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Department slams looming bus strike

The Department of Community, Culture and Leisure has blasted bus drivers for choosing to strike in an exam period.

This week it was revealed that drivers will strike on Wednesday for two hours at 7.30am and then again at 3pm.

Hundreds of schoolchildren will be taking exams on the day and the department says it appears they have been targeted at a time when they should be concentrating solely on their education.

Unite representative Eric Holmes says the fourth round of industrial action has to cause disruption to have an effect (play audio):

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