Perhaps the most put-out person in the capital yesterday was the man who had travelled for nine hours and could not find a bus for the final leg of his journey.
"I had just got off a flight from Milwaukee this morning," said Mr Dermod Lynskey from Crumlin. "There wasn't a bus to be seen and no signs up at the airport about the strike. No one on the flight told us there were no buses. There was a queue about 250 yards long at the taxi rank and very few taxis."
Ms Nora Collins (21) had to leave home an hour earlier than usual, unable to get her usual No 11 bus from Glasnevin to Trinity College.
"I had to walk for about an hour-and-a-half, but that's not as bad as my sister. She had nearly a three-hour walk to UCD. They [Dublin bus-drivers] have a right to take action, but I think they could find another way of doing it."
Some, such as Mr Tony Golden, felt things ran better with no buses. "I drove in from Clontarf and I thought traffic was moving better. I got into work about 10 minutes faster," he said.
Most expressed sympathy for the bus-drivers' claim, despite mixed feelings about the effect of their strike on the morning commute. One Dublin Corporation street cleaner (who did not want to be named) had had to arrange a lift from Tallaght with a friend.
"But I think the bus-drivers are right." And if they were to strike again? "I'd say, `Fair play to them.' Everyone needs a good wage in this life."
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