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.

AS the families and friends of the five girls killed in last May’s tragic bus crash in Navan gathered to mark the first anniversary, the Bishop of Meath said the support of the local community had been invaluable.

ON today’s poignant anniversary of the tragedy in which five young girls lost their lives — when their school bus overturned in Co Navan — it is worrying to note that children continue to be at risk.

The local community has quietly supported the families of the Navan bus crash victims over the last year, the Bishop of Meath said tonight.

WORK is due to begin within days to fit all Bus Éireann school buses with seat belts and should be completed this summer.

FINE GAEL yesterday called for an independent road test of all public transport vehicles in the wake of the Navan school bus tragedy.

Bus Éireann has deferred publication of an independent report it commissioned on the fatal Navan bus accident that claimed the lives of five young schoolgirls last May.

SPECULATION mounted last night that the anti-lock braking system was switched off on a school bus when it crashed last May killing five girls.

Jim Morahan, Navan

BUS ÉIREANN and the gardaí have launched separate investigations into a fire that destroyed a school bus in Meath yesterday.

Leaving Certificate students in the town where the worst school bus crash in Irish history occurred last month sat a specially modified exam today.

THE driver of a bus that crashed in Navan, killing five schoolgirls, has told investigators the rear of the vehicle skidded as he braked approaching roadworks, according to reports.

PEOPLE living in the villages and townlands where the five dead teenagers lived were yesterday praised for their “extraordinary community spirit”.

THE psalm which Aimee McCabe had sung in church the day before she died rang out yesterday at her funeral.

The fifth victim of Monday's school bus tragedy in Co Meath has been laid to rest in her home town of Navan.

The fifth victim of Monday's school bus tragedy in Co Meath is due to be buried in her home town of Navan this morning.

MOURNERS attending the funerals of the victims of the Co Meath bus crash were told their deaths were not in vain if they prompted the country to think of the welfare of our children.

STUDENTS at the four Navan schools involved in Monday’s bus crash have been allowed to reschedule Leaving Certificate practical and oral exams which were due to be taken this week.

TWO brothers who survived the worst school bus crash in Irish history yesterday spoke of their despair at the death of their cousin.

THE houses of the families struck by Monday’s tragedy were easily recognisable in the small community around Navan.