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RogerMilla
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yes indeed , leave belmullet at 8.30 am , get to ballina about 11, wait there an hour and then get bus to castlebar hit castlebar about 1 , you then have 3 hours in the hospital to get your stuff done and get the bus back to ballina and eventually hit belmullet about 8pm , all for a round trip of about 2 1/2 hours in a car , if you are that sick then the journey isnt helping thats for sure....
look i am not saying the services are not needed , or that it would be worth investing in them, just that they are muck.
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The first time the Devil made me do it. The second time I did it on my own.
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seanyshuffler
Jack Charlton PM snitch Joined: 09 Jun 2011 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 9539 |
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They are sh*t enough alright but a private company wouldn't even run rural routes.
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deiseblue
Liam Brady Joined: 20 Apr 2012 Location: Dublin Status: Offline Points: 1021 |
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The demarcation lines in this dispute are remarkably clear , management MAY have their terms & conditions amended sometime in the future & MAY see a reduction in annual leave - again sometime in the future.
Clerical staff , bus drivers & allied workers however will see their terms & conditions diminish on the 12th of this month if the company proceeds with it's plan. CIE have a reserve fund of in excess of 60 million but obviously require these funds to keep the upper echelons in the style they have become accustomed to , does it really surprise anyone that the Chairman of Bus Eireann works in Dubai & returns to Ireland for meetings regarding Bus Eireann. - he surely has his finger on the pulse |
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colemanY2K
Roy Keane Fresh minty breath Joined: 01 Mar 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 14959 |
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The practices going on in bus eireann are criminal....the money wasted by that organisation is sickening!!! Due to mad eu rules the bus drivers can't now drive all the way from dublin to cork and cork to dublin because they'll go over the allowance for driving. They have to stop in fermoy where a driver will be waiting to complete the 30minute journey to cork. Likewise the driver going to Dublin will go as far as fermoy and get off and a new driver will get on and complete the journey to Dublin. My mate was saying this has been going on for months and all that is needed is an adjustment to the timetables and rostering....but no they continue to burn ludicrous amounts of money due to inefficiencies. Edited by colemanY2K - 10 May 2013 at 12:58pm |
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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nvidic
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a fate worse than death... stopping in fermoy
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ScotsIrish
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Let them strike and leave them on strike, they are well paid! The Galway bus drivers got a pay increase a couple of years back because there depot moved 500 yards.
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colemanY2K
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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seanyshuffler
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colemanY2K
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Are you a fermoy man? |
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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seanyshuffler
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Pefer the term blow in. Born in Dublin but living here a good 15 years....unforunatley
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colemanY2K
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See ya in Hennessy's at the end of the month Edited by colemanY2K - 10 May 2013 at 1:55pm |
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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corkery
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They should start at the top to set an example, far too many needless managers at CIE companies. There's a ticket checker still on one certain bus route in Cork, no need for that job role. They could also get rid of certain routes like the 201 bus in Cork which just goes around the Northside in Cork and has about five people at most on it at any one time.
Edited by corkery - 10 May 2013 at 4:55pm |
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'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick
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colemanY2K
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I can guarantee those 5 will have some kind of a bus pass!
Even prisoners on temporary release are given bus passes ffs.
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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Sham157
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Maybe missing some of the big point here lads, yet again it's the rank and file ( and yes they get a decent wage in fairness) who are being burned. It's always the joe soaps, the PAYE worker on low / middle income to get rode. I personally support their strike action, and if the rest of the average population had have one his ages ago maybe we wouldn't be getting screwed. However, as always, the majority will sit on their arses and at best moan about things and at worse have a pop off people who might earn more than them or be lucky enough to have. Job in the first place.
There's no doubt there's inefficiencies where huge savings could be made and if these were approached in a common sense manner then m opinion would be different. The fact they have €60m in a CIE reserve that they won't access speaks volumes. |
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corkery
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Everyone will be watching this strike because of Croke Park 2, if the Company win, it might make a deal easier for Croke Park 2 but if the union wins it might cause hassle for pay reductions in the civil service.
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'The younger generation as in 17 -25 are certainly gayer than their predecessors. I think they may cause the extinction of the human race with their activities.'- Baldrick
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Landon Donovan
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Smash the Unions, let them die.
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colemanY2K
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"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.
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deiseblue
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Absolutely , what have the Unions ever done for us - apart from : 5 day week 8 hour working days ( or less in many cases ) Maternity leave Occupational health & safety Workplace pensions Paid holidays Equality laws Employment legislation Pay increases Minimum wage Collective bargaining. There is of course the chance that Governments & employers would have voluntarily introduced the above - about the same chance that pigs will fly ! Let's not forget the heroic work done recently by the Unite Union on behalf of the Waterford Glass workers. Edited by deiseblue - 11 May 2013 at 10:44am |
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