Families of bus crash students fear delay of inquiry findings

FAMILIES affected by the Navan school bus tragedy fear the findings of the inquiry into the accident may not be known for several years after the Director Public Prosecutions asked for publication to be delayed until all possibility of criminal trials have passed.

The father of one of the students injured in the crash last May criticised the decision to withhold the report, saying it was just the latest in a long line of delays after initial promises that investigations would be completed within weeks.

Gerry Frawley, whose daughter Aingeala is still recovering, said: “We are entitled to know what happened. The feeling I have now is God knows when we are going to find out.”