Situation in Cork this morning, all drivers showed up and where prevented from driving. Thats a factual statement. A driver elsewhere actually managed to sign on and drove a train into a platform and was just about to leave presumably with passengers when he was stopped and told he was off the payroll
We have a farcical situation of drivers standing around in Cork not allowed drive while passengers suffer. The drivers are willing to work under the LRC proposals which are significantly to the benefit of the company and to the passenger yet they are not allowed.
End of the day 95% of services in Cork could be running within hours if Irish Rail get off their high horse and accept the LRC proposal as a way forward. 95% is a hell of lot better than the 0% in Cork currently.
Irish Rail management are not some wonderful infallible outfit, they did something rather ill advised and look where we are now, Cork has been targeted despite the fact a whole heap of trains where cancelled yesterday through Connolly and again today.
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