TDs press Ross on Bus Éireann dispute action

Minister says 'no suggestion' of threat to free travel scheme from Varadkar talks

Ross says Expressway root of company's problems.

Transport Minister Shane Ross has called on both sides in the Bus Éireann dispute to come to the negotiating table with “blank sheets of paper”.

Ross faced some tough questioning from TDs at the Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport this afternoon.

He said he could not understand why management and unions were not at the table, as he understood that neither side had pre-conditions. But he repeated that he could have ...