The Workers’ Party in Cork has launched a campaign to fight the proposed cuts at Bus Éireann.
Party members took to the streets of the city to protest against the planned onslaught on services and working conditions, distributing 5,000 leaflets as part of the ‘Save Bus Éireann’ campaign.
Workers’ Party Councillor Ted Tynan said that the current crisis at Bus Éireann has been manufactured by the government and senior company management as part of a plan to hand over the most profitable routes to private operators. The company, he said, was wrongly being portrayed as a drain on the economy when it receives less state funding than the private horse racing industry.
Cllr. Tynan said the Party had received a positive response to its campaign from both Bus Éireann workers and the general public in Cork. “There is a very clear awareness out there that Bus Éireann is at the receiving end of a massive organised attack that would devastate its services and leave it serving only unprofitable routes.”
