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Galway West Independent TD Noel Grealish has called for a lifting of the “ageist and insulting” age cap which means school bus drivers are not allowed to continue working once they turn 70.

Inconsistencies in the issuing of concessionary tickets for school buses, ahead of what will already be a stressful new school year, "is the last thing parents need".

An East Galway TD is urging the county’s parents to get School Bus Scheme applications in for the forthcoming school year by April 24.

THE Galway depot of Bus Éireann won the coveted Depot of the Year at the annual Bus Éireann GEM awards last weekend.

Minister Halligan would be better served sorting out school transport problems in Mayo than arranging trips to North Korea says Sinn Fein Seantor Rose Conway-Walsh. Senator Walsh has requested Minister John Halligan to come into the Seanad to deal with the continuing problems in school transport provision in Mayo.

Speaking after it emerged that many students were still waiting for their school bus tickets to be issued earlier this week, Sinn Féin Councillor Rose Conway-Walsh said this was just one in a list of problems with the school transport system, and called for a review by the Department of Education and Skills.

A vehicle testing firm has being found guilty of breaching health and safety laws in relation to the testing of a school bus which was later involved in a fatal crash.

The former owner of a school bus involved in a fatal crash has told a court that he didn’t see any reason to mention previous problems with a rear spring when he sold the bus on.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has just announced that it is now a legal requirement that private buses involved in the organised transport of children be fitted with appropriate and fit for purpose safety belts or restraint systems as of October 31.

A customised school bus operating as a mini-cinema is to visit the Community Games in Athlone to spread the school transport safety message to local children.