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Limerick bus drivers take strike action
Early-morning commuters in Limerick were badly affected by an unofficial work stoppage by bus drivers yesterday.
The dispute, which led to the unofficial strike, centred on disciplinary action taken against one driver over the weekend who was suspended from the roster.
Pickets were placed on Colbert Station and at the bus depot on the Roxboro Road and no buses left the depot from 7am yesterday until nearly 11am.
Services in the city centre were worst affected and some of Bus Éireann's inter-city services were also disrupted in the dispute.
A Siptu spokesman said yesterday the driver who was taken off the roster was entitled to an appeal and did not get the benefit of due process. It is understood the driver has now been reinstated on the Bus Éireann roster pending an appeal hearing.
Body of missing man recovered
Gardaí ruled out foul play yesterday in the recovery of the body of a 53-year-old Northern Ireland man at Clonturk Lake, off the main Carrickmacross-Ardee Road, in Co Monaghan.
The victim, whose name was not revealed until all relatives were informed, was reported missing at the weekend.
Cork Ferries says firm's future secure
The managing director of Swansea Cork Ferries, Thomas Hunter McGowan, has rejected suggestions that the company's future is in doubt following reports that the vessel used on the route has been sold.
The MV Superferry will officially change hands in October and the last crossing will take place on the 7th of that month.
In effect the season is being cut short and passengers with bookings will be informed in due course, the company said.
Mr Hunter McGowan said crossings will resume in March 2007 and efforts were under way to acquire a new ship.
Salmon poachers caught on camera
Surveillance cameras thwarted a weekend attempt by salmon poachers to clean out the world famous Ridge Pool in Ballina.
Three men were apparently unaware that the waterway is now monitored by 24-hour video surveillance when they strung a net across the river at about 4am on Saturday.
The culprits fled when fishery officers approached.
The North Western Regional Fisheries Board and the Garda are pursuing investigations.
Rescued hill walker dies
Gardaí issued a call-out to the Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team and Dublin/Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team to come to the aid of a young Italian hill-walker on Mullacor mountain (near Glendalough) yesterday.
The man, in his early 30s, was later pronounced dead.
He had been out walking with friends when it is believed he suffered a heart attack.
A passing group of Irish walkers administered CPR whilst awaiting mountain rescue personnel.
Rescuers took over the care of the man until the Coast Guard helicopter arrived.
The man was airlifted to Baldonnel and transported from there to Tallaght hospital, where he was pronounced dead.