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Updated 8.58am
SOUTHBOUND DARTS HAVE been disrupted by a passenger falling ill on the packed train as the bus strike continues in the capital.
Iarnród Éireann says that services are resuming but that delays of up to 40 minutes have been experienced through Lansdowne station as an ambulance was called for the passenger.
The disruption comes as commuters are dealing with the fourth day of industrial action and Dublin Bus says the strike has so far cost the company €4 million.
Drivers are on strike again today with 15 more strike days planned up until the end of October.
Yesterday, Transport Minister Shane Ross again refused to get involved in the dispute saying it “could be interpreted as a commitment to open the State chequebook.”
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland today, Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said the minister’s position “isn’t acceptable”:
We can’t have a situation where this industrial dispute is escalating and we have commuters that are being seriously put out as a result of this strike. We have seen congestion in Dublin yesterday, there are another 13 days planned.
“What he needs to do is first say that Dublin Bus needs to engage with the unions in the Workplace Relations Court and there needs to be no preconditions,” Doherty added.
Dublin Bus has said in a statement that it is “disappointed” that the strike is ongoing and that “customers are being significantly discommoded”.
Siptu however claims that the company has “little interest” in resolving the strike and points to the fact that Dublin Bus has yet to make any pay raise offer beyond the Labour Court recommended rise that has already been rejected.
Staff at Dublin Bus rejected a Labour Court recommended 8.25% increase over the next three years.
Unions are seeking a 15% pay increase over the next three years for drivers and a 6% rise they say they were due to get under an agreement in 2009, but which was deferred.
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Great idea! Good luck Ciara and Theya Lingerie
Fair play
Brest of luck
They are absolutely gorgeous, and they look supportive , with soft lines, I have been looking up , some surgical bra’s in case i need them, and there’s nothing like this lovely range.
But the name is a complete rip off from Don O Neills huge label THEIA, someone is trying to align themselves with his brand if u ask me, the neck of some people
Theia Couture is dresses, not lingerie. There’s also a lingerie brand called Freya. Some words sound the same, that’s unfortunately how language works sometimes. Back in your box.
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Best of luck, Ciara.
The company was originally called “Isis Rose” but had to change it (for what should probably be pretty self-evident reasons), there was an article on The Journal a few months ago about it, so at the very least for your “rip-off” point, she’d have had to have chosen “Theya” from the outset…
(Replying to Jason below but I should really have my glasses on…)
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