It may have taken years to reconstruct after the Easter Rising, but a Lego enthusiast took 24 months and used 50,000 pieces to recreate Dublin’s main 1916 battleground.

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

The Department of Transport has said the majority of school buses have already been fitted with seat-belts ahead of the new school term.

More than 30 teenagers have escaped injury following a fire on board their school bus near Athboy in Co Meath this morning.