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Irish strike - 24 November 2009

  • 17-11-2009 3:15pm
    #1
    MonicaBing
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    Hi guys can anyone help me out by telling me are Irish Rail on strike thata day also i heard the airport's may be striking also? We'll be flying back that day and then using train so am in a a bit of a panic!


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  • #2
    Victor
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    The opinion so far is "no strike" on transport, but there may be some knock-on disruption.


  • #3
    sushisushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭sushisushi


    I asked a staff member in a Dart station today if they were going out on strike and he said that they are part of SIPTU and they they have been given the option of going out or not themselves, rather than a blanket decision. If this is the case and a more authoritative source of information doesn't come up in the meantime, I would suspect that services may be running, but with some delays.

    Mind you, the service has been fairly ropey since they started running trains over the Malahide Viaduct again, so I'm not sure how much difference that might make...


  • #4
    The Minstrel
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    I have to get a bus on the morning of the 24th, and don't want to be left a chump waiting for one in the rain


  • #5
    Hungerford
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    The Minstrel wrote: »
    I have to get a bus on the morning of the 24th, and don't want to be left a chump waiting for one in the rain

    No word on any strike yet. I don't think they'll go out - they'd need a ballot plus seven-days notice to legally do one and they're out of time on that score.

    I would suspect that the union brothers down in Irish Rail in Cork though would probably not worry about such customs. But I think Dublin Bus will be fine - just probably some knock-on disruption from protests.


  • #6
    stop
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    Minor but I'd imagine there'd be a little disruption around UCD. Staff will have pickets on the gates which I don't think DB drivers will pass. Thus the entire expresso service will have to find somewhere else to park.


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  • #7
    cjmcork
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    I have to get the Dart from Monkstown and the train from Connolly to Belfast............do we think they'll be striking? if they don't, will there be pickets on the gates???


  • #8
    dereko1969
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    cjmcork wrote: »
    I have to get the Dart from Monkstown and the train from Connolly to Belfast............do we think they'll be striking? if they don't, will there be pickets on the gates???

    How can they picket (or even why would they) if they're not on strike?

    They haven't balloted for strike action so there won't be official strikes by any of the transport unions, so there won't be pickets. Whether any unofficial action takes place no-one can tell, apart from the mad brethren in cork i would say it's unlikely there will be any unofficial action.


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