Forget about going home this weekend! Bus Éireann set to strike

If your weekend plans included heading home on the bus, you might be in for a bit of bother.

Bus Éireann has announced an all-out strike will take place from midnight tonight.

Talks between five trade unions lasted more than three hours today, and SIPTU’s transport sector organiser, Willie Noone, said the “time for talking is over.”

The bus service lost more than €10m last year, and 50 proposed cost-saving measures are not being taken on by employees.

Its 2,600 staff members are refusing to take pay-cuts, which include overtime earnings.

As of now, it looks like no end date is in sight, so you may have to rearrange any travel plans for the foreseeable future.