Angry parents hold car protest over school bus places

IOLANDA RYAN will have to drive 120 miles each week to get her son Diarmuid to and from school unless a bus seat is provided for him. And she's not alone.

Families of up to 40 students at Salesian College in Pallaskenry, Co Limerick, are furious that there are no spaces on school buses for their children. This morning they will take part in a go-slow protest in front of the school buses along the eight-mile route from Mungret to Pallaskenry.

Ms Ryan and another family plan to share the driving to Pallaskenry but this could mean a 40-mile daily trip for each of them two or three days a week.