You read it here virtually the day the strike notice was actually served
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Originally Posted by RTE News
Efforts to avert bank holiday rail strike
Tuesday, 29 July 2008 16:39
The Labour Relations Commission has invited management and unions at Iarnród Éireann to talks aimed at averting a strike by line maintenance staff at some of its stations in Munster.
Strike notice, which was served on the company by SIPTU at the beginning of July, is due to elapse at midnight on Thursday.
If the strike goes ahead it could disrupt rail services to and from stations in Cork, Limerick and Kerry at the beginning of the August bank holiday weekend.
The dispute centres on contract staff being assigned to duties which Irish Rail employees regard as their 'core' work.
An Iarnród Éireann spokesperson said the company is confident that Friday's planned 24-hour strike can be averted.
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http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0729/rail.html
Given they had 25 days up until now to fix it what difference is 48 hours going to make?
Everything south of Portlaoise is effected, however services could stay running for a number of days until lines fall due for a visual inspection, by by Monday everything would be a risk
Of course seat bookings are still being taken and no notice of any possibility of trouble is given by Irish Rail. EU regulations due to come into force in about 18 months will make it a legal requirement to inform at time of ticket purchase of any possible disruption