There’s pickets on our local train stations today as Irish rail workers down tools in a strike over pay.
No trains are running through Thomastown, Kilkenny, Bagenalstown or Carlow town and thousands of passengers have to find alternative transport for the day.
Drivers want a no-strings attached pay rise but the firm says it’s unaffordable.
They’re looking for an extra 3.75%, each year, for the next three years but Irish Rail claims they’re facing insolvency.