A Cork woman says she is living in fear because her abuser father is due to move into a house close to her home, having served his prison service for her rape.

'Where's my seat - I've got sore feet,' was the message on placards to Bus Eireann this morning as 12 stranded Meath post-primary students walked some 10km to get to school.

Five families who are facing eviction are appealing for a Dublin hotel to be converted into emergency accommodation.