THE ban on Catholic students travelling on a new bus to a Protestant school in Limerick took a new twist yesterday when it emerged that there are still seats available on the bus.

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin has asked her junior minister Síle de Valera to investigate the exclusion of a Catholic brother and sister from a special school bus which is to be provided to the Protestant-managed Villiers School.

THE Minister for Education has been called on to investigate the refusal of public school bus passes to a Catholic brother and sister who attend a Protestant school in Limerick.

AN investigation was demanded last night into the public funding of a school bus that excludes Catholic students attending a Limerick Protestant school.