Luas Strike Dates Announced

[Jamie2k9]

I must say I am a bit puzzled by the DART dispute although shorter breaks and previously fudged issues carried forward or kicked down the road may be the root cause - how was payment for previous productivity resolved ?

If I'm correct there was due to be a 3 or 4 month window for discussions, if it was 4 it would more less only be coming to an end around now.

I was surprised at the DART action, I thought the 10 min timetable was kicked back till much later this year than April.

Strikes in CIE can be over things which we find odd. For example the introduction of the RA double deck fleet caused a strike as they were about 4 ft longer than the R type double deckers. Sticking with tradition.

It was always 10 April, I think they planned on publishing the schedule next week, they might take a rain check in light of this.

To clarify, there are two Connolly timetables in the pipeline:

1) Recast timetables including 10 minute DART service
2) Post-City Centre re-signalling including Kildare line to Grand Canal Dock

The first was due in January and now is April, while the second isn't due until later in the year.

Really, such a wast we spent 3 years with one timetable and then get two within a year. Give the PPT services will be factored into the current one and there will be no further increase in service how necessary is one. They should just wait so, the election gimmick never worked so put it to bed until end of the year.

So therefore you'd be happy for the newly recruited DART drivers to be effectively sitting around doing damn all for six months? That's effectively what's going to happen if it's deferred again.

As a taxpayer I'm not happy with that.

With respect they have been doing for months already (towards end of last year), another 5 will do no harm.

Better to do things right.