork Business Association Lawrence Owens says the sector is suffering because many people found alternatives to city centre shopping:
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