THE houses of the families struck by Monday’s tragedy were easily recognisable in the small community around Navan.

IT was a day of solidarity. A day when pupils across the country stood as one, united by grief.

Flags at Loreto Convent flew at halfmast today as teachers attempted to console devastated pupils streaming into the school.

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.

Three separate inquiries have been launched into the tragic road accident that caused the deaths of five teenage schoolgirls in Co Meath yesterday afternoon.