A new date in May has been set at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for the trial two companies accused of health and safety offences arising from the investigation into the fatal Navan school bus crash in May 2005.

The jury at the trial of the Navan bus crash which claimed the lives of five young schoolgirls has been released until tomorrow morning so Judge Thomas Teehan can hear legal arguments.

Three firms will stand trial today in relation to the Navan bus crash which claimed the lives of five young schoolgirls.

An inspection blitz carried out in the wake of the Navan bus crash has uncovered serious safety flaws at local authority roadworks across the entire country.

The current system for testing anti-lock brakes on buses needs to be re-examined in the wake of the Navan Bus crash, it was claimed tonight.