Bus Éireann bosses advance examinership plan

Move being resisted by Minister for Transport Shane Ross and department officials

Bus Éireann management is this weekend advancing plans for an examinership process. It follows a dramatic escalation of the strike on Friday morning when wildcat action on bus and rail depots brought the capital to a standstill.

However, the move is being resisted by Minister for Transport Shane Ross and department officials who do not believe it is a practical response to the crisis.

A senior government source said that insolvency, which is ...