UPDATE: Emotions Are Running High Among Bus Eireann Drivers On The Picket Line At Capwell
Thousands of commuters are facing ongoing traffic disruption as the Bus Eireann strike is in it's sixth day
The strike which commenced last Friday,will continue 'indefinitely' according to union members.
Workers from across the sector are staging a lunchtime protest today to coincide with Shane Ross's appearance at the Oireachtas Transport Committee.
A number of Cork drivers will be among those attending the protest while pickets will continue at Capwell Bus Depot and Parnell Place Bus Station in the city and in the county demonstrations have been mounted in Bandon, Skibbereen, Fermoy and Macroom.
Bus drivers are maintaining their picket at stations across Cork including Capwell and speaking to RedFM News this Bus Eireann staff member says she has no other option but to protest but she says she's devastated over how they're being treated:
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