FF candidate leads picket over school bus issue

A FIANNA FÁIL Dáil candidate will today lead angry parents in a picket of the constituency office of Junior Education Minister Síle de Valera over the school bus controversy.

Councillor Niall Collins last night called on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to personally intervene warning that parent anger over the issue could cost the party the next election.

Mr Collins, who was recently nominated to stand in West Limerick for Fianna Fáil, launched a scathing attack on Education Minister Mary Hanafin and Ms de Valera over their handling of the issue.