Drivers protest for deported man

Dublin Bus drivers protested outside the Department of Justice yesterday about the recent deportation of one of their colleagues…

Dublin Bus drivers protested outside the Department of Justice yesterday about the recent deportation of one of their colleagues, an unsuccessful Romanian asylum-seeker.

Mr Andre Burlacu was deported last month after his application to remain in the State as a refugee lapsed. He had been working for Dublin Bus for two years before his deportation.

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