NBRU and Siptu bosses claim convening of new talks would not end industrial action

Minister for Transport Shane Ross again declines to intervene in the dispute

Some 100,000 passengers to be affected as strike at bus company enters fifth day

Bus Éireann board unable to sign off on accounts or agree budget for 2017

Over 100,000 passengers facing travel disruption, including 1,500 schoolchildren

Company seeks €5m a year in savings and to avert threatened all-out strike action

Trade unions insist on ‘industry-leading’ pay terms but admit some staff may earn less

Company’s management blames union ‘inflexibility’ for breakdown in the talks

Talks on survival plan for State company begin at Workplace Relations Commission

As part of revised survival plan, move considered for voluntary redundancy scheme

Talks to begin but union says members remain on ‘war footing’ should company implement reforms

Strike scheduled to go ahead from next Monday in protest at management’s survival plan

Siptu and NBRU declare all-out strike at State bus company to begin next Monday

Cuts expected to include curtailment of leasing deals and cessation of certain routes

State-owned company is expected to announce soon whether it plans to cut staff pay

Threats to bus services include Dublin-Clonmel, Athlone-Westport and Dublin-Derry

Trade unions indicate opposition to creation of ‘low-wage public transport provider’

Siptu says Dublin Bus has breached terms of a settlement which ended a strike last year

Strike looms: Workers at CIÉ companies will support colleagues at Bus Éireann, says Siptu

Unions representing 2,600 workers say plans to cut earnings must be withdrawn