An accountancy firm has been brought in to calculate how much Dublin Bus would lose if drivers go on strike again.
It follows reports at the weekend that Deloitte had been tasked with looking at possibly winding the company up.
But it's claimed today that's not the case, and the company's to assess the cost of industrial action.
Drivers will be balloted by unions again later this week - on whether they support the latest version of a 12 million euro cost cutting plan.