SIPTU says attack on Dublin Bus driver highlights need for a Transport Police Service

by | Jul 30, 2026 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases, Transport Sector, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU representatives say an attack on a Dublin Bus driver and Union member last Thursday afternoon on Bachelor’s Walk in Dublin city centre highlights the pressing need for the Government to fulfil its commitment to establish a Transport Police Service.   SIPTU...

Inclusion of social care aspect critical to transport police

by | Aug 12, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport Sector, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU representatives have welcomed the announcement that recruitment for a new transport policing service could begin in 2026 but warned that inclusion of a social care element will be crucial to the success of the new force in dealing with issues on the public...

SIPTU members in Bus Éireann vote to accept above inflation pay increases

by | Jul 14, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport Sector, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU members, along with their colleagues in the other transport unions, have voted by 62% to 38% to accept a Labour Court recommendation on wage increases at the public bus company that will see basic pay rises of 3.5% and 3.25% over the next two years. SIPTU...

SIPTU seeks meeting with Bus Éireann to discuss anti-social behaviour on Limerick services 

by | Jun 18, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport Sector, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU representatives have written to Bus Éireann management to request an urgent meeting to discuss the increasing incidents of anti-social behaviour on one of its Limerick services which has resulted in serious damage to buses and endangerment to workers in recent...

SIPTU seeks meeting with new Transport Minister on transport police commitment

by | Jan 15, 2025 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport Sector, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU representatives have welcomed the inclusion in the Programme for Government of a commitment to establish a new transport police service with powers of arrest and under the control of the National Transport Authority, which is in line with the Union’s Travel Safe...

Respect Transport Workers to present Travel Safe proposal in Leinster House

by | Nov 4, 2024 | Latest News, Latest News Home, Transport Sector, Transport, Energy, Aviation and Construction

SIPTU will host an information meeting for Oireachtas members and the media on the Union’s proposal for a new Public Transport Police Service contained in its recently published report Travel Safe.  SIPTU Transport, Energy, Aviation, and Construction Divisional...