Galway Bay fm newsroom - Some Irish Rail services to and from Galway are resuming after being disrupted by Bus Éireann pickets this morning.
Virtually all trains and buses across the country were cancelled by the action which saw fellow CIE workers refusing to cross Bus Éireann picket lines.
Management said it was completely unexpected.
Union bosses say they were also taken by surprise, and called on their members in Irish Rail and Dublin Bus to return to work.
The 1.05p.m Galway to Heuston Dublin train will depart and the 9.25a.m service from Heuston to Galway is en route with a 25 minute delay.
However rail services between Galway and Limerick are still cancelled.
It's the 8th day of strike action at Bus Éireann - in a row over cost cutting measures as the company faces insolvency.
Irish Rail says it expects its services to be fully operational by lunchtime, but spokesman Barry Kenny is still warning of possible delays.
