The owner of an Offaly bus hire company has pleaded guilty to failing to maintain a school bus that was later involved in a fatal crash.

The driver involved in a fatal school bus crash has told a court he had not realised the bus was in bad condition and that his own children took the bus.

The driver of a school bus that crashed in Co Offaly, resulting in the death of a 15-year-old boy has told a court the vehicle was scheduled for a service overhaul.

Passengers on a school bus that went out of control and crashed in Co Offaly, leaving one teenager dead, have told a court the vehicle was lopsided and not in very good condition.

A vehicle-testing firm and the partners of a bus hire company have gone on trial following a school bus crash in Offaly, in which a 15-year-old student died.