*Photograph: Joe Buckley BUS ÉIREANN have come under fire for the “scandalous” manner in which a new bus system for secondary schools in Shannon was introduced.
*Aoife Keogh addressing parents in Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Joe Buckley. NO health and safety assessment was carried out prior to the introduction of a pilot school transport system in Sixmilebridge and Newmarket-on-Fergus for secondary school students in Shannon.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SIXMILEBRIDGE parents have said they will do “whatever it takes” to force Bus Éireann and the Department of Education to reinstate dedicate school bus services for students travelling to Shannon.
*Sixmilebridge parents. PARENTS OF secondary school students in Shannon are fuming with Bus Éireann and the Department of Education at the dawn of a new school year.
*Bus Éireann. BUS ÉIREANN have said the safety of children travelling to school on their services is of “paramount importance” while stressing that there will be “sufficient capacity” on the buses.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley OVER 200 people protested in Sixmilebridge on Thursday morning as pressure continues to mount on Bus Éireann and the Department of Education to scrap a pilot bus scheme and revert back to dedicated school bus transport.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A PROTEST is to be held on Thursday morning in Sixmilebridge as parents, students and locals react to plans for the pilot school transport system for secondary school pupils heading to Shannon.
*Bus Éireann. A CLARE TD has said the wrong part of the county has been chosen for inclusion in a pilot school bus transport scheme while the manner of communication from Bus Éireann has been slammed as “very poor”.
*Cllr Bill Slattery (FG). Photograph: John Mangan A CLARE councillor has said he will stand out in the middle of the road to stop ‘double decker’ buses if plans for them to try transit through Blake’s Corner come to fruition.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A NEW 24 hour bus to serve Shannon Airport is included in planned enhancements to the 343 bus service.
