Metro
What the papers say – December 18
A variety of stories are featured across Wednesday’s front pages.
Transport and education workers go on strike amid ‘debilitating’ pay situation
No bus and rail services are expected to be running on Friday during the first public transport strike in eight years in Northern Ireland.
Public transport and school support workers stage strike action
The action comes in a dispute over pay.
Translink investigating Metro bus crash in north Belfast
Video footage emerged on Saturday showing the aftermath of the crash between the bus and three other vehicles
Former Metro editor joins Ipso complaints committee
Ted Young, who served as editor of Metro for eight years, will join the committee that regulates press operations.
Metro 'improvement plan' implemented after more than 13,500 services cancelled over three months
A "ROBUST and sustained improvement plan" has been put in place by Translink to address issues that saw more than 13,500 of its Metro services cancelled in a three-month period.
Translink bus drivers vote for strike action in pay dispute
A union has said the industrial action has the potential to ‘paralyse’ bus services in NI.
Extra weekend night buses and trains to operate in the run-up to Christmas
EXTRA night buses and trains will operate on Friday and Saturday evenings in the run-up to Christmas.
Tesco to open new Express unit in Belfast as doors close on city centre Metro store
TESCO is set to open a new Express store on Belfast’s Donegall Place just days after closing the city centre Metro supermarket it operated for 25 years.