Talks on proposals to resume rail deliveries of ammonia to the Irish Fertilizer Industries plant in Arklow are expected to conclude today.
Concerning passenger services, Iarnrod Eireann said there would be two trains operating each way between Westport and Dublin today. On the Dublin-Tralee line four services will run, with bus connections on two services, while two services will run between Tralee and Dublin.
Representatives of the workforce continued their series of bilateral meetings with Iarnrod Eireann and the three train drivers' unions, SIPTU, the National Bus and Railworkers' Union and the Irish Locomotive Drivers' Association yesterday.
The ILDA executive is expected to give its response to a proposal that would allow its members to drive the trains under protest later today.
Disruption to train services continued as a result of the dispute, with only the Galway, Rosslare and Belfast routes operating with a full service. There will be six trains running from Dublin to Cork and seven trains going from Cork to Dublin. Similarly six trains will operate from Dublin to Limerick while seven trains will run from Limerick.
Three services will run both ways between Dublin and Waterford and Dublin and Sligo. About two-thirds of the services between Dublin and Drogheda/ Dundalk will operate tomorrow. Restricted services will also operate on the Dublin to Kildare and Portlaoise lines.
DART lines will be operating as normal. For more information on train services contact the Iarnrod Eireann information office on 1850 366222.
Meanwhile, the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland has obtained the names and addresses of all the ILDA executive members from the Registrar of Friendly Societies.
It is also seeking the names and addresses of other ILDA members from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with a view to facilitating legal action by its own members for losses suffered as a result of the dispute.
The Department is understood to have access to details of many drivers because of their lodgement of individual grievances against Iarnrod Eireann with the Labour Relations Commission.
The unofficial action by ILDA members is not protected under the 1990 Industrial Relation Act. A number of small businesses have already indicated their intention to go to the courts to recoup losses.