Cork North Central TD Thomas Gould said he has spoken to people who are buying their first car 'because they can no longer rely on the bus'  

BUS services on the Ringmahon Road have been suspended until further notice due to anti-social behaviour.

The Cork Business Association has urged shoppers to the city centre this Bank Holiday Weekend after businesses were hit hard by the three-week bus strike that ended on Friday.

The bus strike that left Cork city at a standstill for 21 days is finally over with Bus Éireann drivers returning to work with the Labour Court issuing its recommendations on the dispute.

THE Labour Court was scheduled to sit at 3pm today in an effort to resolve the ongoing dispute between unions and management at Bus Éireann.

THE travel misery which has left thousands of Cork commuters discommoded and city centre businesses reporting decreased footfall may soon be at an end.

THE bus strike that has crippled Cork's transport network is heading towards its third week. Talks to resolve the dispute at Bus Éireann resumed at the Workplace Relations Commission today, as the strike entered its 14th day.

BUS Éireann drivers entered day 11 of their strike today. While there is no sign of an immediate end to the dispute, it is understood that the Workplace Relations Commission will this week invite unions and Bus Éireann management to talks.

THERE has been a major escalation of the Bus Éireann strike as rail services ground to a halt in Cork this morning. The move was described as 'inevitable' by union chiefs in Cork.

IF this bus strike had hit Dublin then it would have been resolved long before now. Those were the words of Lord Mayor Des Cahill as anger turns to fury over the ongoing bus strike that has crippled Cork’s public transport system.

CORK Business Association President Pat O'Connell said “common sense will have to prevail” in the standoff between bus drivers and Bus Éireann.

COMMUTER chaos gripped Cork today as Bus Éireann drivers commenced an indefinite strike.

EARLY morning traffic chaos is expected in Cork tomorrow as Bus Éireann drivers commenced an all-out indefinite strike from midnight tonight. Notice of the strike was issued this afternoon.

CORK bus drivers are preparing to take to the picket lines while the threat of industrial action in schools has also been raised.  Union officials in Cork have warned that proposals from Bus Éireann to cut worker's will 'never be acceptable.