Iarnród Éireann strike: ‘It could escalate further’
Tom Dempsey who has not had raise for 10 years says Government holds key to ending dispute
Tom Dempsey outside Heuston Station, Dublin: “The Luas drivers put up a good fight to get what they wanted but I just hope that our dispute doesn’t last as long.” Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
“It’s the Government that holds the purse strings to this dispute,” says Tom Dempsey (58), who has worked for Iarnród Éireann for the last 33 years.