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

Gardaí are waiting to gather further evidence before interviewing the bus driver at the centre of the worst school bus crash in Irish history, it emerged tonight.

Fitting seatbelts on all school buses by September is impossible, Education Minister Mary Hanafin said today.

Gardaí were today preparing to interview the driver of a bus which was involved in the worst school vehicle crash in Irish history.

Gardaí have named the five teenage girls who died in yesterday's school bus tragedy near Navan in Co Meath.