Series of Public Meetings in Clondalkin about the cutbacks to bus services i

dublin | miscellaneous | event notice Friday February 13, 2009 00:51 by Gino Kenny - People before Profit Alliance Clondalkin ginokenny at hotmail dot com 7211574 085

People Before Profit Alliance in Ballyfermot and Clondalkin are calling on local people to support busworkers and fight cuts to the bus services in their area.
Dublin Bus is to lay off 300 employees and cut 120 routes across the city. This amounts to one tenth of the total bus service. Route 78A will have at least 20 departures per day cut from the existing timetable. Everyone knows that this is one of the most used buses in Dublin. There will most certainly be longer gaps between bus services on the 78A. On top of this they are getting rid of the 210 Route which connects the people of Clondalkin with Tallaght hospital.

ON MONDAY 16TH AT 8PM. COLLINSTOWN SPORTS AND LEISURE CENTRE. SPEAKERS FROM NRBU BUS UNION. THE MEETING WILL BE CHAIRED BY GINO KENNY.

ON THURSDAY 19TH AT 7.45. BAWNOGUE COMMUNITY CENTRE .THE SPEAKER WILL BE OWEN MC CORMACK (DUBLIN BUS DRIVER). THIS MEETING WILL BE CHAIRED BY ROISIN STANBRIDGE.
A SIMILAR MEETING WAS HELD IN BALLYFERMOT ON MONDAY NIGHT, WHICH 100 PEOPLE ATTENDED. WE ARE HOPING TO DO A JOINT ACTION WITH PEOPLE FROM BALLYFERMOT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS ABOUT THE CUTBACKS TO BUS SERVICES IN BOTH AREAS.