Bus Eireann is urging bus unions to return to the Labour Relations Commission after talks ended this week without any resolution.
Commuters around the country are now facing a second day of disruption today as a national bus strike continues.
Over a million people were affected yesterday after drivers at Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann walked off the job in a row over plans to privatise a tenth of all routes.
Pickets have been placed at bus depots and there are five more days of strikes planned this month - this is despite a legal bid by the transport companies to get back million in lost earnings.
Nicola Cooke from Bus Eireann says she hopes common sense will prevail;
Meanwhile, Gardaí are reminding motorists that the bus lanes are NOT open to cars today, despite the bus strike.
Arwen Foley is editor of AA Roadwatch:
