Statement from Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, TD

Passengers in companies that are not involved in the Bus Éireann dispute are being seriously discommoded this morning by a spillover of unofficial protest.

This is not part of the fair conduct of strikes.

My first concern is with all the passengers affected by this ongoing strike and by this new unofficial and unjustified protest , and I very much regret the impact on them.

I understand that the travelling public are, rightly, very angry at having to deal with this sudden, unannounced disruption to their Friday morning and I hugely sympathise with their unforeseen predicament.

I am actively monitoring developments and will revert to the public as soon as the situation becomes clearer.

Some public transport services are operating, particularly Luas and private bus operators and I would advise commuters to check the journey planner on TransportforIreland.ie and associated websites.